16. Jun 2008, 10:19
With Internet number cruncher Comscore outlining that social networking phenomenon Facebook is now officially just as popular as News Corp’s MySpace on the global stage, the once-clear market leader is looking to wrestle back its international breathing space via a major overhaul dubbed MySpace 2.0.
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3. Jun 2008, 12:24
In a bold move to bolster its position against Google’s recently launched Open-Social initiative, social networking titan Facebook has this week announced that it is adopting an open-source approach regarding a sizeable chunk of its existing platform code.
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2. Jun 2008, 06:14
Does your company have a Disaster Recovery Plan? In larger companies, arguably even in the smaller ones, there is some sort of process in place should the fit hit the shan. The Planet, one of the larger hosting providers online, had a chance to practice their processes this weekend. On Saturday, the Houston datacenter, held over from the EV1/Planet merger, suffered an explosion and as of this writing (7:00 PM EST 2008/06/01) the power is still out. ...
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14. May 2008, 20:46
When the devastating earthquake struck China earlier this week, it was not mainstream news organisations which carried the first reports, but micro blogging service Twitter.
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21. Apr 2008, 22:10
In a sign of the times, a U.K. police force has launched an application on Facebook to help glean information from the public concerning criminal cases.
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19. Mar 2008, 03:23
Social networking site Facebook has announced a tightening of security on its site and will add a chat feature to improve communication between users.
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22. Feb 2008, 09:00
The recent outage in the Middle East caused by breaks in undersea fiber optic cables has sparked a lot of conspiracy-theory type rumors. Some were comical, such as the sharks with lasers; others were insane such as a Dept. of Defense cover-up. Now thanks to a U.N. official, the rumors are starting to circulate once again. ...
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11. Feb 2008, 20:00
Services on two out of the three cables that were damaged recently were repaired over the weekend according to an Indian-owned cable operator. The repair restores Internet services to parts of the Middle East and Asia. ...
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