Secret Service find no threat to president in Facebook poll; juvenile responsible not charged

September 30th, 2009 Secret Service probing Facebook poll on ObamaWASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a poll posted on the social networking site Facebook that asks if President Barack Obama should be assassinated.

July 5th, 2009 UK spy chief's family details posted on FacebookLONDON — Photos and family details about the newly appointed head of Britain's international spy agency have been removed from a social networking Web site. The Mail on Sunday newspaper reports that the information was posted by the wife of John Sawers on her Facebook page.

July 6th, 2009 LONDON - Reacting on the headlines grabbed by new MI6 head Sir John Sawers' photographs, which appeared on Facebook, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that it is "not a state secret" that the spy chief wears Speedos. John's wife Shelley Sawers had posted beach photos of her husband on facebook site the day after he was appointment head of MI6.

March 21st, 2009 94pc of Facebookers hate its latest makeover SYDNEY - Facebook has left 94 per cent of its users, participating in a new poll, facing disappointment after making changes to its services. The social-networking giant received the green signal from only six per cent of nearly 800,000 members who cast their votes.

April 9th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Five years after it was founded in a Harvard dorm room, the online social networking site Facebook has registered its 200 millionth user, the site confirmed Thursday. 'Growing rapidly to 200 million users is a really good start, but we've always known that in order for Facebook to help people represent everything that is happening in their world, everyone needs to have a voice,' said Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

July 8th, 2009 Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attackWASHINGTON — The Associated Press has learned that a widespread computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime. Officials say the Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and the Transportation Department's Web sites were all down at varying points over the weekend and into this week.

June 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - With Facebook offering personalized URLs for its users, a media expert suggests that organizations, celebrities and politicians better claim theirs early, otherwise they may later have to battle cyber squatters. "Generally speaking the best defense against cybersquatting and/or potential malicious use of a famous name is to register accounts in your company's name on new social media sites as soon as they emerge," says Susan Jacobson, of Temple University's journalism department.

March 24th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - More than 1.7 million Facebook users have joined a protest against another redesign of the popular social networking site, in one of the biggest consumer revolts seen in the online world. As of midday Monday, the Facebook group called Petition Against the New Facebook had 1,727,394 disgruntled members, while a Facebook-sponsored poll on the redesign had received more than 1.2 million votes, with just 75,000 approving the new look.

June 24th, 2009 LONDON - The British Prime Minister is set to announce the appointment of the nation's first cyber security chief who will be responsible to protect the country from terrorist computer hackers and electronic espionage. Brown's decision comes amid fears that the computer systems of government and business are vulnerable to online attacks from hostile countries and terrorist organisations.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit teenage girl is said to have allegedly been gang raped so that she could be "s****** and tagged" on Facebook. Jurors were told that three rapists took snaps of the 18-year-old on a mobile and told her: "You are going to be s****** and tagged on Facebook".

November 25th, 2008 Facebook offered to buy Twitter for $500 million of overvalued Facebook stock, Kara Swisher says. Twitter rejected the offer for several reasons: And they can be, At Facebook's real valuation, $5 billion or so, the offer only amounted to $150 million (not bad for two-year old company with no revenue, but a far cry from the billion-dollar dream) Twitter has high hopes for its own secret revenue model which will be announced next year.

April 30th, 2009 Facebook exec considers California AG job in 2010 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The chief privacy officer of networking Web site Facebook says he's considering running to be California's attorney general in 2010.

June 23rd, 2009 If you are on Facebook and still without a date, its high-time to delete your account, lol. Well, Facebook has been phenomenal in bringing hearts closer.

February 7th, 2009 Facebook has become the most popular social network on the net, even surpassing MySpace. So it is obvious that hackers will now target Facebook more.