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Are kids playing it safe online?

July 18, 2007 Despite the rap against teens' Net etiquette, attorney Eric J. Sinrod says it's time to re-examine the conventional wisdom. TAGS: teen, profile, teenager, social networking, photograph

Evite freshens up

August 3, 2005 New feature is meant to offer more control over privacy, serve up event-planning functions and help users manage contacts. TAGS: Evite, profile

MySpace developing parental-notification software

January 17, 2007 "Zephyr" is designed to give parents access to their children's names, ages, and locations as listed on their profiles. TAGS: Hemanshu Nigam, MySpace, teen, parent, News Corp., age, profile, children, monitoring

Target me with your ads, please

December 4, 2007 News.com reporter asks an ad company to tailor ads to her Web surfing habits. Some of it made sense, but why do they think she's into heavy construction? TAGS: heavy construction, online advertising, DoubleClick Inc., profile, broadband Internet, Google Inc.

Google, Sun plan partnership

October 3, 2005 Collaborative effort could raise the profile of OpenOffice.org and Java software--and perhaps bolster Google's challenge to Microsoft. TAGS: Java software, StarOffice, OpenOffice.org, Sun Microsystems Inc., Google Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Java, Google Earth, profile, CEO, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Facebook's Greek drama

October 17, 2005 On campuses nationwide, site is transforming social-networking norms--and some sororities are trying to curb its influence. TAGS: Facebook, recruitment, influence, profile, women, e-mail

Chat rooms could face expulsion

July 27, 2006 The House overwhelmingly OKs a bill that could shut MySpace, Amazon and other Web giants out of schools and libraries. TAGS: MySpace, social networking, chat room, margin, profile, bill, Republican, Amazon.com Inc., library, school

Police blotter: Nude 'profile' yields Yahoo suit

December 9, 2005 Woman says ex-boyfriend posted nude photos and her phone number in a Yahoo Personals profile. She sued for $3 million. TAGS: plaintiff, Police Blotter, Yahoo! Inc., profile, lawsuit, publisher, service provider, photograph

MySpace growth continues amid criticism

March 31, 2006 Popular site is signing up new members at record pace, but remains target of concerns regarding safety of younger users. TAGS: MySpace, Friendster Inc., minor, profile, safety, policy

Principal sues ex-students over MySpace profiles

April 9, 2007 Administrator claims four students who allegedly posted parody profiles to the social-networking site bruised his reputation. TAGS: MySpace, student, school, profile, court, complaint

MySpace to Apple: Fix that worm

December 5, 2006 After worm spreads on social-networking site, MySpace asks Apple to update its QuickTime media player. TAGS: MySpace, Apple QuickTime, Hemanshu Nigam, Apple Computer, F-Secure Corp., worm, fix, profile, attack, solution, Microsoft Internet Explorer, e-mail

How MySpace brought down a spammer

August 22, 2007 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains how MySpace defeated a noted spammer. TAGS: defendant, MySpace, spammer, News Corp., profile, court, message, password, e-mail

At Rapleaf, your personals are public

August 31, 2007 The start-up aggregates social-networking profiles and, through TrustFuse, opens the possibility of selling that data to marketers. TAGS: marketer, social networking, privacy policy, e-mail address, profile, client, Facebook, e-mail

Even in Net litigation, it's all about location

May 2, 2007 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says Web publishers and surfers can learn--and take comfort--from the dismissed DontDateHimGirl.com suit. TAGS: Pennsylvania, defendant, jurisdiction, court, advertiser, resident, profile, litigation, contact, Florida, state, Google Inc., server

Worm uses QuickTime to spread on MySpace

December 4, 2006 Playing a rigged video on MySpace embeds the malicious file and adds phishing links to people's profiles. TAGS: MySpace, FaceTime Communications, phishing Web site, News Corp., Apple QuickTime, phishing, Websense Inc., profile, worm, security company, F-Secure Corp., expert, blog, video, security, link

Gates demonstrates new search software

May 17, 2006 New server software aims to help workers find data stored on their company's computers. TAGS: enterprise search, Microsoft SharePoint, worker, colleague, Bill Gates, server software, profile, social networking, knowledge, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Office

Samy opens new front in worm war

October 17, 2005 Security experts fear would-be attackers will copy the worm, which exploits an unaddressed scripting flaw. TAGS: XSS, Trend Micro Inc., worm, MySpace, front, denial of service, profile, attack, Web browser, security, e-mail

Group eyes standard Web services messaging

March 28, 2006 Web Services Interoperability group will consider an IBM proposal for standards-based reliable messaging systems. TAGS: Web Services Interoperability Organization, messaging, Web service, proposal, order management, corporate customer, profile, Simple Object Access Protocol, standards, IBM Corp., specification, software company

New dawn of online ad profiling

May 7, 2003 The practice of gathering data about Web site visitors faded years ago due to privacy criticism, but it's back in vogue as Web sites look for ways to boost revenue. TAGS: 24/7 Real Media Inc., DoubleClick Inc., online advertising, data mining, profile, Google Inc.

Police Blotter: Fake gay HotorNot profile draws suit

July 13, 2007 HotorNot.com profile saying man was gay and used crack led to "constant" ribbing from co-workers--and a suit claiming it led to post-traumatic stress disorder. TAGS: Police Blotter, court document, British Petroleum Co plc, Louisiana, operator, ship, profile, incident
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