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Facebook botnet risk revealed

2008-09-06 23:07:02 by manunkind in PC Sympathy
 
...Facebook that turned the machines of people who added the app to their Facebook page into a botnet that launched denial-of-service attacks on a victim server in a demonstration Social Network Web sites have the ideal properties to become attack platforms, according to a paper entitled Antisocial Networks:Turning a Social Network into a...
 
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Facebook Launches Preferred App Program, Translation Services

2008-07-23 20:20:51 by Jason Kincaid in TechCrunch
 
Facebook just issued the press release for todays F8 conference. The release is below, with the most important points bolded SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Facebook f8 Conference, July 23, 2008 Facebook today introduced the latest advancements to Facebook Platform during its annual f8 developer conference, calling on its more than 400,000 developers to...
 
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Facebook Connect Pulls Back The Curtain: Data Portability!

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2008-05-09 21:54:14 by Rodney Rumford in FaceReviews: Facebook Applications Reviews and Facebook News
...Facebook Announces Facebook Connect With the launch of Facebook Connect, facebook will be enabling people to communicate and stay connected wherever they go. This is a great step forward as many new services will jump up around using those friend connections that you have on facebook. We had already mentioned that using facebook as an...
 
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Facebook to open the gates with 'Facebook Connect'

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2008-05-09 19:32:00 by Caroline McCarthy in Webware.com
...Facebook announced Friday the debut of Facebook Connect, a new technology for members to connect their profile data and authentication credentials to external Web sites. It makes the company the latest major Web site to embrace the concept of data portability The formal announcement was made through a post on Facebook's developer blog by...
 
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Liveblogging the Facebook Developer Conference

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2008-07-23 20:23:59 by Michael Arrington in TechCrunch
...Facebook Developer conference , and well be live blogging the news. Mark Zuckerbergs Keynote starts at 1:30 pm PST Facebooks press release is here Live Coverage In a press briefing after the keynote, Zuckerberg stated I wish I knew when asked when the anticipated payments system would launch. He also hinted that Facebook is working on...
 
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Rumors of Facebook music service bubbling again

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2008-03-05 13:55:00 by Caroline McCarthy in Webware.com
...Facebook Facebook may be getting closer to launching a music service that competes with Apple's iTunes, the Financial Times reported Wednesday Sources told the publication that Facebook has been approaching major record labels about licensing deals so that it can sell music through its Web site It's a long-standing rumor that has once again...
 
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Improved privacy controls, instant messaging on the way at Facebook

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2008-03-18 18:13:00 by Caroline McCarthy in Webware.com
...Facebook will roll out more extensive privacy controls Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, as well as an instant-messaging service soon after, representatives from the company announced during a press briefing at the company's headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif The new Facebook friend-adding interface, with a privacy control menu. (Credit: Dan...
 
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Facebook suspends participation in Google's Friend Connect

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2008-05-15 19:13:00 by Caroline McCarthy in Webware.com
...Facebook's developer blog explains that the social network has suspended participation in Google's "Friend Connect" project , citing a violation of its internal terms of service Now that Google has launched Friend Connect, we've had a chance to evaluate the technology," the post by Facebook employee Charlie Cheever read. "We've found that it...
 
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Facebook Platform, One Year Later

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2008-05-24 07:09:05 by Jason Kincaid in TechCrunch
...Facebook Platform. We figured it would be a fitting time to take a look at what the platform promised, what its delivered, and where its going in the future. The summary : Facebook Platform has been a victim of its own success, offering an unparalleled distribution platform that has appealed to both tens of thousands of legitimate developers...
 
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Finding Your Way Around The New Facebook

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2008-08-05 21:53:24 by Laurence John in MakeUseOf.com