News tagged with networking sites
S.Korea warns against panic-buying of iodide pills
South Korean pharmacists issued an appeal Thursday cautioning against panic over Japan's crisis-hit nuclear plants, as callers flooded drug stores with requests for iodide pills.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine': Assange
Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, has warned that the Internet was the "greatest spying machine the world has ever seen" and an obstacle to free speech.
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Teen cancels Facebook party with 200,000 'guests'
An Australian schoolgirl had to cancel her 16th birthday party after her Facebook invitation went viral and close to 200,000 people said they would turn up at her house, reports said Tuesday.
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Examination of MySpace profiles supports alliance hypothesis for friendship
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's like Confucius says: Have no friends not equal to yourself.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Study: Facebook photo sharing reflects focus on female appearance
In a new study published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, University at Buffalo researcher Michael A. Stefanone, PhD, and colleagues found that females who base their self worth on their appear ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Preventing online relationships from blossoming into affairs
If you're single, Facebook and other social networking sites can help you meet that special someone. However, for those in even the healthiest of marriages, improper use can quickly devolve into a marital disaster.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 01, 2011 |
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CeBIT: World's top tech fair opens under a cloud
The world's biggest IT fair opened Tuesday amid concerns over the security of its featured technology -- cloud computing -- after some 150,000 Google email accounts vanished into the ether. ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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LinkedIn working again in China amid protest calls
(AP) -- Social networking site LinkedIn is once again accessible in China, after apparently being blocked by authorities following online calls for Middle East-style protests across the country.
Feb 26, 2011 |
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LinkedIn says access blocked in parts of China
Career networking site LinkedIn said Friday its service had been blocked in parts of China, after the launch of an online campaign for Middle East-style rallies that has triggered official unease.
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Investing in a Box: $48M bet on storage service
(AP) -- Some technology-savvy venture capitalists are making a big bet on a promising Internet company run by a 26-year-old college dropout in Palo Alto, Calif. Only this time, the object of their financial ...
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Facebook follower Renren eyes $500 mln IPO: report
China's Renren, which started out as a Facebook clone, is eyeing a US listing that could make it the first social networking site to go public, a report said Monday.
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Facebook founder to meet with Obama
(AP) -- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is among a group of technology business leaders that President Barack Obama plans to meet with Thursday in San Francisco.
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Fujitsu released first MeeGo netbook
Fujitsu has released a new netbook, called the LifeBook MH330 netbook, which is based on the MeeGo platform.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 15, 2011 |
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A third of us have used dating websites: study
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) conducted an online questionnaire with 12,000 couples from 18 countries, all of whom had regular access to the internet. They were asked a series of questions about whether ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Rivals say Facebook could be tough sell in China
Facebook may be eyeing a move into mainland China, but web firms there cast doubt on whether the social networking giant can tap the monster market -- assuming authorities lift a ban on the site.
Feb 14, 2011 |
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