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Article | 20/10/2009 Facebook and Twitter for Xbox LIVE
Microsoft's next Xbox LIVE update with Facebook and Twitter support went out to those of us with preview access early this morning, and I've just fini...
Article | 20/10/2009 Scams & shams: The trouble with social networks
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...
Article | 17/10/2009 Hacked Facebook apps lead to fake antivirus software
New applications are turning up on Facebook. Unfortunately, some of them are fake antivirus programs.
Article | 15/10/2009 Social networks war shows Facebook dominant
Facebook is leaping ahead of MySpace</a> to turn into the most popular social networking site in the U.S. Yet although Facebook nailed down 58.6 perce...
Article | 15/10/2009 Facebook applications at risk from attack
A number of Facebook applications, including one called CityFireDepartment, has been hacked and tries to attack site visitors' computers via unpatched...
Article | 14/10/2009 Facebook deals with missing accounts, 150,000 angry users
After a database problem knocked out the accounts of about 150,000 Facebook users for more than a week, the social networking site said today that mos...
Article | 13/10/2009 Twitter, Facebook keep soaring as Myspace slumps
While Myspace Inc.'s business took a huge slide in the U.S. over the past yearp, use of rival Twitter Inc.'s social network simply exploded as visits ...
Article | 29/09/2009 Facebook, Twitter users are affluent and urban, study shows
If you're hooked on posting updates on Facebook and Twitter, there's a good chance you have more money and are more urban than your fellow US citizens...
Article | 2/10/2009 Facebook CAPTCHA no match for spyware attack
Hackers have found a way to create automated Facebook pages and are using them to spread spyware to unsuspecting users, says antivirus and Internet se...
Article | 1/10/2009 Google Wave could prove a threat to Facebook, Twitter
As the most influential Web company gets closer to throwing its hat into the social networking ring, there has to be some consternation in the offices...
Article | 1/10/2009 Jack Thompson sues Facebook for $40M
A long-time critic of the video game industry has sued Facebook for US$40 million, saying that the social networking site harmed him by not removing a...
Article | 1/10/2009 Facebook tries to simplify Connect implementations
Facebook is trying to make it easier for Web publishers to hook up their sites to the company's Connect data portability system.
Article | 1/10/2009 Facebook warns members about rise in '419' scam
More and more fraudsters are harvesting the log-in data of Facebook members in order to impersonate them and ask their friends for money, according to...
Article | 30/09/2009 Yahoo opens new home page to external developers
Yahoo is opening its newly redesigned home page to external developers so that they can build applications for it, the company said Tuesday.
Article | 23/09/2009 Facebook sued over social networking patent
Facebook has been sued by a software company in Baltimore that claims the social-networking site is violating a two-year-old patent.