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British Student Jailed For Eight Months After Facebook Hack

Glenn Mangham imprisoned despite claiming he just wanted to help Facebook by pointing out vulnerabilities

12 years ago

Google+ Sees Sharp Rise In Unique Visitors

Google's social network had 20 million unique visitors in December, or nearly half that of Twitter, highlighting its rapid growth

12 years ago

Yahoo Chairman Bostock Steps Down Amid Board Shakeup

Roy Bostock and three other board member announce their departure as part of an unheaval intended to restore shareholders' faith

12 years ago

Google’s Existential Threat Mirrors Microsoft’s ‘Tidal Wave’ Warning

Google is facing a similar threat from Facebook that Microsoft faced with the Internet and, later, from Google itself, says…

12 years ago

Google Topples Cisco To Top Greenpeace’s Cool IT Leaderboard

Google has dethroned Cisco in the environmental NGO's fifth edition of its environmental awareness, green leaderboard

12 years ago

Facebook And Google Remove ‘Offensive’ Material From Indian Sites

Indian court orders 21 major internet firms to prevent 'anti-religious' or 'anti-social' content from appearing on their sites

12 years ago

Facebook IPO Exposes Hacking And Spamming Business Risks

Facebook identified hacking and spam as ongoing issues to comply with US regulations on disclosing IPO-related security issues

12 years ago

Facebook Will Join Apple And Google’s League With Its IPO

Facebook's $5 billion initial public offering could give the social network a market capitalisation akin to Silicon Valley's two other…

12 years ago

Facebook IPO Will Help It Compete For Revenue With Google

Facebook is expected to file for its initial public offering today setting it up for more intense competition with Google

12 years ago

Salesforce Launches Desk.com Social Support Tool

Salesforce.com is targeting SMBs with a cloud-based helpdesk dashboard that integrates Facebook and Twitter feeds

12 years ago

Facebook Sues Over ‘Likejacking’ Scam

Facebook and the State of Washington are suing a marketing firm over a 'likejacking' scam that allegedly brought in up…

12 years ago

Google, Microsoft And Others Announce Anti-Phishing Initiative

An alliance between 15 companies is hoping to set a standard to effectively wipe out email phishing

12 years ago

Prisoners Use Smuggled Phones To Menace Victims On Facebook

Ministry of Justice catches 350 inmates using social network in past year, but more slip through the net

12 years ago

Report: Facebook Flotation Set For 1 February

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Facebook will hold its initial public offering on 1 February, setting the stage…

12 years ago

Google Adds Teens To Social Network

Google's next step in its challenge against Facebook is to accept teenagers aged 13 and older in most countries

12 years ago

FBI Seeking ‘Minority Report’ Crime Prediction Software

The FBI is seeking to develop software to scan Twitter and Facebook for 'emerging threats'

12 years ago

US Security Chief Calls EU 24-Hour Data Breach Notification Rule ‘Unworkable’

AT&T's chief privacy officer says the 24-hour deadline would force companies to notify all customers rather than just those affected

12 years ago

Facebook Forces Timeline On Users

Facebook's controversial re-design of the profile page will become mandatory in seven days

12 years ago

Google Social Search Hit By ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Tool

Google continues to be being taken to task by Facebook, Twitter and MySpace over its personalised search

12 years ago

New EU Data Privacy Rules Will Give More Power To Regulators

Firms must repoert data breaches and could be fined up to one percent of their global revenues

12 years ago

Google+ Usage Statistics Confound Observers

Google's social network has 90 million users, but the search engine's statistics make Facebook comparisons difficult

12 years ago

World IPv6 Launch Sets 6 June As Target Date

Internet Society organised event sets out plans for IPv6

12 years ago

Facebook Launches 60 New Open Graph Apps

New apps expand the actions available to users and developers

12 years ago

Facebook Reveals Names of the Koobface Gang

Social network giant Facebook has released identities of those it believes to be behind the Koobface malware

12 years ago

Is Google Risking Anti-Trust Deliberately?

Clint Boulton examines an intriguing theory - that Google is deliberately provoking anti-trust investigation, in order to trap Facebook

12 years ago

US Regulators To Probe Google Social Search

The US' Federal Trade Commission is to add Google's new 'Search, plus your world' service to its ongoing antitrust probe,…

12 years ago

Facebook Scraps With Google Over Social Search

Facebook and Google have traded blows over Facebook's exclusion from Google's new 'Search, plus your world' feature

12 years ago

CEOP Slams Twitter For Failing Children

Child protection body CEOP calls on Twitter to strengthen its reporting mechanisms to tackle problems of exploitation and abuse of…

12 years ago

Facebook Ramnit Worm Variant Stole UK Log-In Credentials, Report Claims

The latest version of the Ramnit worm steals Facebook credentials and spams friends instead of relying on email

12 years ago

Greenpeace And Facebook Decide To Friend One Another

Eco-warriors and social networkers decide to Like one another by joining forces to encourage green data centres

12 years ago