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  • Facebook 'is beating MySpace in popularity contest'

    New numbers from metrics firm ComScore show that in May, Facebook appears to have surpassed MySpace in worldwide unique visitors for the first time.

  • Facebook cherrypicks new COO from Google

    Facebook has announced that it has hired a new chief operating officer to replace the outgoing Owen Van Natta. Starting on 24 March, veteran Google employee Sheryl Sandberg will take on the executive role at the social network.

  • Facebook could cause "privacy chernobyls"

    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.

  • Logged in or out, Facebook is watching you

    Researchers at software vendor CA have discovered that social networking site Facebook is able to track the buying habits of its users on affiliated third-party sites even when they are logged out of their account or have opted out of its controversial "Beacon" tracking service.

  • Facebook evolves into an attack tool for criminals

    As Facebook continues to spread like wild-fire amongst consumers, and increasingly the enterprise as new applications support its use at work, VeriSign iDefense security experts believe Facebook apps are a prime vector for cyber-criminals.

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  • Facebook: The Google of social networks?

    Since lifting its university-only restrictions in September 2006, Facebook has become the poster child for social networks and attracted more than 65 million users. But will it survive 'the next big thing'?

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    We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.

  • Virtual world makers turn to Google Earth

    Get ready for virtual worlds that bear an uncanny resemblance to your favourite Google Earth locations.

  • Ten things holding back tech

    Ever get the feeling that we aren't quite yet where we want to be? Here are 10 factors that may be holding back the world's technological development.

  • Developers must take personal responsibility: Gartner

    We sat down with security analyst Andrew Walls at Gartner ITExpo and asked him how Web 2.0 affects application security. He talked to us about how traditional desktop security measures are falling short in a Web 2.0 world and how developers need to take more personal responsibility for the security of their code.

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