If anyone doubted how international social networking is, they need only look at how Friendster.com's doing in the Philippines. It dominates Internet use in that Southeast Asian country. According to the Manila Times, San Francisco-based Friendster, the No. 1 social site there, accounts for 87% of Philippine Internet traffic and has 7 million Filipino members, its largest population among 40 … [Read more...] about Filipinos’ Friendster
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ClubPenguin.com cheats
If you have a videogamer or two at your house, you've heard of "cheats." Sources of cheats to gain an advantage or pass some levels are all over the Web (see Wikipedia). Well, now there are even cheats for the ClubPenguin set (8-to-14-year-olds), CommonSenseMedia.org reports. "By downloading illicit software easily found with a simple Google search, kids are now using tricks to get gold coins … [Read more...] about ClubPenguin.com cheats
Pinpointing IM users
You may've heard of social mapping on cellphones (pinpointing friends' physical location with GPS technology – see "Mobile socializing"). Now there's social mapping in IM. AOL's AIM instant messenger "adds a new group of AIM's buddy list windows called 'Near Me'," the Associated Press reports. This isn't GPS (global positioning system). Near Me "tracks locations by using the continuous wireless … [Read more...] about Pinpointing IM users
Predators vs. cyberbullies: Reality check
Parents who have seen "To Catch a Predator" on Dateline NBC are asking how much they should be worrying about their social-networking kids. They need to know that the Predator series is no representation of risks to youth on the social Web. It's not even presenting a credible picture of sexual predation in general, we find in an in-depth look at the social costs of producing "The Shame Game" in … [Read more...] about Predators vs. cyberbullies: Reality check
Cyberthieves: More sophisticated
It's not so much that they're getting smarter as that "tools for carrying out attacks [on family computers] are readily available and harder to purge from computers," reports Washington Post security writer Brian Krebs. Yes, a virus clicked on in an email can grab info, but it can also leave keylogger software that grabs even more. Brian led with the story of a man whose infected PC gave … [Read more...] about Cyberthieves: More sophisticated