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Second Life gets a voice; Slashdot adds social news features; Pandora lands on Facebook; Digg vs Netscape (redux): The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Second Life gets a voice. Although is has been available in Beta form for a few months, voice capability is now part of the main Second Life viewer (the virtual...; Tags: The Social Web weekly; Blog posts 2007-08-03
iTunes sets up shop in Bebo; CNN/YouTube sponsor presidential debate; Google Video search; social network privacy tested: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… iTunes sets up shop in Bebo. Apple has signed a deal with social network, Bebo, which sees the company selling digital music to the site's 8.8m users in the...; Tags: Apple, Bebo, Facebook, Google, MySpace, Search, Social Networks, The Social Web weekly; Blog posts 2007-06-15
Viacom to buy Last.fm?; Sony launches YouTube competitor; Atari plans its own virtual world; USAToday's social strategy sees results: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Viacom to buy Last.fm? The rumor mill is buzzing with news that Viacom is far in negotiations to purchase London web 2.0 poster-child, Last.fm (the leading music-based social network). "The...; Tags: Music, Second Life, Social Networks, The Social Web weekly, Virtual Worlds, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-04-26
Google Maps goes social; Copyright infringement on YouTube exaggerated? Washingtonpost.com to embrace UGC; Facebook Diaries goes live: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Google Maps goes social. Google Maps has launched a new feature called MyMaps which the company says "makes it quick and easy to create your own custom Google Maps...; Tags: YouTube, The Social Web weekly, Google, Facebook, Video Sharing, Social Networks; Blog posts 2007-04-06
Digg gets more political; USA Today disowns readers; Wordpress supports OpenID: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Digg gets more political. Not sure how I missed this, but the social news site, Digg, has added a new section dedicated to stories covering the 08 US presidential election....; Tags: Social networking, Blogging, OpenID, USA Today, Wordpress, Digg; Blog posts 2007-03-09

Fox News on Second Life; YouTube presidential campaign; Explode adds new features; and more: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Fox News does a hit job on Second Life and John Edwards unofficial virtual campaign. Kirsten Powers in her first video blog for the news channel reports on Second Life,...; Tags: Politics 2.0, Second Life, The Social Web weekly, Video Sharing, Widgets, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-03-02
Netvibes to make widgets universal; Digg to support OpenID; YouTube outsources filtering; MyBlogLog bans user: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week...Digg to support OpenID. Earlier in the week, speaking at the Future of Web Apps FOMA conference in the UK, Diggs Kevin Rose announced that the site will soon support...; Tags: YouTube, MySpace, Widgets, Digg, The Social Web weekly; Blog posts 2007-02-23
Wikia magazines; Facebook gifts; Stumble Video for your Wii; Yahoo "copies" Digg: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week... Wikia launches magazine-style wikis. Jimmy Wales company, Wikia, has unveiled three wiki-driven community sites for politics, entertainment, and local interests. Wikia says it plans to roll out additional communities...; Tags: Facebook, Social Bookmarking, The Social Web weekly, Video Sharing, Wikipedia, Yahoo; Blog posts 2007-02-16
The Social Web weekly: MySpace mobile in Europe; Joost on Mac; White label SNS faceoff; OpenID; and more: The Social Web weekly is a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week, in the social software and media space.MySpace goes mobile in Europe. Following similar deals with Helio and Cingular in the US, Vodaphones European customers will soon be able...; Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, MySpace, Microsoft, The Social Web weekly, OpenID; Blog posts 2007-02-08

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Late breaking news: Microsoft investigates reports of Office Word 2002 SP 3 exploited in the wild: From Bill Sisk, security response communications manager for Microsoft: Microsoft Security Advisory (953635) Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution Published: July 8, 2008 Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a possible vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3....; Tags: Attacker, Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Security, Office Suites, Software, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw: Well, well, well, what a day for security news! I got a chance to get the scoop word of mouth from Dan Kaminsky of IOActive (pictured above [image courtesy of quinnums]) and Thomas Ptacek of Matasano pictured below on the DNS flaw that's been all over the...; Tags: DNS, Flaw, Nate, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Congress looks at next-gen ad networks: The Center for Democracy and Technology will testify Wednesday about the privacy concerns over ad networks like NebuAd, which has come under fire over a deal with Charter Communications to deploy user-tracking technology, ChannelWeb reports. "For years, Web sites have entered into agreements with advertising...; Tags: Advertisement, Network, U.S. Congress, Ad Network, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Microsoft addresses 9 security vulnerabilities with 4 "Important" bulletins: Microsoft announced 4 "Important" security bulletins today that cover 9 separate vulnerabilities. Of note were vulnerabilities reported in Windows DNS server and client, and within SQL Server. Briefly, the vulnerabilities involve: Cache poisoning and insufficient socket entropy flaws in Microsoft DNS Server A remote...; Tags: Attacker, Microsoft SQL Server, Vulnerability, Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Outlook, Security, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08
A Modest Privacy Proposal: The Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on Privacy Implications of Online Advertising. Appearing before the committee headed by long-time Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) are lawyers for Google and Microsoft, as well as Facebook's chief privacy officer -- and Robert R. Dykes, the chairman...; Tags: Google Inc., Web, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Microsoft delivers 'important' patches: Microsoft on Tuesday delivered nine important patches to fix vulnerabilities in SQL Server, Exchange Server, Vista and Windows Server. Among the details, which were previewed last week. CVE-2008-0085: A vulnerability in the way SQL Server manages memory page reuse. An attacker with database operator...; Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Security, Databases, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Apple touts iPhone 3G and Personal Setup service: An email set to Mac.com/MobileMe members touts Apple's launch of the iPhone 3G at 8am at Apple's U.S. retail stores and a Personal Setup service where an Apple Specialist will "help you choose your phone, select a rate plan, and – best of all – have your new...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, E-mail, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Firefox 3 and community -- How Mozilla used social networking to set a world record: Mozilla is celebrating a new Guinness World Record and launch of Firefox 3. But it isn't cheering alone - its enjoying this victory with the community it credits for helping it to succeed. by Jennifer Leggio; Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Network, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-08
No lines here: O2 delivering iPhone 3G in UK via courier: While most of us will have to wait in line if we want to get an iPhone 3G on Friday O2 in the UK will be delivering iPhones on Friday to those that signed up via their online Web form pictured. Not a bad service and undoubtedly...; Tags: Apple iPhone, O2 Plc., U.K., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Apple hasn't learned from past security mistakes: * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Aviv Raff Apple's Safari for Windows is a nice browser. It really is. It has slick user interface, some pretty cool features, and benchmarks show that it is really fast. But, saying that...; Tags: Security, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-08
ICANN says hijacking attack due to breach at their registrar: As we commented on, ICANN, the group that manages top-level domain TLD naming systems for the web, recently had several of its domains hijacked by a Turkish hacking group. ICANN has now commented that the hijacking was due to a security breach at the registrar that manages those URLs. From...; Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Attack, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08