Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Old Virus Hoax Learns New Trick - the Merry Christmas Virus Warning Hoax 2007 Version
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp
Just because a chain letter claims Snopes says it's real and provides a link,
doesn't make it so...
The 2007 "Don't Open Merry Christmas" virus chain email is a hoax that gives the
usual bogus "This is the worst virus ever, it will burn your hard drive!" and
other such hysterical claims. But in order to try looking credible so people
will pass it along without actually bothering to look it up, the chain also
provides a link to a three-year-old Snopes page about a virus from 2004. The
deal is that most people will just pass on the chain without actually checking
out the Snopes info. And no, it is not better getting any chain email 25 times
than opening a Merry Christmas message.
Outdated 2004 virus info:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/zafi.asp
Snopes page on the current Merry Christmas virus warning hoax and variations of:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Facebook News
read.
The Facebook Blog:
http://blog.facebook.com
Facebook blog post apologizing for the big woops they made with the beacon
program:
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=7584397130
Inside Facebook
http://www.insidefacebook.com
Site that contains a link to the privacy preference allowing users to opt out of
beacons:
Facebook adds universal opt-out to Beacon; this time, the PR comes ...
By Justin Smith
This morning, in response to the complaints from privacy advocates that
have been well-documented in recent weeks, Facebook added a Beacon
preference to allow users to universally opt-out of Beacon. Now, if
users globally opt-out, ...
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/12/05/facebook-adds-universal-opt-out-to-beacon-this-time-the-pr-comes-from-zuckerberg/
All Facebook
http://www.allfacebook.com
Post on allfacebook:
Facebook Listens to the Blogosphere
By Nick O'Neill
Last night I briefly ranted about Facebook not responding to the noise.
Initially, they may have perceived it as only being chatter among
bloggers. As soon as I heard that brands were beginning to become
hesitant about advertising on ...
http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/12/facebook-listens-to-the-blogosphere/
Facebook and Relationships:
If it's Facebook, it's love
Reuters - USA
By Joanne Kenen With profiles on the Facebook social networking site almost
de rigueur on college campuses, students can define their relationship
status ...
http://features.us.reuters.com/techlife/news/A582F772-A2BF-11DC-BE5C-A0488271.html
More over the Facebook Beacon Frackus
Facebook's foolish foes [Media]
By Owen Thomas
I remember, distinctly, when former Business 2.0 editor Josh Quittner's
love affair with Facebook began this spring. He couldn't stop talking
about it, and I could hardly avoid hearing about it,... [[ This is a
content summary only. ...
http://valleywag.com/tech/media/facebooks-foolish-foes-330424.php