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  • Developer finds major coding errors in Facebook, MySpace 06/11/2009 08:29:00

    The simple problems may have exposed users' data for an unknown length of time
    Social-networking sites MySpace and Facebook have apparently fixed coding errors that could have allowed an attacker access to all of their users' data and photos.
  • Scams & shams: The trouble with social networks 20/10/2009 03:45:00

    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.
  • Twitter, Facebook keep soaring as Myspace slumps 13/10/2009 05:36:00

    Twitter use still exploding; Facebook easily maintains top social networking market share
    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 to the site in September increased by 1,170% compared to year-earlier figures, according a report released last week by Experian Hitwise, an Internet monitoring firm.
  • Yahoo opens new home page to external developers 30/09/2009 01:52:00

    They will be able to build home page applications using the Yahoo Application Platform
    Yahoo is opening its newly redesigned home page to external developers so that they can build applications for it, the company said Tuesday.
  • Facebook, Twitter users are affluent and urban, study shows 29/09/2009 06:56:00

    And Facebook users are wealthier than counterparts on Myspace
    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, according to a new study by The Nielsen Co.
  • MySpace to open source in-house data analysis technology 16/09/2009 05:36:00

    Qizmt is a distributed computation framework based on the MapReduce programming model for processing large data sets
    MySpace on Tuesday will release as open source a technology called Qizmt that it developed in-house to mine and crunch massive amounts of data and generate friend recommendations in its social-networking site.
  • MySpace buys iLike social music service 20/08/2009 06:08:00

    The acquisition is expected to enhance MySpace's user experience
    MySpace, scrambling to jump-start its popularity, has agreed to buy iLike, a social music discovery service that is very popular on MySpace and other social networks like Facebook.
  • Illinois outlaws sex offenders from using Facebook, MySpace 17/08/2009 05:54:00

    Governor signs bill aimed at keeping known predators from online prowling
    The state of Illinois made it a law this week that convicted sex offenders cannot use social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
  • Archbishop: Facebook can lead to teen suicide 05/08/2009 08:35:00

    Head of Catholic Church in U.K. says texting, e-mail, social networks destroy friendships
    The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England is warning that Facebook, texting and e-mails are destroying relationships and may even lead teens to commit suicide.
  • Is Facebook past its prime? 08/07/2009 14:38:00

    Nobody left to 'friend'? Too many friends anyway? Why Facebook when you can Twitter? In the here-today-gone-tomorrow world of social media, these common complaints may mark the beginning of the end of Facebook's enormous popularity.
    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 love and affection of most of its followers the next? We hope not. But various irritations associated with the site could contribute to its eventual demise.
  • Michael Jackson mourners take to the Web, but don't crush it 08/07/2009 08:44:00

    No crashes detected so far though Twitter was slowed some under user pressure
    Today's massive memorial service for Michael Jackson may have strained some social networking and news sites but it didn't cripple them, as many had expected.
  • Judge temporarily dismisses MySpace cyberbully case 03/07/2009 05:25:00

    Lori Drew, 50, is a free woman after a judge ruled in her favor
    A U.S. judge on Friday overruled a jury verdict and dismissed a case against a Missouri woman convicted last November in a cyberbullying case that led to a teenager's death.
  • MySpace helps developers tune site performance with new tool 24/06/2009 05:26:00

    MSFast will be released as open source so it can be improved and extended
    MySpace will release as open source a tool it uses internally to track and tune the performance of its Web site, a move that will allow developers to benefit from the tool's capabilities and help extend and enhance its functionality.
  • MySpace to shrink international staff, close offices abroad 24/06/2009 04:38:00

    The News Corp. social-networking unit will reduce its headcount abroad from 450 to about 150 employees
    MySpace will slash its staff abroad and shutter several international offices, the News Corp. unit said on Tuesday, a week after announcing a big round of layoffs in the U.S.
  • Facebook dethrones Myspace in U.S. popularity race 17/06/2009 08:21:00

    Facebook has long overshadowed Myspace internationally, now it passed rival in U.S.
    As one more slap in the face to the pioneer of the social networking phenomenon, Facebook has become more popular than Myspace here in the U.S.
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