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Facebook wins faceoff with Montreal spammer

Facebook has won its case against a Montreal spammer who bombarded users with explicit messages. http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/11/24/mtl-facebookspam1125.html

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 9:40 AM by Randy Knobloch

Filed under: social networking, legal, News, Facebook, CBC Canada, Canada

Microsoft expands Windows Live into social networking

Microsoft Corp. is revamping its online Windows Live portal into a full-blown social networking site along the lines of Facebook, complete with photo sharing, news feeds and an instant messaging service. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/tech...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 6:25 PM by Randy Knobloch

Filed under: Microsoft, social networking, legal, News, Facebook, CBC Canada

The rise of Facebook activism

Copyright reform must have seemed an unlikely hot-button issue in the winter of 2007 — that is, until 50 protesters arrived at Industry Minister Jim Prentice's constituency office in Calgary in December. They were there to voice their complaints...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2008 11:54 AM by Randy Knobloch

Filed under: security, privacy, social networking, News, Facebook, CBC Canada

Prof says young people have unique sense of Facebook privacy

Study says older people who run organizations see everything online as public Last Updated: Thursday, September 4, 2008 | 12:19 PM ET Comments 19 Recommended 33 CBC News A "digital divide" exists in Canada between young people who see information...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2008 7:54 PM by Randy Knobloch

Filed under: security, privacy, social networking, legal, News, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities

Facebook to test New Jersey's Web safety icon

TRENTON, N.J. - The popular social networking Web site Facebook has agreed to test replacing its own link for reporting abuse with a bigger one developed by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office. Under the agreement announced Wednesday, Facebook...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2008 7:41 AM by Randy Knobloch

Filed under: Flags, social networking, legal, world, CBC Canada

Retooled Scrabulous returns to Facebook as Wordscraper

Online Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous has traded in its letters, returning to the popular social network Facebook after a self-imposed exile with a new look and a new name. The new game, called Wordscraper, has a different look and an adjustable board...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 8:21 AM by Randy Knobloch

Filed under: security, privacy, updates, social networking, News, Facebook

New worms target both MySpace and Facebook users

New worms target both MySpace and Facebook users Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management systems, has detected two variants of a new worm, Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.a. and Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.b, which attack MySpace and Facebook...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 7:55 AM by Randy Knobloch

Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, updates, social networking, virus, News, Facebook

Facebook disables Scrabulous at Mattel's request

A highly popular Scrabble clone already pulled from Facebook in the United States and Canada continued its tumble over the weekend as the website blocked the game throughout most of the world. Facebook said Monday it was forced to disable Scrabulous after...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 7:47 AM by Randy Knobloch

Filed under: security, social networking, News, Facebook

Facebook Worm Still Going Strong

http://blog.spywareguide.com/2008/08/facebook-worm-still-going-stro.html

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 5:07 AM by Randy Knobloch

Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, malware, social networking, News

Facebook summarily denies undeniable user-menacing security hole

Exclusive Facebook's hip new application platform contains a gaping hole that allows attackers to run malicious javascript on unsuspecting users' machines, a developer has demonstrated. Proof of concept code examined by El Reg shows how the platform...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 10:08 PM by Randy Knobloch

Filed under: security, privacy, malware, social networking, News

Facebook Tries To Exterminate Worm

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/social_network/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=W2EJZN4XH53KCQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=210000431&subSection=Internet+security

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 12:05 PM by Randy Knobloch

Filed under: social networking, virus, News