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Blogger detention backfires on M'sian govt
News Move to keep controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin in detention has spurred, rather than quell, country's vocal blogger community into further action.
Tags: Web logs, Local Government, Politics, Regulations, Blogger, Security, Malaysia, Government, phone, New York
M'sian bloggers arrest dashes hope for change
News Recent arrest of two Malaysian bloggers signal the government's unwillingness to soften its stance on alternative online media, say industry observers.
Tags: Web logs, Local Government, Regulations, Blogger, Government, performance, leader, Prime Minister, Internet, information technology
Twitter users warned about new phishing attack
News Sophos says the new attack features direct messages with link to fake Twitter log-in page. Entering a username and password prompts a fake overcapacity "fail whale."
Tags: Security Management, Spam and phishing, Web 2.0, Phishing, Twitter Inc., Web Page, Web 2.0, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, Phishing Web Site
Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored data
News A new page off user's Google Account settings lets them review all the data the company has stored regarding that account, and make changes or delete data.
Tags: Privacy, Web sites, Google Inc., Blogger, Web sites, Internet search, Google Picasa, Dashboard, YouTube Inc., YouTube Video
In Philippines, free ads site tops them all
Blogs Last September, just after typhoon Ketsana (locally known as "Ondoy") razed the Philippines, veteran IT chronicler Jim A...
Security firms discover botnet on Twitter
News Account on the microblogging service can be used to host and control a botnet of infected computers, Symantec and Arbor Networks say.
Tags: Web 2.0, Twitter, Blogger, Security, distributed denial of service, computer, Arbor Networks, Symantec Corp., Facebook, security company
Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user
News Accounts of pro-Georgian blogger were targeted in denial of service attack leading to outage at Twitter and problems at Facebook, Blogger and LiveJournal, says Facebook CSO.
Tags: Network security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, LiveJournal, Twitter, Blogger, Attack, chief security officer, denial of service, Facebook
On matters of security
Blogs Before I proceed to my chosen topic, let me fire off a quick broadside at the recent ruling of the NTC (National Telecom...
Understand limitations of your online privacy
Blogs Life is about choices. We all make decisions almost every second of our life. Some are menial...should I floss and brush...
Report: U.S FTC to go after blogger freebies
News U.S. Federal Trade Commission plans to start keeping tabs both on bloggers accepting products for free and on companies giving them away, AP reports.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Blogger, Acer Inc., gift certificate, Compensation, Amazon MP3, FTC, Amazon.com Inc., Associated Press
More speculation on Yahoo's CEO choices
News Ex-Yahoo employees have thrown in names including former COO Dan Rosensweig, Disney's Bob Iger and former Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin as their best bet for the new candidate.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Web browsers, Hardware, Blogger, COO, Yahoo! Inc., News Corp., Blogger Kara Swisher, CEO
Microsoft, Google sparring over Twitter?
News Twitter's search feature is red-hot. According to AllThingsD, Microsoft and Google are both hoping to grab their piece of the pie by serving search ads.
Tags: Internet advertising, Search, Twitter, Microsoft Corp., Blogger, Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Digg, Messaging, ROI
Netizens provide 'first draft of history' from Mumbai
News Steady streams of updates on the bloody attacks in India, captured on Web sites such as Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and Global Voices, could help piece history, says industry observer.
Tags: Video, Web sites, Web 2.0, Twitter, Blogger, CNN, India, Ingram Micro Inc., Flickr, News.com
A new skin for 'unkind' blogosphere
Blogs Remember that episode of Seinfeld where the four friends were sent to jail for not being good Samaritans? In the fin...
Freedom on the global Internet still a pipe dream
News commentaryThe latest global survey by Reporters without Borders concludes that the Internet increasingly is the target of surveillance and restrictions.
Tags: Web sites, Blogger, North Korea, Vietnam, Borders Books & Music, Cell Phone, Syria, Government, China, Internet
