Windows Live blocked from tweeting Tweets
Twitter last week was slapped with a 20 year ban by the FTC on misleading people about how it maintains and protects the security, privacy and non-confidentiality of its system. Is this why Windows...
View ArticleZombie cookies don't crumble
A privacy activist lawyer is taking MTV, ESPN, MySpace, Hulu, ABC, NBC and Scribd to the cleaners because they used storage in Adobe's Flash player to raise cookies from the dead after they had been...
View ArticleGoogle CEO warns of data explosion and future without privacy
Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, has warned of a frightening future where a data explosion will result in it being extremely easy to identify you, where you are, and what you are up to. Nothing to do with...
View ArticleGoogle nabs Angstro for future Facebook contender
Google has made another move which we're sure it thinks will help it oust the likes of Facebook from the social media throne. It has bought out TechCrunch 50 finalist start-up Angstro. Angstro offers...
View ArticleCyber-stalking study commissioned in UK
The Electronic Communication Harassment Observation is conducting a survey to gauge the prevalence of cyberstalking. The UK based organisation has been commissioned by the Network for Surviving...
View ArticleCyberstalking awareness is global wake-up call
Earlier this year, Andrea Petrou wrote an article on this website noting that the Electronic Communication Harassment Observation (ECHO) was conducting its first-ever survey to gauge the prevalence of...
View ArticleUS Court orders computer ban for teen
The Kangaroo Courts which have been operating in the US since terrorists took over the former UK colony are getting out of hand with their bizarre rulings. Lately the courts have been trying to come up...
View ArticleMyspace shares user data with advertisers
While the social notworking site Facebook has been getting bad privacy press, the less popular Myspace has been doing the same thing without anyone noticing or caring. According to the Wall Street...
View ArticleKKK bloke is sicko Facebook vandal
The Ku Klux Klan is behind a string of sicko Facebook vandalisations of dead people tribute pages. Senior clanman Jarred Hensley, 28, from Cincinnati, Ohio, bragged of his involvement in the plan to a...
View ArticleUK Lord Chief Justice lets people Twitter in court
The UK's Lord Chief Justice has issued an interim guidance ruling today that reporting on Twitter from courtrooms is permissable with immediate effect, but only on a case-by-case basis.The approval...
View ArticleBebo has high hopes for doomed relaunch
"iee dnt like this upgrade ;)", says one user. "i LOVE YOU HENaRe PeHI alwaes 4 eva and Long Lyfe TiME:-)," says another. Social networking haunt for 13-year-olds Bebo is aiming for a refresh....
View ArticleKids give their parents the runround online
Children are giving their parents the runaround when it comes to internet use, a new report has found, while many parents admit they know less about the internet then their offspring. Ofcom believes...
View ArticleLinux falls to patent troll
A Texas jury has ruled that the Linux kernel infringes a patent troll's technology and that Google should pay the outfit $5 million. Bedrock Computer Technologies looks set to use the ruling to bring...
View ArticleFacebook losing top employees
It looks as though Facebook may have to turn back to nicking staff from Google, with the news that some of its head honchos have decided to quit. According to Business Insider, the social networking...
View ArticleMySpace about to cull a third of staff
Word on the street is that tomorrow more than a third of the staff at the social notworking site Myspace will be collecting their p45s and pink slips as Rupert "Digger" Murdoch starts to wash his hands...
View ArticleAd firm eyes Myspace buy
As everyone's been whispering, that doomed social not-work Myspace could be nearing a sale. According to the Wall Street Journal's sources, the leading bidder is an advertising company - Specific...
View ArticleJustin Timberlake buys Myspace
Mosquito-voiced, gyrating beat combo artist Justin Timberlake is part of a group that has bought the doomed MySpace from News Corp. According to the group, dubbed Specific Media, Timberlake will become...
View ArticleChild porn Wi-Fi hacker jailed for 18 years
A bloke who terrorised his neighbourhood by hacking their Wi-Fi connections has been jailed for 18 years. According to Wired, Barry Ardolf, 46, repeatedly hacked into his next-door neighbors' Wi-Fi...
View ArticleFacebook changes prepare users for Google + exodus
It's hard not to draw up comparisons between Facebook and Google +, as Zuckerberg's company announces privacy changes intended to comfort users and let them know they're protected. While it is the...
View ArticleStriking Spanish author sparks digital publishing debate
Since prominent Spanish writer Lucía Etxebarria announced an abrupt end to her life as an author due to the effects of ebook piracy, her decision has continued to prove controversial. Etxebarria told...
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