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  • Facebook Makeover: The Good, the Bad, and the Backlash

    Posted October 26, 2009 - 10:18 am

    Facebook gave its homepage a makeover ...again. Last Friday the social networking site quietly rolled out some fairly significant changes to the way information is displayed on your homepage. The updates make the default feed more like it was before the last major homepage overhaul, but the changes aren't without some issues, and they have sparked some backlash among Facebook users.

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    You may be on Facebook, but you're still no Rockefeller

    Posted October 23, 2009 - 11:09 am

    Does using Facebook make you more affluent? Or is it a chicken/egg kind of thing?

  • Facebook, Twitter users are affluent and urban, study shows

    Posted October 23, 2009 - 11:03 am

    Facebook users are more affluent than their social networking counterparts on Myspace, and bloggers and Twitterers tend to live in urban areas, according to a survey of social networking sites by The Nielsen Co.

  • Social Search from Google and Bing: My 8 Big Concerns

    Posted October 22, 2009 - 2:02 pm

    The "10 Blue Links" to which we've grown accustomed could be changing in a big way, and the ways we use social networking could change, too.

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    Legal follies, Facebook-style

    Posted October 22, 2009 - 8:54 am

    Dear morons everywhere: Did you know that Facebook does not exist on some plane completely removed from the mundane realities of the legal system, and that you can get in trouble for things you do with it, just as you could with any other form of communication?

  • Microsoft Strikes Search Deals with Twitter, Facebook

    Posted October 21, 2009 - 5:20 pm

    Microsoft confirmed today that it has integrated Twitter tweets and Facebook status updates into its Bing search results.

  • Security depends on vigilant developers, users

    Posted October 19, 2009 - 9:36 pm

    There's been a lot of fuss in the press recently about Web 2.0 security. In the past year, Facebook and Twitter both have had serious problems that have made some waves among the technically savvy.

  • Zappos gets savvy with social media

    Posted October 19, 2009 - 4:38 pm

    As a fast-growing online retailer of shoes and other apparel, Zappos.com is a power player when it comes to using social media such as Facebook and Twitter to engage with existing and potential customers. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has nearly 1.3 million followers on Twitter, and the company's official Facebook page has almost 21,000 fans.

  • Public cloud vs. internal social networks

    Posted October 19, 2009 - 3:43 pm

    Jaime Gesswein says it's his job to be paranoid. So when doctors and staff at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, Va., began requesting access to YouTube to view medical videos and Facebook for monitoring patients' comments, Gesswein, who's in charge of network security, was more than a little skeptical.

  • Scams & shams: The trouble with social networks

    Posted October 19, 2009 - 3:14 pm

    It's hard to understand who in their right mind would want to incur the wrath of "Triple H," the intimidating superstar of professional wrestling. But when a poser created a fraudulent MySpace account in Triple H's name, it wasn't the wrestler that the perpetrator had to contend with.

  • Baited and duped on Facebook

    Posted October 19, 2009 - 2:52 pm

    When CIO Will Weider encouraged employees at Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System in Wisconsin to use Facebook to spread the word about new programs and successful projects, he was surprised at the result: Few did so.

  • Social Networks War Shows Facebook Dominant

    Posted October 17, 2009 - 9:41 pm

    Facebook is leaping ahead of MySpace to turn into the most popular social networking site in the U.S. Yet although Facebook nailed down 58.6 percent of all U.S visits to social networking sites in September -- for an increase of 194 percent -- use of Twitter surged even more astoundingly, according to Experian Hitwise.

  • The Net's Most Heinous Hoaxes

    Posted October 16, 2009 - 10:24 pm

    Most online hoaxes are mildly annoying, and a few are hilarious. But propagating a false AMBER Alert over Twitter? Plastering an epilepsy forum with flashing images? Not cool. We'll take a look at some of the Web's most heinous hoaxes over the years, and sprinkle in a handful of amusing ones.

  • Want in on the Xbox LIVE Facebook, Twitter, Zune Beta?

    Posted October 15, 2009 - 1:32 pm

    Care to tinker with Facebook, Twitter, and Zune on your Xbox 360 before everyone else? Microsoft is now accepting applications for its Xbox LIVE Update Preview.

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    Killjoys! More than half of businesses ban Twitter, Facebook

    Posted October 15, 2009 - 9:00 am

    Fortunately, the advent of smartphones allows workers to boldly waste time on Facebook and Twitter.

  • 2009: The year your data died

    Posted October 14, 2009 - 10:03 pm

    For a while there it looked like 2009 would be remembered as the Year of the Dead Celebrity. But Michael, Farrah, Walter, Ed, and all the rest may have to move over. This is rapidly becoming the Year the Data Died.

  • Facebook applications at risk from attack

    Posted October 14, 2009 - 9:33 pm

    A number of Facebook applications, including one called CityFireDepartment, has been hacked and tries to attack site visitors' computers via unpatched Adobe software vulnerabilities, a researcher says.

  • Xbox Live Facebook, Twitter features getting public beta

    Posted October 14, 2009 - 8:53 pm

    As they are wont to do every time they near completion of adding new features, Microsoft is once again giving select Xbox Live members a crack at checking out the latest version of the Xbox 360 Dashboard before the public at large.

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    How to extract your LinkedIn contacts

    Posted October 14, 2009 - 4:38 pm

    A new service from Open Xchange allows you to both import and export your contacts and collaborate on calendars and documents across the Internet, all using open source.

  • Half of U.S. workplaces block social networks – should your company penalize honest users?

    Posted October 13, 2009 - 1:15 pm

    According to consulting firm Robert Half Technology, 54 percent of US companies block social networks completely. But social networking sites can be effective business tools if used properly. Here are 6 tips for companies looking to protect productivity levels and network security while empowering staff.

  • On Facebook, Don't Get Too Pokey

    Posted October 11, 2009 - 9:10 pm

    The Facebook poke is possibly one of the most pointless, annoying features of any social network to date. And apparently, it can land you in jail for nearly 12 months with a possible fine of $2,500.

  • Is Facebook Prepping a New Homepage?

    Posted October 7, 2009 - 4:50 pm

    New tweaks to the Facebook homepage have been spotted in the wild that may make it easier to see what's going on within your network. New features include improved filters for the newsfeed, a revised right-hand column and a new Publisher box reminiscent of Facebook Lite.

  • Xbox 360 Facebook and Twitter Beta Live in October

    Posted October 7, 2009 - 3:00 pm

    Ready for Facebook and Twitter updates from millions of Xbox 360s? The beta leads off "middle-towards-end of October," according to Microsoft speaking to MTV.

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    Gorillas to make friends online

    Posted October 7, 2009 - 8:30 am

    You probably can't afford to travel to Uganda to see gorillas in the wild. But now you can follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

  • Developers find value in Facebook's app verification program

    Posted October 5, 2009 - 12:41 pm

    Facebook's Application Verification program can be improved, but it's good enough and money well spent because it significantly raises the visibility and usage of certified applications, according to participating developers.
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