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The new iGoogle: life of the party or social outcast?
Written By: David Swan
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2009-08-13 00:33:40
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace... They're the "it" destinations of the internet; the sites that pepper conversations and are the places to congregate and socialise online. Google's sick of it, and has upgraded iGoogle to give it a social edge. How does it stack up?
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Written By: David Swan
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2009-08-13 00:33:40
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace... They're the "it" destinations of the internet; the sites that pepper conversations and are the places to congregate and socialise online. Google's sick of it, and has upgraded iGoogle to give it a social edge. How does it stack up?
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Twitter orders app developer to cease and desist
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-08-12 06:47:28
People have got used to Apple telling iPhone app developers to get stuffed, but now Twitter is beating some third party app developers with a big legal stick.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-08-12 06:47:28
People have got used to Apple telling iPhone app developers to get stuffed, but now Twitter is beating some third party app developers with a big legal stick.
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Students tweeting telescope takeover
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-11 20:44:08
Twitter’s reach seemingly knows no bounds, with the popular social networking site taking its millions of devotees around the world into space today as a group of Australian school students take over the famous Parkes telescope to explore for pulsars and post their results to Twitter.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-11 20:44:08
Twitter’s reach seemingly knows no bounds, with the popular social networking site taking its millions of devotees around the world into space today as a group of Australian school students take over the famous Parkes telescope to explore for pulsars and post their results to Twitter.
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Finjan SecureTweets checks shortened URLs for safety
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 20:57:15
Free software from Finjan helps protect against the delivery of malware via shortened URLs in Twitter and other messages. SecureTweets uses the company's real-time content inspection system.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 20:57:15
Free software from Finjan helps protect against the delivery of malware via shortened URLs in Twitter and other messages. SecureTweets uses the company's real-time content inspection system.
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Auto toolkit phishing attacks continue to rise
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 04:31:55
The use of automated phishing toolkits continues unabated, with the number of phishing URLs generated using the toolkits soaring to 63 percent in July, an increase of 150 percent.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 04:31:55
The use of automated phishing toolkits continues unabated, with the number of phishing URLs generated using the toolkits soaring to 63 percent in July, an increase of 150 percent.
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Nambu trims tr.im URL shortener
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 02:18:07
The tr.im URL shortener is being shut down in the face of ongoing costs and the absence of monetisation opportunities.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 02:18:07
The tr.im URL shortener is being shut down in the face of ongoing costs and the absence of monetisation opportunities.
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PM gets into live chat business
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-09 22:26:25
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is going direct – using live Web chat this morning for the first time – to engage voters directly through the PM Connect site.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-09 22:26:25
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is going direct – using live Web chat this morning for the first time – to engage voters directly through the PM Connect site.
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London, City of Tweets?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-08 19:07:43
The founder of Twitter says that London is the City of Tweets. One London-born Twitter user and iTWire journalist begs to differ.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-08 19:07:43
The founder of Twitter says that London is the City of Tweets. One London-born Twitter user and iTWire journalist begs to differ.
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Twitter under denial-of-service attack
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-06 12:33:40
A little after 9 AM Thursday Eastern Daylight Time, social network Twitter was brought down by a denial-of-service attack. It was up about two hours later, but the operators are still battling the attack.
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Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-06 12:33:40
A little after 9 AM Thursday Eastern Daylight Time, social network Twitter was brought down by a denial-of-service attack. It was up about two hours later, but the operators are still battling the attack.
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Twitter suffers attack-by-patent
Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-06 00:11:28
Two days ago, Texas emergency alert notification provider TechRadium filed suit in the US District Court alleging that Twitter infringes on three patents.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-06 00:11:28
Two days ago, Texas emergency alert notification provider TechRadium filed suit in the US District Court alleging that Twitter infringes on three patents.
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Wrangling Twitter in the workplace
Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 22:49:29
Blue Coat Systems today announced that their PacketShaper product is now capable of detecting and managing Twitter usage for their corporate customers.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 22:49:29
Blue Coat Systems today announced that their PacketShaper product is now capable of detecting and managing Twitter usage for their corporate customers.
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Twitter domain management for MelbourneIT
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 21:16:18
Australian web hosting and domain name registrar, MelbourneIT, has snared a contract to manage the domain name portfolio for popular social networking site, Twitter.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 21:16:18
Australian web hosting and domain name registrar, MelbourneIT, has snared a contract to manage the domain name portfolio for popular social networking site, Twitter.
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Twitter feeds overwhelm Facebook
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2009-07-30 00:25:07
For an hour or two today, users of social networks Twitter and Facebook experienced a convergence explosion as status update tweets invaded Facebook walls.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2009-07-30 00:25:07
For an hour or two today, users of social networks Twitter and Facebook experienced a convergence explosion as status update tweets invaded Facebook walls.
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The corporate tweet
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-07-28 10:13:32
When the UK Government publishes a template for departmental usage strategies, you know Twitter has moved from sideline to mainstream.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-07-28 10:13:32
When the UK Government publishes a template for departmental usage strategies, you know Twitter has moved from sideline to mainstream.
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Fake followers: Prime Minister drowning in Twitter spam
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-07-27 20:43:38
As federal Labor gets its social media strategies in place ahead of next year’s election, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has a direct line to more than a quarter of a million followers through Twitter. And yet most won’t vote for him.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-07-27 20:43:38
As federal Labor gets its social media strategies in place ahead of next year’s election, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has a direct line to more than a quarter of a million followers through Twitter. And yet most won’t vote for him.
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Netbooks boom leads to Sony, Harvey Norman partnership
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-07-27 03:44:49
The booming netbook market has led Sony into the fray in partnership with leading retailer Harvey Norman. The partnership will see the two companies install kiosks at shopping centres where anyone looking to buy a smaller machine can play around with connected notebooks with the help of technology experts.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-07-27 03:44:49
The booming netbook market has led Sony into the fray in partnership with leading retailer Harvey Norman. The partnership will see the two companies install kiosks at shopping centres where anyone looking to buy a smaller machine can play around with connected notebooks with the help of technology experts.
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Morgan Stanley teen media report not so surprising
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-16 00:16:06
'The medium is the message' said McLuhan, but the response to a Morgan Stanley report on media consumption by teens has focussed more on the messenger than the message.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-16 00:16:06
'The medium is the message' said McLuhan, but the response to a Morgan Stanley report on media consumption by teens has focussed more on the messenger than the message.
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Publishing a book in 140 character instalments
Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-07-16 00:12:59
What to do if every publisher you can find rejects your manuscript?
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-07-16 00:12:59
What to do if every publisher you can find rejects your manuscript?
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Spammers exploit Michael Jackson death
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-07-13 06:27:02
Spammers and malicious code authors have created and launched several new spam and malware campaigns using the death of Michael Jackson as a cover for their infected emails.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-07-13 06:27:02
Spammers and malicious code authors have created and launched several new spam and malware campaigns using the death of Michael Jackson as a cover for their infected emails.
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Reddit readers rage at thankless Linux Twitter-bot
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-12 10:44:15
Readers of the Linux section on popular Web 2.0 social networking site Reddit discovered a Twitter bot was tweeting stories listed on the site without attribution. As punishment Redditers decided to turn the bot into their puppet, mouthing whatever they commanded.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-12 10:44:15
Readers of the Linux section on popular Web 2.0 social networking site Reddit discovered a Twitter bot was tweeting stories listed on the site without attribution. As punishment Redditers decided to turn the bot into their puppet, mouthing whatever they commanded.
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