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Be cautious of message, not tools
Insight newsmaker Twitter co-founder Biz Stone shares how the micro-blogging site is attracting commercial usage from the likes of Dell.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Web logs, Twitter, Tool, Video, Comcast Corp., social networking, Web 2.0, video search
Social computing--start small, think big
Insight perspective Don't be afraid of social networking and blogs in the office, says an analyst. Here's how you can make them work for you.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web logs, Wiki, IBM Corp., Social Computing, social networking, IM, network, blog, Web
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
Is your smartphone secure? Survey says probably not
News Smartphone users are more worried about losing their phones or personal data than Web infections or phishing software, survey by Trend Micro finds.
Tags: Smart phones, Viruses and worms, Network security, Security Management, Security, Smart Phone, Trend Micro Inc., Survey, phone, e-mail
Genting gets social with Web 2.0
News The Malaysian enterprise is rolling out this week a customized collaborative network for board and senior management to work and share ideas more productively.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business applications, Web logs, Digital media, Software engineering/development, Software integration, phone, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, podcast, chairman
Google homepage link mollifies privacy campaigners
News Privacy bodies have welcomed the addition of a link on Google's homepage to the company's Privacy Center Web page.
Tags: Web logs, Policy and management, Privacy, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Privacy Policy, Ask.com, Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Malaysian news portals get political boost
News Country's political upheaval has helped local blogs and news portals climb up ranks of most popular sites and generate new advertising revenue.
Tags: Web logs, Web sites, Politics, News Portal, Google Inc., Site, News Site, Yahoo! Inc., Portal, Stock
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
Enterprise Web 2.0 costs set to plunge
News Good news for credit crunch squeezed CIOs: the price of enterprise Web 2.0 tools is set to plummet.
Tags: Web services, Web logs, Tool, CIO, social networking, podcast, software, job, Web 2.0, software-as-a-service
Twitter steps up its antispam moves
News Microblogging service posts a position for a spam engineer and tweaks the handling of suspended accounts as it suffers from an outbreak of spam.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web logs, Twitter, Security, Spam, Anti-spam, research director, e-mail company, job posting, job
Asian Net users most engaged online
News Chinese youths spend more leisure time online than anyone else globally, while Koreans top the world in social networking, new study finds.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Web browsers, Web logs, Wiki, Social Media, Japan, Internet User, social networking
Google maps out Chrome's RSS support
News Chrome turns a blind eye to subscription offers from Web sites, but Google has revealed its plan to add the feature.
Tags: Web browsers, Web sites, E-mail servers, Web logs, RSS, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Bloglines, Google Reader, blog
Israel takes airstrikes to the Web
News Israel Defense Forces uses Twitter to spread message and posts footage of Hamas airstrikes on YouTube. Some videos were removed, and later reinstated.
Tags: Web logs, Politics, Web 2.0, Video, Twitter, CNN, Footage, Spokesperson, FoxNews.com, Israel
Schmidt: Google 'unlikely' to buy Twitter soon
News Search giant's CEO declines to address an acquisition of the micro-blogging site, saying the company has plenty of money but prices are too high.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web logs, Twitter, TV, Charlie Rose, Conference, Morgan Stanley, Google Inc., Advertisement, e-mail
Facebook's Holocaust controversy
News Facebook is under fire for allowing Holocaust denial groups to remain on the site, claiming they don't violate the social network's terms of service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web logs, Cooper, Terms Of Service, GROUP, Berkman Center, social networking, Facebook, CEO, Web 2.0
