Social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace may increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes and dementia by altering the way genes work, according to a report in the Biologist journal. picked by hogstr 9 months ago

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

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

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

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

There is a new variant of the Koobface worm which infects users of sites such as facebook, myspace, and others. picked by bernardblack 9 months ago

New research suggests that 25% of people in the UK suffer from some form of paranoia.
Will paranoia worsen as we move towards complex personal surveillance, the result of the heavy use of social networking sites such as Facebook? picked by ThirDeye 2 months ago

MySpace.com will soon allow members of the popular online social networking hub to sell downloads of their original music directly through MySpace web pages. picked by arrch8 3 years ago

Enjoy. picked by gratheo 2 years ago

The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the consent of the site users, a failure that appears to run counter to President Obama's promise of a transparent government and his pledge to protect privacy on the Internet. picked by shuallyo 3 months ago

Amazon.com, the internet retailer, wants to launch an online music store next month to challenge Apple and is working on plans to sell music with reduced protection against copyright infringement. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Cambridge-educated economist-... (Pink Floyd, The Clash, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Billy Bragg) Peter Jenner put a figure on how much each music fan who buys music would have to pay in order for access to every song ever recorded while maintaining or increasing music sales. picked by charbarred 3 years ago

Facebook was born in 2004 as a way for college students to connect with friends. But what does the Palo Alto social media giant want to be when it grows up?

*assbook?* picked by Bornbad 4 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

Mixxter.com, a new hip social networking site, has just launched their new blog and private beta signup publicly. Mixxter targets the MTV generation and, in turn, has turned to a more trendy style approach than its competitors. picked by b40pixel 3 years ago

Basically a cartoon version of what each social network is really like if they were a person. Hilarious picked by carguy4life 1 year ago

A social analyst said Facebook's arrival sparked a migration from MySpace of white users, the educated and the wealthy, while non-whites had stuck together on MySpace.
(cf. this prophetical article) picked by suckersklub 5 months ago

What Is Myspace? I’m sure you’ve heard of Myspace.com before, if not here is a quick recap. Myspace is a social networking site where you can build a network of “friends” who can share photos, post blogs and communicate with each other. That’s the general nature of Myspace, but what I’m about to reveal to you are some innovative ways you can start marketing to ... read full post picked by bimal 2 years ago

MS backs new social networking site picked by mrnelson 3 years ago

Social networking Web sites can seem dedicated to the idea that nobody’s personal life is worth keeping private, but when it comes to Mark Zuckerberg — the founder of Facebook, one of the largest networks — Facebook disagrees. picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago