Social networking sites leak personal information to tracking sites

June 29th, 2009 SYDNEY - Parents need not worry if their teens are into social networking sites - they are savvy enough to minimize risks for themselves, according to a recent study. Kerry Mallan, of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and colleagues who interviewed 170 students, found that teens who spend time on social networking sites are savvier than thought.

July 31st, 2006 Popular social networking sites like such as MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, Friendster faces ban in US schools & libraries. The Deleting Online Predators Act tries to limit the access of paedophiles to the networking sites which have become hugely popular with minors.

October 8th, 2009 KnowEm is the new buzz in the social networking media that filters unclaimed usernames at 120 social media sites. Well, social media is expanding and too soon you would see all media going social.

August 27th, 2009 LONDON - People who use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are more prone to getting robbed, as burglars might be stealing their personal details from such websites, says a research. The research said that these sites could face higher insurance premiums because burglars may be using them to find out their personal details.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - With more and more people drawing towards social networking sites, it has become very hard to maintain privacy, according to a new study. The researchers analysed links between users of social sites, and identified many people in supposedly anonymous data sets.

October 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The owners of online networking sites generally have access to the personal information of the users on their sites, which can lead to privacy problems. To deal with it Landon Cox, a Duke University assistant professor of computer science, has been funded by the National Science Foundation.

May 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace might be a great way of meeting new people, but they are turning British people into introverts, a new survey has found. In the study led by market research company Mintel, over 50 pct of the adults revealed that they spend more time chatting online than they do actually speaking to friends and family.

March 30th, 2009 A University of Kansas professor is researching details of online relationships forged on social networking sites and determining their significance, depth and potential. Nancy Baym, associate professor of communication studies, became interested early on in how the Internet shapes interpersonal communication and of late has focused her research on social networking sites in particular.

February 3rd, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Social networking website MySpace.com has said that it had ejected more than 90,000 registered sex offenders following an agreement last year with state attorneys general to improve child safety. The figure, which MySpace provided to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, was more than double the number that MySpace had predicted that it would find when it launched the crackdown on online threats to minors.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - BigAdda, the social networking website belonging to the Anil Ambani group, Fropper, a dating site and Indyarocks, an entertainment-based social network, are among the top 25 Indian Internet start-ups ranked for the first time by leading technology magazine Dataquest. The rankings prepared with the help of Indianweb2.com that tracks Indian start-ups in the technology space, is an interesting mix of social networking sites, tool makers, rating sites, and creators of close-knit online communities and mobile applications.

May 12th, 2009 SYDNEY - An inquiry into cyber bullying has revealed that young victims can use friendships on social networking websites to help protect themselves. Gillian Calvert, the NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People, told the inquiry that cyber bullying should not be viewed as a new phenomenon.

July 6th, 2009 LONDON - Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter will soon be used in Australia to give people early warning of bushfires, which killed 173 people in February. Residents of towns in Victoria state have said that they had little or no warning of the ferocious blazes that claimed so many lives earlier this year.

July 6th, 2009 Palin offers comments over Twitter, FacebookANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin is communicating through social networking sites after her surprise announcement last week that she will resign as Alaska governor. Throughout the holiday weekend, the governor has provided frequent updates to supporters on Twitter while otherwise laying low.

August 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Are you constantly on the move and don't have time to log on to your computer to be in touch with your friends? Coming to your rescue now is your mobile phone through which you can access any social networking site, anytime, anywhere. Take college student Ajay Kumar for instance.

June 4th, 2009 Social networking is getting hotter and hotter in US. Ultimately its bulging into a war of social sites, where each site is looking to hook their visitor for maximum hours.