What's frightening about the spread of this Trojan is not the worm itself - it's really nothing new in terms of malware - but the way its being spread. Over the years people have learned to be suspicious of unknown links and attachments in their emails, so the virus writers turned to hit us where we're more vulnerable: on our social networks. Here, many people still have a feeling of comfort and s... read full post picked by muppet 11 months ago

They beat out google for this small percentage of facebook. Multiplied out it pushes the value of facebook up to $15 billion. In case that number doesn't sound all that big, it is $15,000,000,000 picked by sykeo56 2 years ago

Five years ago Mark Zuckerberg made up Facebook and lots of people are grateful.

I've not signed up yet. I'll get round to checking it out at some point, I guess. Is it any good, do you think? picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

Despite Facebook's decision to eliminate two Holocaust Denial groups, numerous others remain on Facebook. Facebook is allowing these groups to remain, because, in Facebook's view, these groups are engaging in legitimate discourse over a controversial issue and not crossing the line into hate speech. picked by muppet 7 months ago

If you thought online social networking was just an idle pastime, think again.

A university is to offer a Masters degree covering sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo.

Students will learn how to set up blogs and podcasts online and also how to use the sites in communications and marketing. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Their chances of being caught have increased after they were joined overseas by Ms Young's sister, Aroha Hurring, who posted details about their location on her Facebook page.
Update to Autumn's post. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Students at Bornemouth University are calling for the blocking of Facebook and other social networking sites because others' using these sites 'hog' the computers. picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions a more personalized, humanized Web, where our network of friends, colleagues, peers, and family is our primary source of information, just as it is offline. In Zuckerberg's vision, users will query this "social graph" to find a doctor, the best camera, or someone to hire—rather than tapping the cold mathematics of a Google search. It is a comp... read full post picked by theclansman 5 months ago

Okay, it’s official, Facebook is officially getting out of hand. Not only do employers use social networking tools such as Facebook or Myspace to check on prospective employees, but now Oxford University has actually used photos as evidence of students violating their code of conduct. picked by kye1111 2 years ago

Manatee County Sheriff's officers say a 19-year-old man snatched a Starbucks customer’s laptop after being told he could not use it to check his Facebook account. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

A maternity belt that updates parents-to-be's Facebook pages every time their baby kicks or moves in the womb is being developed in the US. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

New site offers (for a fee) to supply your myspace, facebook, or other social site with all the fake friends you want. You can have all the hottest and coolest friends your credit card will afford but would never speak to you in real life. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg, the 22-year old creator of Facebook.com has turned down an offer of $1.6 billion dollars from Yahoo.com for the purchase of his site. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Google now offers a portfolio feature you can edit to be displayed whenever people search for your name. What is the purpose of them being given so much information about you? Could it be for their own social network? picked by bernardblack 7 months ago

First-year student Chris Avenir is fighting charges of academic misconduct for helping run an online chemistry study group via Facebook last term. picked by zzz 2 years ago

Facebook is trying to recover from last week's policy-change blunder, which prompted tens of thousands to join online protests. At issue was who controls the information, like photos, posts and messages, that people share with their friends on the site. picked by feds 9 months ago

We had a chance to chat with Facebook's Mike Schroepfer, VP of Engineering, who came over from Mozilla in August. Topics included everything from open source, to Facebook Connect's impact on the web, to getting stopped in airport security lines. picked by cactushair 12 months ago

That's right, Pew Internet Research tells us 35 percent of grown-ups (defined as anyone between the ages of 18 and dead) are now using social networking sites. Of course that doesn't mean they're necessarily on Facebook. They might be on LinkedIn (a business social networking site) or MySpace (for musicians and goth tweens), or maybe they're on Friendster. (Just kidding; no one's on Friendster.) picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Though Sopo's Facebook page was set to private, agent Reeg could still comb through his friends. That's where he found a former Justice Department official who'd met Sopo at a nightclub picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

A teenager who posted a death threat on Facebook, yesterday became the first person in Britain to be jailed for bullying on a social networking site.

Keeley Houghton, 18, said she would kill Emily Moore, whom she had bullied for four years since they were at school together.

Not the first time either. picked by Bingo 3 months ago