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Twitter malware filter 'disappointing'
News Microblogging site's new weapon, to block users from tweeting links to malicious sites, is laudable but has shortcomings, according to security experts.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Twitter, Phishing, Malware, Security, F-Secure Corp.
Why your business should use Twitter
Insight perspective Twitter's not just about what you ate for breakfast. Mark Kobayashi-Hillary explains how businesses can take advantage of it and other social networks.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Twitter, British Telecommunications, social networking, Facebook, network, LinkedIn, advisory board
Microsoft to integrate Twitter into its CRM
News Businesses will be able to use Twitter to engage customers through Microsoft's Dynamics CRM software within the next few weeks.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Twitter, CRM, Sales, social networking, customer-relationship management software, monitor, Salesforce.com Inc., Customer resource management (CRM)
Using Twitter for work
Blogs Twitter is a popular micro-blogging service that lets you post short messages (up to 140 characters, similar to SMS) so ...
Twitter going after buy-more-followers services?
News One company that sells followers, uSocial, claims that Twitter is trying to shut it down over allegations of spam.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Web 2.0, Twitter, Spamming, Messaging, social networking, CEO, marketing, marketing company, Web 2.0
Facebook takes aim at Twitter, buys FriendFeed
News The massive social network confirms it has acquired the startup, which aggregates user posts and comments from various sites including Twitter.
Tags: Web 2.0, Twitter, social networking, Facebook, co-founder, leader, talent, Web, acquisition, Web 2.0
Twitter on the blink again, no word on cause
News Following two outages, the microblogging site appears to be undergoing another technical hiccup--feeds have stopped updating.
Tags: Web 2.0, Twitter, Site, RFC, denial of service, Web 2.0
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
Another attack hits Twitter
News Less than a week after a denial-of-service attack knocked it offline, Twitter's servers went down again.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data security, Security Management, Hacking, LiveJournal, Twitter, Attack, Server, denial of service, Facebook
Being Twitter deft or Twitter dumb: is that the question?
Blogs Social networking has assumed immense importance in our lives. Over the last few months, we have seen how a tweet, a pro...
Spammy scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook
News Users on Twitter report direct messages that lead to phishing page, while Facebook users are getting links to a malware site.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Facebook, Google Inc., Phishing, Malware, Twitter Inc., Phishing Web Site, Password, spam message
Betting on the real-time Web
News No one knows how the microblogging site and similar online social networks will make money, but investors see a new Web revolution.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Web services, Web sites, Twitter, Site, America Online Inc., Stock, social networking, Facebook, blog
Here come the 'Twitter, we did it first' lawsuits
News Service that makes emergency-management messaging software has sued Twitter over alleged patent infringement. The legal documents, however, are pretty vague.
Tags: Web 2.0, Legal, Twitter, Lawsuit, Emergency Management, Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg, emergency response, Facebook, founder
Lessons from Twitter's security breach
News Information taken when some Twitter employees were hacked is finally coming to light. Can this happen to other companies?
Tags: Spam and phishing, Twitter, Security, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Password, e-mail, debit card, Hacker, CNET Networks Inc.
URL shortener Trim reopens 'indefinitely'
News Company announced just days ago it was going to shut down, but a new company blog post says it will continue to run until it's sold--whenever that happens.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Web 2.0, Web services, Twitter, network, blog, built-In, Web 2.0, Mobile platforms/communications, Web services
