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How would our government react to a terrorist attack in the age of social networking? Mumbai and other atrocities have led to draconian plans, says Michael Cross

It's a bad week for Internet porn, or at least for porn hoping to reach the masses through social networking.

Ning announced Monday that it will discontinue hosting adult-oriented networks in its "Red Light District" as of January 1, and...

The simple dictionary definition of "Twitter" is "microblogging/social networking platform that places a 140- character limit on each individual post/tweet." However, describing Twitter thusly would fail to encapsulate the power of this new omnipresent medium.

So, instead here are 101 examples of how Twitter members regularly use the service

Chances are you use at least two major social networks - 49 million people, for example, visited both MySpace and Facebook in October ...

For those of you familiar with twitter, the "microblogging" social-networking tool, you know that it can be a fun way to gather data from a large group of people.

If you have a substantial enough group of followers, inevitably, a few are paying attention most of the time, and you will get a handful of interesting responses to almost any question.

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Balancing your work and personal life on social networking tools such as Facebook has become more complex than ever -- and the dangers go beyond the well-publicized examples of posting party pictures to your profile.

We like to keep all kinds of lists; wish lists, checklists, lists of lists… you get the picture.

In this roundup we will focus on services specializing in wish lists (things we want) and checklists (things we want to get done).

Using these 40 mobile and web-based tools you can keep track of daily tasks, build your reading list, organize your holiday gift giving, and more.

No, Facebook isn’t building its own phone. But UK mobile service provider 3 is launching a mobile phone whose primary function, besides making phone calls, is social networking.

Residents rely on the services of Kingston Communications (Kcom), which controls the telecoms network

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