Google+'s real-name policy is an abuse of power and harms privacy, according to Microsoft researcher Dana Boyd
The Met took to Twitter to warn off would be hackers as the US government reported on hacktivists
An Android app from China can record and transmit phone conversations without the owner being aware
The government is listening to ideas about data transparency and open to triggering new business ideas
The ICO says public authorities with Twitter accounts must respond to tweeted FoI requests
RIM today unveiled the Bold and Torch phones it hopes will address its declining smartphone fortunes
Researchers have shown off the ability to discover personal data using simple face recognition software
Adobe has launched an HTML5 tool - but there are still plenty of reasons why Flash will continue, says Peter…
As Microsoft berates Google's Gmail, Google is getting more aggressive with a new tool to bring in non-Gmail users
Facebook has followed Mozilla, Google and others in offering cash for the disclosure of security flaws
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt will testify to the US Senate in an antitrust hearing in September
Ricoh is partnering Vidyo to bring its slim, portable Unified Communications System P3000 to market
RIM's BlackBerry Messenger 6 supports social apps and faces a challenge from Apple’s upcoming iMessenger
The mobile and social networking giants have teamed up to produce a Facebook-dedicated, pre-pay handset
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Three quarters of the South Korean population may have had their personal details hacked
Vodafone will meet rights activists to explain its co-operation with the overthrown Egyptian government
Will the changes to Google's name management policy satisfy users, while letting the company deliver targeted ads, asks Clint Boulton
Research has found British businesses are getting to grips with online matters
Supermarket chain Tesco is testing free in-store Wi-Fi in four of its stores, with plans to roll out across the…
Google+ has deleted some user accounts without notice, while testing its profile naming policy
Alcatel-Lucent is using partnerships and its own technology in the new Visual Collaboration Suite
Google needs to install some serious filtering tools on its Google+ platform, to help users cut through the noise, says…
IBM's Federal Community Cloud allows government agencies to adopt social collaboration tools
Google+ has more than 20 million users, and has not even moved out of the invitation-only phase yet
Talk Talk finished bottom of an Ofcom survey of broadband customer satisfaction
Google+ user metrics show 1.8 million visits last week, with over half the traffic from Google and Gmail
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AVG is securing MultiMi's future by adding its market reach to help those who need to juggle their digital lives
Microsoft says its socl.com launch was an accident, but the company was most likely trying to gauge a reaction, says…