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RSS social networkingMurdoch dispatches wife to China
News The media mogul acquired popular social networking site MySpace for $580m last year as part of plans to expand News Corp's online influence. Wendi Deng, wife of News Corp media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is... [20 Sep 2006]
Fresh calls for ISP data retention laws
News One form could require ISPs and perhaps social-networking sites and search engines to record for a year or two which IP address is used by which user. US attorney general Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday... [20 Sep 2006]
Yahoo! tech chief - web 2.0 matters for business
News Web 2.0 isn't just about helping kids find new mates on social networking sites - it could also solve one of the trickiest problems facing businesses. The same technologies used to build reputations and... [15 Sep 2006]
'Web 2.0' sites see traffic explosion
News Other sites crashing into the UK top 50 on the back of users' hard graft include News Corp-owned social-networking giant MySpace.com (with an increase of 467 per cent to 5.2 million visitors),... [12 Sep 2006]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Rupert Murdoch
News For all the talk about social networking and user-generated content, it's yet to become clear which business models will thrive in the web 2.0 era - and within that uncertainty remain questions about... [08 Sep 2006]
Wi-fi lovers get social networking site
News A social networking site aimed at the wireless industry is a sign of sustained growth, not a new technology bubble, according to its founders. The Wireless Industry Partnership (WIP), launched this week,... [31 Aug 2006]
Editor's Blog: Social networking faux pas
Comment As with social networking invites for services such as LinkedIn, I delete requests from people I don't know or who I don't want to know. Plaxo isn't quite in the social... [25 Aug 2006]
Q&A: Jeremy Verba, CEO, Piczo
Comment Can enterprises take advantage of social networking? Today as CEO of Piczo, a social networking site for teens, he faces the tough task of holding the attention of... [24 Aug 2006]
CIO Jury: Web 2.0 lessons for businesses
News The phrase web 2.0 refers to the 'second coming' of the internet and covers a broad range of new online services, social networking tools and communities such as Blogger, Google and MySpace. Web 2.0 is... [24 Aug 2006]
Sony to grab Grouper for $65m
News The media tycoon acquired social networking site MySpace for $580m last year and he's already made his initial investment back. Sony, which has struggled to piece together a winning web strategy, has... [23 Aug 2006]
Microsoft inks Facebook ad deal
News Microsoft failed to sign MySpace to an advertising deal, so the software giant went out and landed Facebook, the second-largest social networking site. When it comes to cutting exclusive deals with... [23 Aug 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Web 2.0
Cheat Sheet Well, web 2.0 is a bit of a catch-all which covers a broad range of new online services, user-generated content, communities and social networking tools. Web 2.0? I'm learning to spot a buzzword when I... [21 Aug 2006]
Mobile internet catches on, as world sings Opera
News According to Opera, top of the mobile browsing pops is Google, with other news sites such as the Beeb and social networking staples including Friendster and MySpace following. Like a fondness for goats... [08 Aug 2006]
MySpace targeted by cyber criminals
News Social networking portal MySpace is becoming a major target for cyber criminals, with credit card fraud, phishing attacks and spyware all growing concerns for users of the site. They can even set up... [27 Jul 2006]
Schools do battle with cyber bullies
News Cyber bullying can range from abusive text messages, emails and phone calls, to bullying in internet chatrooms or on social networking sites. New government guidelines have been introduced to crack down... [25 Jul 2006]
