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Survey: 71% of IT departments block users from social networking

Survey: 71% of IT departments block users from social networkingBlock it......Most jobs don't require Facebook or Myspace access, so why open it. Myspace especially since it is a huge security risk. Facebook is much safer, but is not really necessary for your job in most cases. People...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, social networking, MySpace, IT-departments, network, job, survey

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

Renegotiated MySpace deal to give Google an earnings boost next year

Google reports its second quarter earnings on Thursday, but a few analysts are already looking ahead to the back-half of 2010 and a renegotiated deal with MySpace. Google inked an obscene $900 million guaranteed ad deal with MySpace in 2006. At the time, MySpace was the social...

Tags: Google Inc., Earnings, MySpace, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Mytopia - Spades Master Live (Mobile)

Spades is a classic American card game of skill and team work.Play Live Games with Friends:Spades Master now offers live games with friends playing from other phones and even players connecting from social networks like Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster and more.Join a friend and play together as a...

Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Computer, MySpace, Spades, Social Networking, Productivity, Games, Team Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Management

Software downloads 2009-07-09

Mytopia - Hearts Master Live (Mobile)

Hearts is a classic American card game of skill and strategy.Play Live Games with Friends:Hearts Master now offers live games with friends playing from other phones and even players connecting from social networks like Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster and more.Improve your rank and attain higher titles based on...

Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Computer, MySpace, Social Networking, Productivity, Games, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-09

Mytopia - Lucky Slots Live (Mobile)

Miss Vegas? Play Lucky Slots and watch the cherries whiz by as you build up your bankroll.Spin to win on authentic machines and go for the progressive Jackpot!Play Online with Friends:Lucky Slots now offers live rooms filled with players connecting from other phones or iPods and even players on social...

Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Player, MySpace, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

Software downloads 2009-07-09

Mytopia - Las Vegas Video Poker (Mobile)

Miss Vegas? Las Vegas Video Poker takes you to the Strip, without the risk.Play on authentic casino machines in four different styles - Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, Double Bonus & Double Double Bonus.Play Online with Friends:Las Vegas Video Poker now offers live rooms filled with players connecting from other...

Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Player, MySpace, Las Vegas Video Poker, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

Software downloads 2009-07-09

MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned

MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturnedThe last sentance is the rub...?Ultimately I think Congress has to deal with this issue,? said former Assistant U.S. Atty. Laurie Levenson, now a professor at Loyola Law School. ?The challenge is to draft legislation that . . . isn?t so broad that it chills people?s...

Tags: suicide conviction, MySpace, MSN

Discussion threads 2009-07-03

MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned

It looks like Lori Drew - the too-involved-in-her-daughter's-social-problems mom whose MySpace fraud led 13-year-old Megan Meier to kill herself - will go free after all. A federal jury convicted Drew last year on three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud. But on Thursday, the judge in the case tentatively threw out...

Tags: Computer Fraud, Computer, MySpace, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-02

MySpace Toolbar 1.0.67 (Mac)

Stay connected to MySpace and never type your email and password again! Add the MySpace Toolbar to your browser to share cool websites with your friends and get up-to-the-minute alerts for your comments, messages, and friend requests. You can also easily update your Mood and Status and receive friend activity...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, MySpace

Software downloads 2009-06-23

ClarionMind NR1UB

The ClarionMind will wow you with its flashy graphics and long list of features, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, a Web browser with Flash support, multimedia playback options, GPS navigation, and baked-in YouTube and MySpace access. However, there's just one tiny problem; it doesn't actually work very well.During our...

Tags: GPS, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), ClarionMind NR1UB, car, MySpace

Product reviews 2009-06-22

MySpace cuts 30% of workforce; Says it was bloated

MySpace cuts 30% of workforce; Says it was bloatedAbout timeMaybe this is the beginning of a contraction in the social media arena. MySpace may be only the first. I've often wondered about some of these social sites that have no apparent source of income beyond the hope that...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, payroll solutions, MySpace, workforce

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

MySpace cuts 30% of workforce; Says it was bloated

MySpace said it would cut its staff by 30 percent in an effort to become  "a more innovative, efficient, and entrepreneurial business." When the cuts are over, MySpace will have about 1,000 employees. MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta said in a statement Techmeme: ...

Tags: MySpace, Workforce, Entrepreneurship, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-16

MySpace Toolbar 1.0.45 (Windows)

Stay connected to MySpace and never type your email and password again! Add the MySpace Toolbar to your browser to share cool websites with your friends and get up-to-the-minute alerts for your comments, messages, and friend requests. You can also easily update your Mood and Status and receive friend activity...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, MySpace

Software downloads 2009-06-10

MySpace Uses SQL Server Service Broker to Protect Integrity of 1 Petabyte of Data

Since its launch in 2003, the social networking site MySpace has become a cultural phenomenon. The site's 1 petabyte of data is managed by 440 Microsoft SQL Server instances and resides on 3PAR Utility Storage. When MySpace needed a message queuing and delivery solution to help ensure data changes were...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Server, MySpace, Service Broker, Social Networking, Databases, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Data Management

Case studies 2009-06-01

Brand impersonation: A cautionary tale

Brand impersonation: A cautionary taleNot realisticSounds great, but it's not realistic. The variations proliferate so fast no one can keep up. Years ago all you needed was a .com domain. Then came .net and .org. Now there are dozens of national variations. Remember MikeRoweSoft.com? With the number of social...

Tags: Branding, brand

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

56th variant of the Koobface worm detected

Researchers from PandaLabs are reporting on the detection of the 56th variant of the Koobface worm (Boface.BJ.worm), spreading across Facebook, Tagged, Friendster, MySpace, MyYearBook, Fubar.com, Hi5 and Bebo since May, 2008. According to the company, the growth of Koobface related infections is as high as 1,200% since...

Tags: Infection, Malware, Social Engineering, Worm, MySpace, Koobface, Cyberthreats, Social Networking, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Site Development, Security, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Google's MySpace payments: just one more year to go

Assuming MySpace meets its page view requirements, Google writes a $75 million check to News Corp. every quarter as part of a multi-year, $900 million AdSense deal the two hammered a few years ago. In a post today, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington detailed the payment schedule in the...

Tags: Google Inc., Payment, MySpace, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Analyst: Google will start walking away from bad AdSense deals like MySpace

Are the days of silly AdSense deals with the likes of MySpace and AOL over for Google? Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay seems to think so. The analyst upped his price target to $600 for Google shares on the theory that the economy is rebounding and the search giant's revenue per...

Tags: Paid Search, Google Inc., America Online Inc., Google AdSense, MySpace, Lindsay, Search, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-08

News to know: Cisco; Kindle DX; MySpace; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Cisco's third quarter: Better than expected; Sales down; Economic recovery 'eventual' Andrew Nusca: Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Amazon Kindle, MySpace, Notebooks, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07

Rupert Murdoch: Worst over; MySpace exec changes will regain momentum

Rupert Murdoch: Worst over; MySpace exec changes will regain momentumDow JonesWhat about Dow Jones? How'd they doMy worse does he mean they are going too die slower now?Pagan jimI believe it's going to take deeper changes than just the CEO.One of the huge reasons MySpace is floundering has more...

Tags: MySpace, advertisement, Rupert Murdoch

Discussion threads 2009-05-06