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More people worried about Net privacy, study finds Privacy concerns stemming from online shopping rose in 2007, a new survey finds, as the loss or theft of credit card information and other personal data soared to unprecedented levels. Sixty-one percent of...
From: www.sfgate.com

Safety guide to social networking

Security vendors provide tips to allow employees to access sites such as Facebook and MySpace, and still keep corporate networks safe. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com
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Your brain on the Book

From your parents to your professors to your old preschool playmates, more than 55 million people have claimed their page of Facebook, and according to the Internet marketing research company comScore, each user is getting in an average of 20 minutes of Face-time per day.
From: www.kansan.com

Staying Private on Facebook

How much information from my Facebook profile can random people find out about me with a regular Web search?
From: www.nytimes.com

A British firm has a way to measure your importance on the Internet

A digital rating system factors in criteria like popularity, impact and activity.
From: www.iht.com

Scrabble, Facebook face off

A face-off between old-school Scrabble and high-tech Facebook could spell the demise of a popular diversion for millions of game players worldwide.Toymakers Hasbro and Mattel have asked the popular online social networking Web site, Facebook, to remove its Scrabulous game, saying it infringes their copyright to Scrabble, The Daily Telegraph said.Scrabulous is a miniature version of the classic ...
From: politicom.moldova.org

Fanbook

Ditch your Web site. Facebook and MySpace are eager to help small businesses find friends.
From: www.forbes.com

Under scrutiny

Academics use Facebook to fathom relationships
From: news.bbc.co.uk

McCollum: Deal will fight online predators

The Web site MySpace.com agreed to rules about privacy for teens with all states except Texas. MySpace.com, the huge Web site popular with teens, has agreed to add protections for its underage users and carefully monitor content to help prevent sexual predators from misusing it, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced Monday.
From: www.orlandosentinel.com

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A little more than a year ago, Facebook decided to expand beyond college and high school students. At the time, the planned change was met with stiff opposition from many users.
From: www.pittnews.com

Facebook Used To Railroad Student

Valdosta State University sophomore T. Hayden Barnes protested a multi-million dollar garage construction project by the school. College president Ronald Zaccari responded by expelling him. read more
From: www.webpronews.com

The Face Behind Facebook

Meet Mark Zuckerberg, 23, said to be worth $3 billion for founding the second-most popular social networking Internet site, Facebook. Lesley Stahl talks to the young man whose $15 billion company could be the next Google.
From: www.cbsnews.com

Facebook snooping nets second athlete

Networking Web sites are effective, controversial tools for policing students
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3 Ohio teens settle case over Facebook entry aimed at teacher

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Attorneys say three teenagers who called a teacher a pedophile on a Facebook page have reached a settlement in the federal lawsuit against the school district that suspended them.
From: www.daytonsnewssource.com

Rumor: Facebook to get 3 new features in Q1 2008

A report coming from the Inside Facebook blog today details three new features that may be making their debut in the first few months of 2008.
From: www.news.com

Facebook futures

Bill Thompson on what 2008 will mean for the social networking site
From: news.bbc.co.uk

Hot Topic: Facebook

Google and Facebook have signed up to an alliance, DataPortability, which aims to unify identity and data management across various social-networking platforms.
From: www.zdnet.com.au

Can Google And Facebook be Friends After All?

The drive toward platform interoperability continues as Facebook, Google, Plaxo announce support of DataPortability Workgroup.
From: redir.internet.com

Photos on Facebook get some Eden Prairie students in trouble

Some Eden Prairie students have been suspended from sports and extracurricular activities after school officials saw Facebook photos of students who appeared to be partying, several students said.
From: minnesota.publicradio.org

Google & Facebook Join Support For Social Content: DataPortability

Google and Facebook, two of the sites that contain the most social content on the web announce they have joined the DataPortability Workgroup. DataPortability is a company which is dedicated in creating ways to share user-generated content and personal information created on social networks. Computerworld reports, ?The move by the two firms, which together [...]
From: www.searchenginejournal.com

Students suspended after photos appear on Facebook

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Some Eden Prairie students have been suspended from sports and extracurricular activities after school officials saw Facebook photos of students who appeared to be partying, several students said.
From: www.grandforksherald.com

Some Eden Prairie students disciplined after Facebook party photos

Some Eden Prairie students have been suspended from sports and extracurricular activities after school officials saw Facebook photos
From: www.kare11.com

Students Punished For Facebook Drinking Pictures

Some Eden Prairie students have been suspended from sports and extracurricular activities after school officials saw Facebook photos of students who appeared to be partying, several students said.
From: wcco.com

The Ownership Metaphor Can Be Misleading In Privacy Debates

Last week we had a bit of back-and-forth between Julian and Tom over the Scoble/Facebook controversy.
From: www.addict3d.org

Some Eden Prairie students suspended from activities after Facebook party photos

Some Eden Prairie students have been suspended from sports and extracurricular activities after school officials saw Facebook photos of students who appeared to
From: www.kare11.com

Google, Facebook join social-network sharing group

Focusing on a joined-up Web 2.0 Google and Facebook will join Yahoo, Dow Jones, eHub, Zoomr and the BBC as members of the DataPortability Workgroup, an organisation dedicated to creating ways to easily share user-generated content created on social networks.
From: www.pcadvisor.co.uk

