social networks
RSS social networksMySpace gets on board OpenID
News News Corp's MySpace social network will join the OpenID alliance to begin letting its users take their online identity to other sites and social networks without having to register again. The move comes after the network decided in May to let its... [23 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Bogus brands face web crackdown
Comment It's not just social networks that are facing pressure to improve the policing of content on their sites. A landmark ruling against eBay amounts to more than the multimillion-euro fine imposed by the court. [22 Jul 2008]
Social Issues in Self-Provisioned Metropolitan Area Networks
White Paper This position paper frames a set of issues in the collaborative development of self - provisioned Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs). The paper closes by introducing several social and technical issues that will be of interest to the CSCW community. [18 Jul 2008]
Berners-Lee and friends promote web science study
News He said: "[Students] need to be taught something about techniques for looking at structures, tracking data through complex networks, how to understand the basic economics and social psychology of interaction so they've got some appreciation of how... [14 Jul 2008]
Adaptive-SDR: Adaptive Swarm-Based Distributed Routing
White Paper Its attractive features include adaptation, robustness and a distributed, decentralized nature, rendering swarm-based algorithms well-suited for routing in wireless or satellite networks, where it is difficult it implement centralized network... [11 Jul 2008]
Exinda Networks Lends a Helping Hand to the Salvation Army's IT Network
White Paper The IT team selected a solution from Exinda Networks. The Salvation Army in Australia provided more than one million episodes of assistance to individuals and families and spent more than $500 million on its many social and community service programs. [11 Jul 2008]
Multi-Bid Auctions for Bandwidth Allocation in Communication Networks
White Paper This paper designs a bandwidth pricing mechanism that solves congestion problems in communication networks. The scheme is based on second-price auctions, which are known to be incentive compatible when a single indivisible item is to be sold (users... [11 Jul 2008]
Businesses ignoring social networking potential?
News Out of 4,000 PC and mobile phone users across 18 countries Gartner found that 38 per cent connected to social networks using PCs and less than one per cent using a mobile phone. Businesses need to be more aware of the potential benefits and risks... [10 Jul 2008]
Social Engineering: Techniques That Can Bypass Intrusion Detection Systems
White Paper The concept of Social Engineering can cause destruction to networks and cost companies millions of dollars. The purpose of this paper is to explain how Social Engineering can defeat Intrusion Detection (ID) Systems. [05 Jul 2008]
The Blogs Are a Comin'
White Paper This paper discusses five areas in which weblogs should be of interest (privacy and online identity, community networks, social networks, research, and pedagogy). Weblogs, or blogs for short, are frequently updated web sites, with relatively short... [03 Jul 2008]
Maturation of Instant Messaging: Savings, Behaviors, Social Networks, and Beliefs
White Paper This paper describes the introduction of Lotus Sametime, an Instant Messaging (IM) product, in an organization. This brief report analyzes the development of several aspects of user experience over a 24-month period: savings in the use of other... [01 Jul 2008]
Battle of the social networks: Facebook outpaces MySpace
News New figures from metrics firm comScore show that, in May, the battle of the social-networking sites may have gained a new front-runner: Facebook appears to have surpassed long-time rival MySpace in worldwide unique visitors for the first time. [24 Jun 2008]
Facebook is "educational", says US uni
News Social networks like Facebook and MySpace have reputations as tools for procrastination but a new study from the University of Minnesota, US says contests this. According to the study, social networks build beneficial technological, creative and... [23 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Security scare
Comment The arrival of new software tools and social networks had occurred since I acquired the drives. Take a long hard look at the information you make public on websites and social networks. Something I really know well: security measures have to be... [18 Jun 2008]
Stimulating Social Engagement in a Community Network
White Paper One of the most challenging problems facing builders and facilitators of community networks is to create and sustain social engagement among members. This paper investigates the drivers of social engagement in a community network through the... [13 Jun 2008]
