UK consumers are spending more on online goods, with 42.6 percent buying once a week - but they don't trust social networks
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Social Networking Costs UK Economy Billions
Social networking sites such as Facebook are Twitter are costing the British economy billions of pounds a year in lost working time
Google Wave’s Demise Will Not Stall Social Integration
The crash of Google Wave does not mean social marketing is doomed, but should remind companies to invest in strategic guidance, says StrongMail's Ryan Deutsch
VoIP Provider Vonage Gives Facebook A Voice
Vonage introduces an app that lets Facebook friends place free calls to each other over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G networks on their smartphones
Google Waves Goodbye To Email Killer
The company claims that lack of customer uptake was behind the decision to pull the plug on Google Wave
Sophos: The Biggest Security Risk Is You
Spam, malware, phishing and clickjacking are all high on the security agenda, but the main cause of security breaches is still human error, says Sophos's Graham Cluley
Apple, Amazon Face E-Reader Probe
Apple and Amazon are facing an anticompetitive investigation over their e-book pricing deals with publishers
Americans Increasingly Hooked On Facebook, Twitter
Social networking sites are swallowing an increasing amount of America's online surfing time, new research has revealed
Google Crowned ‘King Of Malware’
Google distributes more malware than any other search engine - more than twice the amount of Bing, Twitter and Yahoo! combined
Data From 100m Facebook Accounts Shared Online
The privacy weaknesses of social networks are once again in the spotlight, after a security consultant shared details of millions of Facebook users online
Defence Contractor Launches Open-Source Social Networking Project
Lockheed Martin has launched an open-source project for enterprise social networking called Eureka Streams
Brits Refuse To Pay For Online Content
Four out of five web users in the UK would go elsewhere if their favourite site began to charge for content, KPMG has found
Ditch PCs For A Networked Nation
If Martha Lane Fox is going to succeed in getting Britain online, she'll need to focus on delivering information - not hardware - says Lisa Layzell
Twitter Builds Data Centre To Combat Outages
Twitter claims it is building a data centre in Salt Lake City to load up on servers that will pare the web service's downtime
ORG: Ofcom’s Digital Act Code Is Unlawful
The Open Rights Group claims Ofcom's draft code for the Digital Economy Act is unlawful, and calls for a new consultation on the code
Facebook Reaches Half A Billion Users
One in twelve people on the planet is now a member of social network giant Facebook, according to Mark Zuckerberg
Motorola Admits Flickering Droid X Displays
Motorola has admitted there is a problem affecting small numbers of its highly rated handset, the Droid X, and has posted a fix
Digital Act To Create Pirate ISPs In UK
Service providers will split up to make smaller 'pirate' ISPs, in response to Ofcom's draconian file-sharing proposals, says the Pirate Party
How Attackers Use Social Networks For Command And Control
RSA has discovered that attackers using social networking can slip through the net by incorporating illegal activities with legitimate ones
Swedish Pirate Party Launches Anonymous ISP
The Swedish anti-copyright Pirate Party is helping users share content privately - and delivering bandwidth to the Pirate Bay torrent site
Avaya Fills In Aura Collaboration Products
The Aura virtualised communication offering from Avaya has become more concrete with a new set of products
Apple Will Have To Recall The iPhone 4
Whatever Apple says at its antenna press conference, Don Reisinger can give you ten reasons why the company will have to recall the iPhone 4
Facebook and The Panic Button Panic
Child protection agency Ceop argued over how much presence it should have on Facebook. It should be making its message to children clearer and going viral, says Peter Judge
Facebook Adds Optional Ceop Panic Button
Facebook has given in to pressure and added the Ceop child protection button - as part of an optional app
Facebook Privacy Hit By German Legal Challenge
A German data protection official is accusing Facebook of violating the country's strict privacy laws
Twitter App For Blackberry Finally Launched
Research In motion (RIM) has launched its official Twitter for BlackBerry application after months in beta
Google And Facebook: Opt-In Is Coming
As Facebook gets sued, and Google faces government criticism, eWEEK Europe says the inevitable result will be regulations that make the value of user data clearer
Apple iPhone 4 Will Bite Into Operator Profits
According to Strand Consult, large subsidies for the new Apple smartphone may cut into mobile operators' profits
Fans Petition Google Over Skype-Killer
A grassroots petition has begun for people who desire a desktop VOIP client for Google Voice
Nokia N8 Smartphone: Review
Nokia's new flagship smartphone is a great (but expensive) camera - but the new Symbian OS isn't improved enough to faze the competition