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TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 8:08am neoform

MSNBC -- Facebook said on Tuesday it is introducing new privacy controls that give users of the fast-growing social networking site the ability to preserve social distinctions between friends, family and co-workers online. Facebook executives told reporters at.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Apr 9, 2007 @ 5:00pm neoform

CNN -- Dating used to be largely a matter of spending time with a love interest, discovering the good, the bad and the ugly in person. If you were lucky, friends helped fill in some of the blanks. These days, the Internet -- and the ability to check people ou.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 6:10pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- MySpace and Friendster’s runaway popularity and exposure have helped spawn an array of targeted networking sites. Advertisers are noticing Andrew Anker knew he had too many "friends" when business associates, looking to curry favor with his blogging.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue May 13, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd. Following similar moves by the two biggest online hangouts, Internet search leader Google Inc. is introducing tools that are supposed to make any Web site.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Oct 4, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

MSNBC -- Seven years ago, 13-year-old Lauren Nelson and a few friends entered an Internet chat room during a sleepover. Within a week, an online predator was e-mailing one of them lurid photos. "We were chatting with people we didn't know, which was our first m.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Aug 10, 2007 @ 1:19pm neoform

BBC News -- Shadows are being used by Japanese researchers as an non-intrusive way for friends to stay in touch. Called Teleshadow the system pipes video of what people are doing at home via the net to their friends' houses. But instead of showing images in ful.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon May 14, 2007 @ 3:14pm neoform

MSNBC -- Soldiers serving overseas will lose some of their online links to friends and loved ones back home under a Department of Defense policy that a high-ranking Army official said would take effect Monday. The Defense Department will begin blocking access ".. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Apr 10, 2007 @ 3:16pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Dating used to be largely a matter of spending time with a love interest, discovering the good, the bad and the ugly in person. If you were lucky, friends helped fill in some of the blanks. These days, the Internet — and the ability to check people out b.. Read More