News tagged with networking sites
Study: Facebook profiles can be used to detect narcissism
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 22, 2008 |
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A new University of Georgia study suggests that online social networking sites such as Facebook might be useful tools for detecting whether someone is a narcissist.
Carrier Pigeon Faster Than Broadband Internet
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took one hour and eight ...
Crafting your image for your 1,000 friends on Facebook or MySpace
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Students are creating idealized versions of themselves on social networking websites — Facebook and MySpace are the most popular — and using these sites to explore their emerging identities, UCLA psychologists report. Parents ...
Online social networks leak personal information to tracking sites, new study shows
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 24, 2009 |
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More than a half billion people use online social networks, posting vast amounts of information about themselves to share with online friends and colleagues. A new study co-authored by a researcher at Worcester Polytechnic ...
Social networking site for researchers aims to make academic papers a thing of the past
Jul 16, 2009 |
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myExperiment, the social networking site for scientists, has set out to challenge traditional ideas of academic publishing as it enters a new phase of funding.
Cyber-criminals targeting social networks: experts
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are inceasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals drawn to the wealth of personal information supplied by users, experts warn.
Twitter ain't cool, British teenager tells global investors
Jul 15, 2009 |
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A 15-year-old Briton has set the financial world abuzz with a research note penned for a major US bank in which he reveals teenagers' media habits -- including that Twitter is just not cool.
Facebook Lite On its Way
Sep 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The social networking site Facebook has begun testing a simpler, no-frills alternative to its regular interface. The cleaner, uncluttered interface is particularly aimed at entry-level users ...
Australian students 'pro-rape' Facebook scandal
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Members of an elite Australian college linked to Sydney University provoked outrage Tuesday after it was revealed they had set up a "pro-rape" group on social networking site Facebook.
Yahoo is Going Portuguese Hound to Outwit Twitter
May 15, 2009 |
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Brazil, a Portuguese speaking country is the 10th largest economy in the world and Yahoo has decided to get in on the action by coming up with a clone Twitter. The economic down-turn has affected Brazil to ...
Microsoft unveils motion control for Xbox 360
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Gamers, get ready for your close-up.
Teens risk health with night texting, talking
Jul 17, 2009 |
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To many parents, text messaging is an enigma -- a practice their children engage in when they could just make a phone call or walk down the street to their friends' houses. It seems to be a strange but harmless means of communication.
Social networking sites 'keep deleted photos' - research
May 21, 2009 |
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User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday.
Go ahead, unfriend 'em
Mar 10, 2009 |
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I knew I had to delete her or suffer the consequences.
Alaska volcano booms online
Apr 14, 2009 |
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The cameras watch her every move. Thousands of strangers want to be her friend, and thousands more follow her latest exploits hour by hour on their laptops and cell phones. She's Mount Redoubt, Internet star.
