Posts Tagged ‘ Facebook ’

G1 Android Crashed – Had to Do a Factory Reset

What a nightmare. A warning to all here: Do Not Try To Upload Too Many Photos to Facebook At Once I was attempting to upkload about 6 or 7 photos to Facebook from my phone and it just died on me. It got pretty hot, gave some memory warnings, then crashed. I tried rebooting...
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The Yahoo Facebook Partnership

Yahoo and Facebook have joined hands to make Yahoo a more social platform. It seems that Yahoo is always playing catch up with Google now, and instead of creating a rival for Google Buzz, Yahoo has decided to make a partnership with the master of Social Networking, Facebook. Yahoo accounts will be linked to...
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Major Facebook Security Hole Revealed

This was buzzed by Google’s Matt Cutt’s in response to suggestions that Google had only managed to gather the email addresses by using some sort of underhand, insider methods. But personal email addresses are visible using Yahoo too. From Matt Cutt’s Buzz; http://www.allfacebook.com/2010/06/facebook-loophole-exposes-thousands-of-email-addresses/ makes a false claim: “The other question that this raises is...
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Facebook Candid Camera Messages Spreading Virus

My Dad called me today to say that he had a problem with his PC. A rogue anti-virus got installed on his PC and has hijacked it. He is running McAfee AV but that failed to stop it, although he did admit that he saw warnings, but really thought at the time that the...
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Are You Secure Online? Internet Security, Privacy and Your Future

If you are reading this you are a web user and therefore you should be aware of the possible risks associated with Internet use. In the same way that if you visit a city you should be aware of how to behave and which places to keep away from, you need to take a...
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An Open Letter from Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook is undergoing some changes. It has now got a staggering 350 million members (how many people?!). Facebook has more members then the entire popular of the USA and UK combined!
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Facebook Servers Down, Games Broken, No Scrabble

Early this evening we reported how Twitter was struggling under the massive demand for its services. Now Facebook is struggling. I cannot play Scrabble! It’s my move! This is a disaster! And Mafia Wars is very sluggish. Social Media? Social Decline more like. Come on, upgrade your servers, get some better computers, buy a...
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Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Cyber Crime & Warfare

In the modern era, almost every company is dependant on their IT systems to function day-to-day and any kind of unforeseen circumstance could be potentially devastating. Anything from the smallest power cut or server failure to an all out natural disaster could bring business to a grinding halt, any interruption to a company’s IT...
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Facebook Starts Making a Profit

Facebook now has 300 million users, and has announced that it has finally started making a profit. This is solid proof that although social media and networking sites are good fun, they are not a good business model, at least not for start ups. If an online store had as many returning customers it...
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Facebook Undergoes another minor makoever

Just noticed Facebook is looking a little smoother around the edges, and also that user “status” has been replaced with “What’s on your mind?”. User profile photos now have rounded edges too. On the home page there is more detailed information on what you can see in your own Facebook homepage, i.e. “You’re looking...
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