Google and Facebook join data portability group

Big players team up to share data. Google and Facebook have joined the DataPortability Workgroup, an organisation dedicated to creating ways to share user-generated content on social networking sites.
From: www.techworld.com

Google and Facebook team up

Google and Facebook Tuesday said that they have joined the DataPortability Workgroup, an organization dedicated to creating ways to easily share user-generated content created on social networks.
From: www.macworld.co.uk

Google, Facebook add support for social content portability

Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. Tuesday said that they have joined the DataPortability Workgroup, an organization dedicated to creating ways to easily share user-generated content created on social networks.
From: www.computerworld.com.sg

Google and Facebook Join DataPortability.org

technirvana sends us to ReadWriteWeb for the scoop on the announcement this morning that representatives from Google and Facebook are joining the DataPortability Workgroup. Quoting: "The group is working on a variety of projects to foster an era in which users can take their data from the websites they use to reuse elsewhere... Good bye customer lock-in, hello to new privacy challenges. If ...
From: slashdot.org

Bilawal tells media to back off, respect privacy

Young Pakistani leader asks the US to stop supporting dictators.
From: www.ibnlive.com

Bilawal tells media to respect his privacy at Oxford

Young Bilawal Bhutto, thrust into the political spotlight by the recent assassination of his mother, handled a nosy world media today with aplomb as he appealed for "privacy" when he resumes his studies as an undergraduate at Oxford University later this month.
From: www.outlookindia.com

Sears sued over privacy breach

Sears Holdings is facing a class-action lawsuit after making the purchase history of its customers public on its Managemyhome.com Web site.
From: news.yahoo.com

Technology | Online Ads Come of Age, or Maybe Not

The rise of social networks such as Facebook and wireless gadgets such as the iPhone has set off a small stampede of companies hoping to build on or replicate their success. Many are counting on advertising to pay the bills.
From: www.washingtonpost.com

Targeted Advertising Online Faces Privacy Concerns

Pitfalls await tech giants as they attempt to engineer the great leap forward into "targeted advertising" ? marketing pitches that key off what individuals say and do online.
From: www.gigalaw.com

Widespread Facebook Application Installs Adware Secret Crush Leads to Unwanted Advertising

Facebook users are sent invitations to add the Secret Crush application by other users.
From: www.infozine.com

Privacy fears mount as ads hit cell phones

NEW YORK ? Your cell phone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.
From: www.journalgazette.net

Privacy concern over cell phone ads

, Associated Press NEW YORK -- Your cell phone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.
From: www.news-journalonline.com

As advertising arrive on cell phones, privacy concerns grow

NEW YORK -- Your cell phone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.
From: www.pantagraph.com

Why Facebook wants to corner the market in personal info

John Naughton: Robert Scoble is a celebrity of the kind only the internet can create
From: www.guardian.co.uk

Facebook Widget Installs Zango Spyware

BaCa writes "A malicious Facebook Widget actively spreading on the social networking site ultimately prompts users to install the infamous "Zango" adware/spyware. The tremendous success and lightning fast expansion of Facebook empowered the social networking giant with an impressive user base. Needless to say, in a digital world where web traffic equals money, such a user base attracts spammers, ...
From: it.slashdot.org

Media Alert: Check Point Cautions Consumers against New Malware Threat Targeting Facebook Users

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, is today warning consumers of a new, rapidly emerging malware threat targeting users of popular social networking site, Facebook. ...
From: www.finanzen.net

Online privacy?

If I were in a hiring position right now, I would definitely be checking out the profiles of prospective new employees on Facebook and MySpace.
From: ottawasun.com

Experts Discuss Facebook Advertising

A firestorm of explosive debate erupted on this blog recently as a record number of comments were posted to a discussion on new abuses from Facebook relating to its Social Ads and Beacon advertising offerings. read more
From: www.webpronews.com

Pranksters sign in as Bhutto son on Facebook

Pranksters are making merry on the social networking website Facebook by signing up as Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and issuing messages.
From: www.expressindia.com

Could 2008 be the year of the social networking backlash?

First Facebook, and now Google: the giants of Web 2.0, it seems, are determined to share every aspect of your life with everyone you know ? whether you want them to or not.
From: www.contractoruk.com

Pranksters impersonate Bilawal on Facebook

Though his father Asif Ali Zardari, who is co-chairman of the PPP, has admitted that his son has an account on Facebook, the quotes attributed to Bilawal by media organisations are the handiwork of pranksters.
From: www.rediff.com

03-01-2008: JWT forecasts 2008 watch list

BLUE will be the new green, video gaming will be further recognised as a ?sport?, eco-awareness and the aversion to privacy ? these are some of the trends for the near future as forecast in a recent report released by advertising agency JWT?s department of trend spotting.
From: www.theedgedaily.com

As advertisements arrive on cellphones, privacy concerns grow

NEW YORK - Your cellphone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.
From: ca.news.yahoo.com

Ads arrive on cell phones, privacy concerns grow

NEW YORK - Your cell phone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.
From: www.marionstar.com

Will ads, privacy collide?

Your cell phone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.
From: www.charleston.net

As advertisements swamp cell phones, privacy worries multiply

Your cell phone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.
From: www.indianexpress.com

Moving targets Privacy concerns grow as ads arrive on cell phones

Your cell phone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.
From: deseretnews.com