Topic - social

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General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Facebook Widget Slide Snags $50M

The maker of popular software applications, or widgets, propagating across social network Facebook pulls in $50 million in funding.
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Security, Communications, Internet

Does Facebook Need a Privacy Cop?

The Facebook Beacon flap suggests that consumers need clear rules about what information about them is being shared.
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Internet, Finance

Follow Your Peers, and Buy

Hearst buys social shopping site Kaboodle, joins other old media companies in quest to grab piece of Web 2.0.
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Computers, Media

You, Me & PS3

Sony unveils social features for PlayStation 3 including 3D online community at game confab.
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Internet

Yet Another Social Network Launches

MingleNow helps users chart out their social life.
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Internet

Dove, Meet MySpace

Social network partners with in-game ad specialist to deliver branded items.
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Media

What's Facebook Worth?

Reality Check: Putting a price on social networks is tricky.
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Internet

Facebook Is Holding Out

The social networking site reportedly won’t sell itself to Yahoo for less than $1B.
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Media

Facebook Worth WHAT?

If Yahoo! pays $1 billion for Facebook, we should all be very, very afraid. Or all start social networking sites.
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Internet

Netscape Piles on Digg

Social news sites battle for users with money and power.
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Computers

Feds Pile on HP

The U.S. Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Congress launch inquiries after computer giant HP admitted obtaining phone records of reporters, directors.
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Media

Cashing in on Casual Gamers

Shockwave and Big Fish Games announce new offerings.
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General news

Q&A: GoPets’ Erik Bethke

The Korean gaming startup’s founder hits the states to talk with potential investors.
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Computers

Red Hat Goes Social

The Linux specialist says it’s launching a social networking site.
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Communications

Campus Wireless Rave

Rodger Desai pushed his startup onto college airwaves.
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Internet

Helping the Mobile Hook Up

Stuffy wireless companies are going social.
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Finance

FastStats: Social Network War

MySpace, Bebo battle it out; PC software piracy rate unchanged; defining the mobile TV audience.
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Security

Humans Pose Risk to Networks

Experts say companies need to spend more on educating users about security threats.
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Internet

RH Internet Report

Red Herring magazine’s Internet news briefs for the week of May 22, 2006.
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Finance

FastStats: Web Traffic Trends

Interest in gas prices, realty leads April surfing; hefty growth for distance learning; social networking chugs along.
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