Twitter phishing ploy goes for ‘Direct Messages’

Some users of Twitter, the microblogging site, may be the victim of a new phishing and account hijacking attempt on Twitter that specifically affects private messages — called "Direct Messages" or DMs — sent between users.

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Latest Facebook redesign, I hate you most of all

The only thing constant about change is that it sucks.

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AT&T signal booster may help, but could add to bill

AT&T this week began testing a service that helps improves 3G cell phone reception in the home and takes some strain off its network, a growing concern with data-hungry iPhone users.

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Gmail outage now over, Google says

Google's e-mail service, Gmail, should be "back up and running as usual," according to the company, after an outage Tuesday that affected a "majority" of its millions of users.

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Msnbc.com launches new stock tools

In an effort to offer users a broad set of tools for tracking and researching their investments, msnbc.com is launching new stock quote pages.

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Online video watching nearly doubles since ’06

Americans' appetite for Web video, from clips shared on YouTube to TV programs and movies, continues to soar, nearly doubling since 2006, according to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project released Wednesday.

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Facebook hit again with e-mail phishing attack

For the second time in a week, Facebook users have been hit with an e-mail phishing attack that attempts to obtain their passwords to the social networking site.

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Facebook phishing attack sought passwords

A Facebook e-mail phishing scheme was discovered early Thursday among users of the popular social networking site who may have inadvertently clicked on a fraudulent Web link included in a Facebook message to them.

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Colombian VP says cocaine destroying rain forests

Does white powder damage your green credentials?

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Online travel comparison sites move beyond price

Six to eight billion — according to Yen Lee, a former Yahoo! manager and now president of Internet start-up Kango.com, that’s approximately how many travel-related searches are conducted in North America each year on the Web’s major search engines.

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US internet firms accused of 'collusion' with China

US technology firms including Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have come under fire for allegedly helping China monitor suspected dissidents.

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I haven't noticed this myself today, but it appears at least a subset of Gmail users are inadvertently drawing closer to an inbox with zero unread e-mails thanks to a nasty bug that marks messages as read even before the user opens them.

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Photo Essay from Time Magazine. Not sure how old this E-Reader list is. But I didn't know there were other companies outside of Sony and the Kindle that were selling competitive E-readers. Cool. Would love to buy one of these.

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Google has just debuted a new form of advertising called AdWords Comparison Ads — a special kind of ad that will prompt users to view a list of sponsored products in a structured format.

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"Brands with user-generated content have to be on alert for user-generated damage. "

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Facebook's user base is nearly as large as the U.S. population and, for the first time, the site has turned a profit.

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According to iStrategyLabs The Users of Facebook are Getting Older. Like Geriatric Older... It Seems That as of July 2009 the 55+ Age Group has Grow by Over 500%.

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People can't buy heroin or cocaine online, but a few clicks of the mouse get them darned close.

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These compile a pretty concise list of Help desk euphemisms.

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Newsvine Users Approval Rating of President Obama

Okay we see polls all over the place saying Obama has a high approval rating. Problem is no one asked me or most of you I am sure. So here is our own little Poll.

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As I've mentioned in a previous Linux Line post, I am not a programmer. Yet Linux is built on the philosophical principle of freely sharing source code. This is how those who create Linux frequently advocate it.

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What was a bad situation in November 2008 is starting to turn outright ugly - Facebook is now well over twice the size of MySpace, according to recent worldwide Comscore data.

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Excerpt: When your 88-year-old grandfather sends a request to be your "friend" on Facebook, you have two choices: Either confirm it, then quickly take down all those party pictures you thought were so funny, or plan on never coming home for the holidays.

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One in 100 PC users -- about 10 million PCs total -- are infected with malware designed to steal bank, investment, and other financial information from your PC, according to an extensive study undertaken by Panda Security.

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Well, it looks like the folks over at hackersblog have been at it again, specifically Unu.

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As Facebook works to make itself more relevant and timely for its growing member base with a profile page makeover, attackers seem to be working overtime to steal the identities of the friends, fans and brands that connect though the social-networking site.

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The wave of reaction, of course, is hardly limited to official organizations. More than 38,000 Facebook users have joined a user group protesting the change, and countless blogs and news sites have written extensively about their concerns.

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...website called phpbb.com had its user database hacked into and the passwords for 20,000 members stolen. ... then posted the account info and passwords online for the world to see. ... it offers an instructive lesson on password security for the rest of us.

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In November 2008 Facebook drew 200 million unique worldwide visitors; more than 1 in 5 people who accessed the Internet that month visited the site. When sites are that big growth generally stagnates, but in Facebook's case it's still skyrocketing.

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Ben Huh from I Can Has Cheeseburger gives you 15 top tips on how to take your community to the next level, one user at a time.

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Excerpt: Artie Lange is back on the Howard Stern Show again.

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Excerpt: The Howard Stern Show returned after a two-week vacation without comedian Artie Lange yet again.

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Facebook has quietly axe its polls product.

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Here are 10 users you'll meet on Twitter.

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If you thought Randall Stross' attack on Tesla yesterday was in poor taste, wait until you read what Michael Wolff has to sayabout MySpace. In a dinner interview with BusinessWeek columnist Jon Fine, Wolff says:

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Excerpt: Monty Python, the iconic comedy series, has launched a YouTube channel. And although the page features a slew of clips from the show, most noteworthy is its featured video, which blames users for "ripping" the show off.

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