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Article | 12/08/2009 Twitter etiquette: How to tweet politely
Because it's just a messaging platform, Twitter is far less complex than Facebook. Nevertheless, misuse and abuse seem at least as common on the forme...
Article | 7/08/2009 Why attack Twitter?
Twitter and Facebook were hit today with denial-of-service attacks that can knock a site offline, but don't steal information or cause permanent damag...
Article | 29/07/2009 Warning: The wrong tweet can get you sued
A Chicago-area woman is being sued for $50,000 by her landlord over a critical Tweet, the Chicago Sun-Times reported today. The landlord is quoted as ...
Article | 25/07/2009 Twitter needs to teach people to tweet
Technology journalists are often accused of blowing Twitter out of proportion, and for good reason.
Article | 23/07/2009 Twitter: a growing security minefield
In June, the world watched as tweets from the streets of Tehran flooded Twitter. Frequent Twitter users--and people who hadn't even heard of the micro...
Article | 21/07/2009 Could you be hacked like Twitter?
The French hacker who broke into Twitter's Google Apps and stole more than 300 private company documents has revealed in detail how he did it.
Article | 18/07/2009 TweetPsych builds a psychological profile based on Tweets
If Twitter is voyeuristic, then TweetPsych takes it to a whole new level. Based on your last thousand tweets (or those of someone you're interested in...
Article | 18/07/2009 Twittergate is lame
The revelations from the dubiously named Twittergate have been about as exciting as watching wet paint dry.
Article | 11/07/2009 How many Twitter followers does it take to get a job?
A recent job posting on Best Buy Co Inc.'s Web site for a Senior Manager - Emerging Media Marketing position based out of the company's corporate head...
Article | 10/07/2009 Anyone want to buy Twitter?
Despite Twitter's popularity and ballooning public image, the micro-blogging site may never be able to turn a profit. That was the prevailing attitude...
Article | 8/07/2009 Is Facebook past its prime?
Is Facebook on its last legs? Is it going to pull a MySpace on us? Will Facebook be the Internet's hip site du jour one day, then suddenly lose the lo...
Article | 8/07/2009 Medical marijuana dispensary thrives on Twitter
Twitter has been used to fight tyranny, deliver tragic news, follow politics, and now some California residents have found another innovative purpose ...
Article | 30/06/2009 Analysis: Is HTML e-mail dangerous for your PC, or just your eyeballs?
Last week's online protest against Microsoft Outlook is turning out to be a tempest-in-a-Tweet.
Article | 30/06/2009 Twitter gains upper hand on latest scam
Sometimes, it seems scams are becoming almost as common as social media experts on Twitter. The latest one, unleashed Monday morning and initially not...
Article | 24/06/2009 High profile Twitter hack spreads porn Trojan
Former Apple Macintosh evangelist Guy Kawasaki posts Twitter messages about a lot of different things, but the message he put up on Tuesday afternoon ...