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Facebook Flaw Exposes Zuckerberg’s Private Pics
A tool intended to flag inappropriate Facebook content was exploited to access CEO Zuckerberg's images
Dorkbot Malware Continues To Spread On Facebook
Sophos warns that a piece of Facebook malware is continuing to spread through Facebook chat.
Social Media Badly Used By Councils During Strike
Just 22 percent of councils provided "excellent" coverage during public sector strikes, says survey
Facebook Buys Gowalla For Location Sharing
Facebook has acquired location sharing service provider Gowalla, a key competitor to FourSquare
Facebook Signals Hiring Spree For New York Office
Facebook is to hire thousands of new engineers as it boosts its workforce for a rapid growth push
Industry Predicts More Advanced Attacks in 2012
Cyber-adversaries are gearing up for even more advanced attacks. Fahmida Rashid Explores the security outlook for 2012
Syria Bans iPhones To Stop Protestors Talking
Apple's iPhone banned to silence reports of violence against protestors in Syria's Arab Spring revolt
Marc Benioff Still Loves Oracle And Microsoft Bating
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff dislikes Oracle and Microsoft and cannot resist revealing his reasons
GCHQ Devises Code-Cracker Game To Recruit Spies
Intelligence agency GCHQ has gone to social media with a code-breaking challenge for would-be spies
British Apple Worker Sacked For Facebook Posts
An Apple Store employee who ranted on Facebook about his job has lost his claim of unfair dismissal
Salesforce Adds Social Marketing To User Options
Salesforce's Social Marketing Cloud uses its Radian6 assets to track and improve company profiles
HP: 50 Zettabytes Of Data Created Each Year By 2020
As data explodes HP Labs is showing some ideas on how businesses can cope with it
Facebook Settles Over Misleading Privacy Changes
Facebook has settled Federal Trade Commission charges of deceptive behaviour over privacy settings
US Patriots v EU Liberals In 2012 Cloud Olympics
Cloud services could lose, in an Olympian contest over privacy between US patriots and EU human rights defenders, says Eric Doyle.
Facebook Heading For Largest Ever Tech IPO
Facebook flotation could raise $10bn and value Facebook at $100bn, say sources
EC To Stop Facebook Eavesdropping
An EC Directive will ban information harvesting on social networking sites for targeted advertising
eBay Buys Hunch Decision Engine
eBay has purchased Hunch, a social search startup that failed to gain traction in the mainstream
Don’t Shut Social Networks During Riots, Experts Agree
Facebook, and Twitter are a source of information and rioters have other networks, say experts
New Tech Is Fine, But People Don’t Like Change
Old habits die hard, so don’t fight them. Instead give your staff tools they will actually use, says David Lavenda of harmon.ie
BSA, Microsoft Join SOPA Opposition
Even an anti-piracy group opposes SOPA, the proposed US anti-piracy legislation
Facebook Expands Green Open Hardware Push
The Open Compute Project is looking deeper into green data centres, from storage to systems management
HTC and Facebook To Release “Buffy” Smartphone
Into every generation a phone is born. One phone in all the world, chosen to stop the threat of Google
A Chilling Message For Well-Connected Social Networkers
Websense sees social media identity theft as a growing threat for 2012. Eric Doyle argues that it is a present and growing danger
Facebook’s Data Centre Awarded LEED Gold
Facebook's data centre has been praised for its energy efficiency, despite criticism from Greenpeace
Skype Adds Direct Facebook Friends Video Chatting
The integration partnership deepens with direct connection for Facebook-to-Facebook calls through Skype
Websense Predicts Explosive 2012 For Cyber Crime
London Olympics, US presidential elections, and Mayan calendar will lead to broad attacks by criminals
Facebook Pursues Attackers After Porn Spam Attack
Facebook said it has identified the people who used a cross-site scripting vulnerability to spam users
Model Metrics Consultancy Bought By Salesforce
Salesforce acquires mobile, social cloud specialist to bolster itself against Oracle, SAP and other rivals
Porn and Violence Floods Facebook Newsfeeds
Users have complained of violent and sexual images appearing on their profiles