Facing a federal complaint from a leading privacy advocacy organisation and a revolt of tens of thousands of its users, Facebook this week backed down from what many have seen as an onerous privacy policy.
Last week, the UK's Greater Manchester Police launched a Facebook application much to the consternation of privacy advocates.
BlackBerry's users, often referred to as "CrackBerry" addicts, will now have easy access to the popular social-networking site Facebook.
Gathered at the Legal Futures Conference at California's Stanford University over the weekend, online legal experts have again raised their concerns that the rise and rise of Web 2.0 has come at the expense of individual privacy.
US privacy advocates are questioning Facebook's latest revenue spinner, Social Ads, for possibly breaching 19th century laws designed to protect celebrities from being exploited in print media.
JP Rangaswami, managing director at BT Design, talks about transformation and convergence at one of the worlds' largest telecommunication companies, and, his belief in Web 2.0 and the power of social networking. Rangaswami speaks with ZDNet's Dan Farber, sharing his visionary thoughts about the tech industry. And why he calls himself the managing director instead of chief information officer.
Get ready for virtual worlds that bear an uncanny resemblance to your favourite Google Earth locations.
John O'Brien, CTO of Dataupia, explains how carbon footprints are calculated in the data center and discusses ways to tame these power-hungry machines.
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