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HP Pitches Video Collaboration Into Competitive Market

HP’s collaboration offerings arrive as Cisco, Microsoft and others seek traction in the highly competitive market

Cloud Move For Gordano Microsoft Exchange Alternative

Gordano's GMS Cloud offers a hosted messaging and collaboration suite as an alternative to Microsoft Exchange Online

Reaping The Business Benefits Of Social Networks

Collaboration tools with social features provide a powerful foundation for sharing information and linking experts within your organisation

Google’s Schmidt Welcomes Competition From Facebook Messages

Google boss Eric Schmidt has said that Facebook Messages is good for competition, despite the threat it poses to Gmail

Half of SMBs Ban Facebook At Work

Fifty percent of SMBs in the UK and US ban their staff from accessing social networking websites, a Webroot survey has revealed

Ten Reasons Google Should Fear Facebook

Facebook is offering a new messaging platform designed to rival Gmail. Is it possible that Facebook could best Google in the email space?

Facebook Could Defeat Google Over Social Ads

Facebook's behavioural advertising is growing more powerful thanks to its Like button and other social tools. Clint Boulton asks, can Google keep up?

Saudi Arabia ‘Accidentally’ Blocks Facebook

Saudi Arabia has reportedly blocked access to Facebook, but officials called the incident an 'accidental error'

RockMelt Social Browsing: Review

RockMelt is the ultimate web browser for sharing Facebook and Twitter content, but search needs more speed and less clutter

Koobface Botnet Made $2m From Social Network Users

The Koobface malware made more than $2m by drawing users of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks into its botnet, according to a new study

Twitter Supports Bomb Joker With #IAmSpartacus Tag

Twitter users stand up to be counted, as bomb joke becomes a free speech issue

Facebook To Launch Webmail Client

Facebook is to launch Project Titan, a messaging system to compete with the webmail offerings of Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and others

eWEEK Readers Plump For Facebook Pages

You say Facebook pages are better than groups, and LinkedIn beats Twitter. Next up: What do you think of BlackBerry?

Gartner Predicts Business Email Switch-off Due To Social Networking

Gartner believes the increasing use of social networking in businesses could see email being replaced by 20 percent of business users

Twitter Bomb Joker’s Sentence Upheld

The man who Tweeted about bombing an airport has lost his appeal against his £1,000 fine

Microsoft Adds HTTPS Encryption To Secure Hotmail

Microsoft follows Google's example and adds HTTPS encryption to Hotmail to protect user's entire sessions

Novell Launches Enterprise Collaboration Platform Vibe

Novell has launched a public beta of a business oriented colloboration platform that combines enterprise tools and social networking features

Cisco: IT Policies Hampering Mobile Workforce

Security worries, among other concerns, are keeping employees from using mobile devices in the workplace, Cisco has found

RockMelt Browser Revealed By Netscape Founder

The founder of Netscape has revealed a beta of a social networking friendly web browser dubbed RockMelt

Google Blocks Facebook Data Transfers

Google is making moves to pressure Facebook into changing its stance on data portability

Cuts? eWEEK Readers Say Tech Will Help

You say IT can boost efficiency (and we agree). Next: how should business go social - Facebook, Twitter or what?

Twitter Improves Performance With Updated Android App

Twitter has given its Android app a makeover so that it is now faster and features a new tweet details page

Facebook Mobile Apps Refreshed For iPhone And Android

New smartphone apps from Facebook add single sign-on to iPhones and Androids, along with Deals for the iPhone

Google Settles Privacy Lawsuit Over Buzz

Google has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by Buzz users, although the company still finds itself in hot water over its Street view cars

Twitter Set To Pass 200 Million Users

Twitter is adding 370,000 new users each day and is expected to near 200 million users worldwide by the end of the year

Google Exodus Signals Talent Mismanagement

As Google waves goodbye to Google Wave creator Lars Rasmussen and AdMob founder Omar Hamoui, Clint Boulton asks, what is Google doing wrong?

Adobe Revamps Web Conferencing Tool

Adobe Connect 8 allows web conferencing across platforms and devices, according to the company

Police To Get Facebook Lessons

Detectives will be trained to track down criminals on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter

UK Twitter Session Hijacking Tool Follows Firesheep Flock

The Firesheep extension for Firefox has helped to give birth to a similar tool that targets Twitter sessions