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Behind the Web's Dark Shadows: Who’s following you?

Posted May 29, 2012 - 4:16 pm

A cool new site called Me & My Shadow lets you find out which traces of digital data you leave behind as you surf.
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When blonde zombies attack, Facebook responds (sort of)

Posted May 25, 2012 - 4:33 pm

What is Facebook doing to stop botnets from operating freely out in the open? Apparently not enough.
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Inside a Facebook botnet

Posted May 23, 2012 - 1:40 pm

How easy is it to get a Facebook botnet to do your bidding? All you need is cash, the right software, and a list of fake accounts. I did it in 10 minutes for less than $70.
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Facebook shares plunge on second day of trading

Posted May 21, 2012 - 12:47 pm

Shares of social networking giant Facebook plummet in early Monday trading nearly 14% below Friday's first-day closing price.
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What Facebook will do to improve its mobile juice after the IPO

Posted May 18, 2012 - 11:48 am

One thing you might ask about Facebook's huge IPO: what are they going to do with all that money? One place it’s going is into the social network’s mobile presence, where Facebook is less sure of its footing.
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Facebook shares open up 13%

Posted May 18, 2012 - 11:41 am

Social networking giant Facebook went public Friday in one of the most highly anticipated IPOs in history.
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This is the golden age of Facebook privacy

Posted May 15, 2012 - 12:19 pm

After Facebook's IPO, the only way the company can boost revenues is by sharing more and more of your data. So enjoy what little privacy you have left before it's gone.
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Facebook IPO sucker scheme task list almost complete

Posted May 15, 2012 - 11:00 am

Facebook's long campaign to set up suckers for its IPO is nearly complete. Suckers, please report to the starting gate.
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The enemy of SMS is my ... ?

Posted May 14, 2012 - 10:58 am

As previously noted in this space, text messaging, or SMS, is a scam and it needs to die. I suggested that Google Voice, Kik Messenger, and Apple’s iMessage could help kill it off. Yet it’s really a fourth, much more obvious service that will be the death of SMS.
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How much is that Facebook post worth to you?

Posted May 11, 2012 - 6:14 pm

Will Facebook start charging users to promote their posts to friends? A test going on in New Zealand says this might well be so.
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Will Facebook’s App Center finally kill off all those spammy Facebook apps?

Posted May 10, 2012 - 11:58 am

Facebook says its answer to the iTunes App Store will promote only high-quality apps and leave the crappy ones behind. I'd like to believe that, I really would.
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Meet the Facebook killer

Posted May 8, 2012 - 1:20 pm

Facebook may be enjoying its IPO roadshow at the moment, but out there lurks the company that will destroy the social networking giant.
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Are Facebook’s ‘Social Readers’ dying? Let’s hope so.

Posted May 8, 2012 - 12:04 pm

People are bailing in droves from apps that tell everyone what you're reading or watching on Facebook. It's about time.
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Exclusive: 5 fun facts about Facebook's IPO roadshow

Posted May 3, 2012 - 1:10 pm

Social networking giant Facebook reportedly will begin the roadshow Monday for its anticipated mid-May initial public offering. In this exclusive report, an anonymous source tells ITworld what to expect.
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Which Facebook apps are stealing your personal data (and how to stop them)

Posted April 25, 2012 - 1:04 pm

Wonder how much of your personal data Facebook apps like Cityville or Words With Friends are sucking down? PrivacyScore has the answer.
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The unforgivable heresy of Sheryl Sandberg

Posted April 17, 2012 - 8:02 am

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg thinks it'd be great if tech workers didn't put in stupidly long hours at the office. Don't count on her triggering a Silicon Valley revolution.
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The eazy way to protect your privacy

Posted April 12, 2012 - 1:56 pm

A new site called Priveazy aims to make protecting your data on Facebook and everywhere else as easy as pie. It might well succeed.
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Of course Facebook's going to change Instagram

Posted April 10, 2012 - 2:15 pm

Mark Zuckerberg assures us that Facebook won't change Instagram after paying $1 billion to buy the photo-sharing app. Don't believe him.
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Retro Wednesday: Today's video games and Web sites, yesterday!

Posted April 4, 2012 - 2:07 pm

What if Twitter, Facebook and Angry Birds were developed 30 years ago?
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Social spam is taking over the Internet

Posted April 3, 2012 - 3:06 pm

Bogus accounts and fake comments planted by spambots -- get ready for the future of the social Web.
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Finally, a Facebook app that haters can 'like'

Posted March 30, 2012 - 5:21 pm

A university research project has created an application that allows Facebook users to designate 'enemies.'
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Five things you should never do on Facebook (or anywhere else)

Posted March 29, 2012 - 2:19 pm

What you say and do online can land you in divorce court, the unemployment line, or prison. Check out these five real-life tales of social media woe.
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Zuck treats Facebook investors the same as he treats users -- with disdain

Posted March 28, 2012 - 3:10 pm

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is blowing off investors as the social networking company's IPO approaches. And some of them are just so mad!
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Facebook says emails from man claiming 50% of Zuck's stake are bogus

Posted March 26, 2012 - 9:06 pm

Attorneys for Facebook on Monday asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Paul Ceglia that seeks 50% of Mark Zuckerberg's stake in the social networking giant.
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Facebook’s new non-privacy-policy policies

Posted March 23, 2012 - 5:48 pm

Facebook is changing its data policies yet again -- and there's some new language you probably want to know about.
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