Facebook Lite looks like Twitter rival
Facebook appears to be upping the ante against Twitter with the launch of Facebook Lite, a simplified version of the site, which provides a stream of user updates and looks …
Tweetie for Mac brings excellent iPhone app to the desktop
While the iPhone-app market has gone ga-ga for Twitter, the social networking service that lets you send 140-character messages, Mac developers have been less prolific. Tweetie, from Atebits, has gone …
Apple looks to fix bothersome beeps in MacBook Pros
MacBook Pro owners plagued with annoying hard drive beeps and clicks have not yet had Apple publicly address their issue, but as the number of complaints continues to swell, reports …
Web attack ‘aimed at one blogger’
A “massively co-ordinated” attack on websites including Google, Facebook and Twitter was directed at one individual, it has been confirmed.
Better broadband for rural Britain: we’re so well connected
It’s hardly a reverential name for some of the most significant social pioneers in Britain today: “yogurt knitters”. But this is how armies of determined campaigners were dismissed when they …
Facebook confirms DoS attack same day as Twitter
Popular social-networking site Facebook was hit with a DoS (denial-of-service) attack Thursday, but the attack did not appear to be as severe as one that crippled Twitter the same day.
Twitter attack ‘could have been work of teenager in his bedroom’
The micro-blogging site went down for several hours on Thursday afternoon after falling victim to a “denial of service” attack.
Dennis the Menace buys FriendsReunited
ITV has sold Web1.0 social networking site FriendsReunited to DC Thomson, publisher of the Beano.