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Telecommunications giant Telstra is understood to be trialling an in-the-cloud service that will allow it to monitor comments made about the company and its services on social network sites.

Some people are developing fascinating ways to corrupt the entire social networking paradigm; conversely, there are others who actually 'get it.'

Social Networking seems to be anathema to many organisations, but should it be?

Supposedly, Australia’s love affair with technology and gadgets stops at the office door, with many of us apparently confused by overly-complicated business software, and wasting up to five hours a week as we battle with our computers at work.

With Australia now in the middle of National Consumer Fraud Week, there’s been a timely warning issued by one company that businesses are being exposed to security risks by the increasing number of employees accessing personal emails and social networking sites while at work.

The average Australian now spends an hour and a half of their leisure time online each day, with most of us – 79 percent to be precise - logging in from home every day, even though many have actually met an online acquaintance in person.