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Facebook is the new King of Social Networking

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

According to PC Pro[pcpro.co.uk], Facebook is now larger than MySpace. Thank goodness. MySpace was the worst assault on the eyes since the short striped shorts of the early 80’s. Facebook at least has a somewhat consistent interface from profile to profile, and none of those god-awful tiled backgrounds of kitty cats or what have you.

Still, Facebook is beginning to get cluttered and annoying thanks to the proliferation of extensions with their constant annoying questions. For the last time, I do NOT WANT TO PLAY RISK VIA FACEBOOK!!! Get a life, buy the board game, gather up some friends, and freaking talk to another person tête-à-tête!!

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Beware: the Millenials are coming!

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Slashdot has posted an item[slashdot.org] about the upcoming results of a survey by Symantec and Applied Research-West describing the threat to IT from the so-called ‘Millenials’ generation–those born after 1980. The IT threat apparently comes from the willingness of this young crowd to connect almost any device or social networking software to the corporate network. There is a positive in the report: Millenials are more likely to be aware of the security implications of what they are installing or connecting.

Whew…for a second there I thought my generation was going to be banned from working! It’s not like that would make that many of us angry…just don’t take away our Internets!!! You don’t want us to get angry!

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Dangerous data

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Reuters is reporting[reuters.com] that Canadian soldiers have been ordered not to post personal information to social networking sites like MySpace[myspace.com] and Facebook[facebook.com]. The apparent motive is safety – “Al Qaeda operatives are monitoring Facebook and other social networking sites.”

Many have heard of the potential effects that sharing the wrong information online can have on our careers and social lives, but few would view death as one of those potential effects.  “This may seem over dramatic … (but) the information can be used to target members for further exploitation. It also opens the door for your families and friends to become potential targets as well.”

Are these soldiers and their families really in danger or is this an exaggeration or a command with a hidden motive?

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