A South African has been fired and two others suspended for posting Facebook updates considered unacceptable by the their companies.
Social network sites pose risks to the information security of businesses and other organisations, a technology law expert said on Monday.
Web surfers can now send virtual postcards of Pope Benedict XVI to their Facebook friends or follow the pontiff’s travel on their iPhones.
Hackers launched an attack on Facebook’s 200-million users on Thursday, successfully gathering passwords from some of them.
The White House took a major leap into Web 2.0 on Friday, launching pages on social networks MySpace and Facebook and sending its first "tweets".
Meredith Bowen was tiring of requests from Facebook friends to exchange make-believe pansies, and cartoon characters for her ”(Lil) Green Patch”.
The "Place for Friends" is starting to feel lonely. MySpace, the Rupert Murdoch-owned website, is losing popularity and key staff.
South Africans who logged on to Facebook last week may have struggled if they did not understand Afrikaans.
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/ 29 January 2009
A British teenager was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Thursday for murdering a man just hours after posting a message on Facebook.
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/ 14 January 2009
New Zealand police have arrested a burglar by using the popular social networking website Facebook to identify and track him down.
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/ 29 December 2008
A new generation of designers are putting the social element back into video games, using online networks such as Facebook.
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/ 16 December 2008
A court in Australia has approved the use of Facebook to notify a couple that they lost their home after defaulting on a loan repayment.
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/ 9 December 2008
MySpace is teaming up with internet search leader Google to extend MySpace’s reach and counter the expansion of their common rival, Facebook.
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/ 24 November 2008
A student linked to a racist Facebook group has been expelled from the North West University a spokesperson said on Monday.
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/ 16 November 2008
It was a fireside chat for a wi-fi world. Barack Obama on Saturday launched his first regular weekly update to the American voters by YouTube.
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/ 8 November 2008
Digg founder Kevin Rose on Friday shined light on a stormy economic landscape, saying the climate is right for launching internet start ups.
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/ 13 October 2008
Seven students at North West University (NWU) will face disciplinary action over a racist group that surfaced on the Facebook.
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/ 12 October 2008
The Mail & Guardian visited social networking sites and found that racism is alive and well on the net.
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has condemned the racism of University of North West students in Facebook group.
The North West University (NWU) on Monday expressed shock over the existence of a racist group on Facebook.
The debate surrounding African National Congress president Jacob Zuma has made its way on to online social network Facebook.
Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers.
The creators of a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook have been sued by Hasbro.
Amnesty International on Saturday urged the authorities in Egypt to free 16 internet activists jailed for more than two weeks.
When are online student comments about lecturers free expression, asks Kate Smith, and when are they harassment?
Microsoft is not looking to bid to buy all of Yahoo! but is in talks about other types of deals with the United States number two search engine, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, Microsoft walked away from a proposal to acquire Yahoo! for ,5-billion, or per share.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stressed his company’s independent spirit on Monday, after a report the social networking site might be sold to software giant Microsoft, which is hunting for ways to beef up its internet business. Asked specifically about the prospect of a sale, Zuckerberg declined to comment.
A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook’s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the website’s privacy controls. The Associated Press verified the loophole on Monday after receiving a tip from a Vancouver, Canada, computer technician.
Facebook has raided Google to hire a new chief operating officer, providing the popular online social network with more seasoned management and advertising savvy as it strives to make more money without alienating its audience. Sheryl Sandberg’s defection from Google, announced this week, represents a coup for Facebook.
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/ 26 December 2007
Online social-networking websites saw their ranks swell and values soar in 2007 as everyone from moody teenagers and mellow music lovers to mate-seeking seniors joined online communities. Seven out of the 10 hottest topics that triggered Google internet queries during the year involved social networking.
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/ 18 December 2007
Social networking websites saw their ranks swell and values soar this year as everyone from moody teenagers and mellow music lovers to mate-seeking seniors joined online communities. Google’s freshly released <i>Zeitgeist 2007</i> reveals that seven out of the 10 hottest topics which triggered internet queries during the year involved social networking.
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/ 30 November 2007
Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turning its users into marketing tools for other companies. Users will have greater control over whether they want to participate in a programme that circulates information about their online purchases.