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Crooks Hijack Facebook Accounts, Injuring Dignity

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It used to be that computer viruses attacked only your hard drive. Now they attack your dignity.
Malicious programs are rampaging through Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, spreading themselves by taking over people’s accounts and sending out messages to all of their friends and followers. The result is that people are inadvertently telling [...]

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Facebook Profiles Capture True Personality, According to New Psychology Research

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Online social networks such as Facebook are being used to express and communicate real personality, instead of an idealized virtual identity, according to new research from psychologist Sam Gosling at The University of Texas at Austin.
“I was surprised by the findings because the widely held assumption is that people are using their profiles [...]

Tags: Facebook, neuroticism, online social networks, personality characteristics, personality traits, psychology research, sam gosling, social interactions, social networking, true online personality, true personality, virtual identity
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Virtual Goods Start Bringing Real Paydays

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Silicon Valley may have discovered the perfect business: charging real money for products that do not exist.
These so-called virtual goods, like a $1 illustration of a Champagne bottle on Facebook or the $2.50 Halloween costume in the online game Sorority Life, are no more than a collection of pixels on a Web page.
But [...]

Tags: Facebook, fantasy realms, lightspeed venture partners, playdom, social networks, start-ups, video game fans, virtual gifts, virtual goods
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Towards Healthier Communication: Social Networking Tools To Enhance Personal And Social Wellbeing

Computer scientists at the University of Southampton are using social networking tools to explore if individuals can enhance their personal and social wellbeing over time

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Facebook Apps On Any Website: Clever Move

Facebook announced Friday a new JavaScript client library that will allow Facebook apps to be displayed on any website.
The client library allows users to make Facebook API calls from any web site and create Ajax Facebook applications on that website.
Wei Zhu from Facebook explains the benefits:
Since the library does not require any server-side code on [...]

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