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Social networking sites tell robbers when you are away from home

02/20/2010

Sharing every happening in your life with friends and family on social networking sites is getting more and more popular. However, providing up-to-the-minute updates on websites such as Twitter or Foursquare has also made it a lot easier for users to fall victims of crime.

Microsoft Details Office for Mac 2011 at Ma ... PC Magazine 02/13/2010	Google Poaches Social Search Service Aardvark Ryan Singel Wired News 02/13/2010
Though Apple Inc. itself did not show up at this week's Macworld, archenemy Microsoft was in abundant evidence. The Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit was showing off the next version of its productivity suite for the rival platform, Office for Mac 2011.	The coolest search engine you’ve never used got snapped up by Google Thursday for a reported $50 million. Aardvark, a company that lets you use IM, Twitter and e-mail to ask full-text questions and then get answers from people in or close to your social network, confirmed it signed a deal with Google. TechCrunch, which first reported the news, put the figure at $50 million, but Wired.com could not confirm the purchase price.
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With Buzz, Google Plunges Into Social Networking MIGUEL HELFT and BRAD STONE The New York Times 02/13/2010	Iran to Suspend Google's Gmail CHIP CUMMINS And JESSICA E. VASCELLARO The Wall Street Journal 02/12/2010
SAN FRANCISCO — Google and Facebook are on a collision course in the increasingly competitive market for social networking services.	Iran's telecommunications agency announced what it described as a permanent suspension of Google Inc.'s email services, saying a national email service for Iranian citizens would soon be rolled out.
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China stomps cybercrook training outfit John Leyden The Register 02/09/2010	The young prefer Facebook to blogging, Twitter Mary Brophy Marcus USA Today 02/04/2010
Chinese authorities have closed down a firm that allegedly trained hackers to develop spyware and launch cyberattacks.	A new report paints a picture of how teens and young adults are using social media these days. Teens are eating up Facebook but are not so keen on Twitter, and they are not blogging as much as they used to, according to the Pew Internet Project's report.
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Windows Azure reaches general availability stage; Microsoft starts charging for cloud computing platform Kevin McLaughlin ChannelWeb 02/02/2010	Google launches Chinese holiday travel map amid row AFP 02/02/2010
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) on Monday launched its Windows Azure cloud computing platform as a paid service, but smaller companies are unlikely to be among its first customers. That's because Azure doesn't currently include a pricing option that makes sense for smaller applications.	BEIJING — Google has launched a map search service in China for travellers taking trips during the Lunar New Year holiday season, despite a row over cyberattacks and censorship.
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