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Facebook intern maps world via online 'friends'
AFP, Published on 14/12/2010
» A Facebook intern interested in seeing how political borders affect friendships around the globe has created a map of the world by sampling data from the social network's 500 million user base.
France says Google in 'dominant' position
AFP, Published on 14/12/2010
» France's competition authority said Tuesday that Google occupies a strongly dominant position in the online advertising market linked to Internet searches and that it possibly violated competition law.
Hackers flood Twitter with Acai spam
AFP, Published on 15/12/2010
» Passwords plundered from gossip website Gawker were evidently used on Tuesday by hackers to flood micro-blogging service Twitter with booby-trapped spam about Acai berries.
WikiLeaks, a Napster-style Internet gamechanger for 2010
AFP, Published on 15/12/2010
» If 1999 was the Year of Napster in the history of the Internet then 2010 will go down as the Year of WikiLeaks.
Google, Jordan sign deal to promote local firms
AFP, Published on 15/12/2010
» Google on Tuesday signed a 10-million-dollar deal with Jordan to help local companies use the leading Internet search engine in the world to advertise their products and services.
Paris thieves prefer iPhones, Blackberries
AFP, Published on 15/12/2010
» iPhones, Blackberries and other smartphones are the hottest item for thieves on the Paris metro, and robbers are increasingly turning to violence to get their hands on them, police said Tuesday.
Social networking sites can help prevent pandemics: experts
AFP, Published on 16/12/2010
» Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter greatly help in detecting and containing the spread of pandemics, experts at a global health conference said.
Great Firewall no obstacle for China's Facebook game makers
AFP, Published on 16/12/2010
» China's Internet censors may have kept most of the nation's 420 million web users from accessing Facebook, but they have not stopped social game developers like Ellison Gao.
eBay buys mobile software maker Critical Path
AFP, Published on 16/12/2010
» Online auction house eBay on Wednesday announced it has bought mobile gadget application maker Critical Path Software as it follows buyers and sellers onto smartphones and other devices.
US Air Force blocks news sites posting WikiLeaks
AFP, Published on 16/12/2010
» The US Air Force has blocked its workforce from visiting 25 media websites that published secret diplomatic documents released by WikiLeaks, a spokesman said Wednesday.