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VIDEO: Megawhat news - Social sites worried about press intrusion
Video news bulletin of today's top stories 5 June 2008 23:35 GMT
Want to know the latest news but don't have time to read the stories we've written? Don't panic - here are the top stories on video.

In today's headlines: BBC one going live in the internet
More 3G iPhone rumours but are we up for a disappointment on Monday?;...
Social networkers worried about privacy
Press intrusion causing Facebookers concern 5 June 2008 11:48 GMT
There have been a series of high profile scandals when images of naughty nights out uploaded onto social networking sites have managed to find their way into the newspapers.

Obviously the people concerned aren't just regular Joes - one case was a call girl,...
VIDEO: Megawhat news - Asus launches three Eee PCs
Video news bulletin of today's top stories 3 June 2008 18:14 GMT
Want to know the latest news but don't have time to read the stories we've written. Don't panic - here are the top stories on video.

In today's headlines: It’s been a day of laptops as Acer launches the Aspire One range; Asus comes in with three new Eees and...
Police scour Bebo for teenaged crime
182 kids rounded up in Scotland 3 June 2008 12:01 GMT
Just weeks after a thug who had put all of his antics up on YouTube was given an ASBO, police in Scotland have rounded up a staggering 182 kids who similarly bragged of their crimes online.

A massive police operation has seen kids as young as 12 herded up by...
AOL completes Bebo buy-out
AIM to be incorporated into social networking site 19 May 2008 14:56 GMT
AOL has just completed its $850 million acquisition of social networking website Bebo.

The site, statistically one of the most popular such properties in the UK, will become part of AOL's new People Networks business unit that also incorporates AIM, ICQ and...
Fraudsters targeting social network sites
And threat is growing 9 April 2008 11:43 GMT
Online fraudsters are targeting people who use social networking websites.

According to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report, for the second half of 2007, there were 87,963 "phishing hosts".

Phishing hosts look for personal information...
Measures to protect kids online don't go far enough
NSPCC warns 7 April 2008 13:38 GMT
While welcoming new governmental recommendations to protect children surfing the web, one of the UK's largest children's charities has warned that the measures may not work.

The NSPCC has stated firmly that the Home Office recommendation that those on the child...
Social networks to display 999 button for kids
Government reports warns of dangers 2 April 2008 9:08 GMT
Facebook and other social networking sites may have to advertise the 999 emergency number on their pages under new guidelines to improve the safety of children online.

The Telegraph has obtained a draft copy of the a new report that looks into child safety online...
Microsoft announces social networking collaboration
Teaming up with Facebook, Bebo and LinkedIn for API exchange 26 March 2008 9:13 GMT
Microsoft has announced collaborations with five social networks, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, LinkedIn and Tagged, that it says will make it easier, safer, and more secure for users to move their relationships around the web.

This collaboration includes an exchange...
Today's Megawhat TV NEWS
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 14 March 2008 19:20 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for our roundup of the biggest stories of the week from the world of gadgets and technology ... and what we think about them.

In the headlines this week - Katzenburg says Dreamworks' future is 3D; Bebo's buyout - what other implications...
Today's big stories on Megawhat TV NEWS
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 13 March 2008 19:20 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

In the headlines today - Bebo is bought by AOL; EA Games is on the hunt; the Guitar Hero team faces a lawsuit as does Apple; and Canon launches a trio of compacts....
AOL buys Bebo for $850 million
Social networking firm snapped up 13 March 2008 12:49 GMT
It looks as if the rumours were true, although not quite on the money, so to speak, with Bebo's rumoured billion-dollar-buy-out just announced - but for a mere $850 million.

Time Warner's AOL has announced it will buy the social network for $850 million in...
MySpace signs deal with Five
Following on from Bebo/ITV deal yesterday 11 March 2008 11:27 GMT
Five News, headed by Natasha Kaplinsky, is now going to be available on MySpace.

The deal is claimed to be the first of its kind and will enable the social networking site and a national news channel to exchange content.

A MySpace spokeswoman told...
REM album to get social networking debut
"Accelerate" will have iLike preview 11 March 2008 10:47 GMT
REM has announced that it's going to debut its new album through social networking service iLike.

REM will allow users of the site to stream music from the forthcoming Accelerate for 6 days before the official launch of the album on 1 April.

The...
Orange updates Animal packages
To reflect the changing ways people use their phones 3 March 2008 7:36 GMT
Two years after the launch of the Animals, Orange has updated the pay monthly packages to "reflect the changing ways that people are using their mobile phones".

As of the 1st of March 2008, the Dolphin, Raccoon, Canary and Panther packages now include mobile...
Today's big stories on Megawhat TV NEWS
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 22 February 2008 19:20 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

In the headlines today - Which? magazine warns of the dangers of visiting social networking websites; Microsoft says its Vista Service Pack 1 could mess up...
Social networking sites leave us open to fraud
New report warns caution 22 February 2008 11:55 GMT
Online safety seems to be a buzzword at the moment with governments and the big website developers launching initiatives to protect children from online predators.

But a new report from Which? says that adults also need to be careful when using social networking...
Bebo in billion dollar buy-out?
Rumours see social networking site sold 14 February 2008 11:03 GMT
Reports that social networking site Bebo has hired an investment bank, Allen & Co, are fuelling rumours that the site is about to announce a big buy-out deal.

"A high level source" has told TechCrunch that Bebo has been in discussions with a number of potential...
Bebo beats rival networking sites
Survey says Bebo best 4 January 2008 10:30 GMT
In the battle of the social networking sites, it seems that Bebo is best.

According to an independent test carried out by Computing Which? magazine, Bebo is better than rivals Facebook and MySpace for factors including ease of setting up.

The test...
Bebo joins Facebook for common platform
Social networking sites get cosy 14 December 2007 9:46 GMT
Bebo has announced a link-up with rival social networking site Facebook that allows software developed for one site to work on the other.

The link will see applications developed for the platform work across both sites which together have nearly 100 million...
Brits favour Facebook for keeping in touch
Our love of social networking 12 December 2007 13:21 GMT
It seems that Facebook, and social networking sites like it, are the most popular way to keep in touch with friends and family in the UK.

Ofcom has revealed in a survey that British adults are more frequent users of social networking sites than their counterparts...
MySpace and Google team up on "OpenSocial"
Social networking giant backs Google's platform 2 November 2007 7:50 GMT
MySpace and Google have announced that they are joining forces on Google's "OpenSocial" project, a set of common APIs (application programming interfaces) for building social applications across the web.

Google says the partnership "spearheads an initiative...
78% of UK's online population social network
Britain top in Europe 12 October 2007 8:47 GMT
comScore has released a report into the online habits of the UK's social networking community.

To put the results in a European context, the Euro social networking community stood at 127.3 million unique visitors in August – reaching 56% of the European online...
Facebook UK's most popular social networking site
According to Neilsen NetRatings... 25 September 2007 11:32 GMT
Despite what comScore would have us believe about Bebo, Nielsen NetRating has announced that Facebook is the UK's most popular social networking site.

New figures just released reveal some interesting stats about the state of Britain online today, and what's...
Social networkers only have five close friends
Lots of Facebook buddies doesn't mean lots of real world mates 11 September 2007 8:45 GMT
The Guardian is reporting that social networking sites do not lead to more genuine, close friends.

This is according to a survey by Dr Will Reader and his team of researchers at Sheffield Hallam Uni, who have looked at how the rise of such sites are changing...