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  Five Facebook Timeline changes you can't wait to make Facebook's new Timeline feature gives you seven days to make changes to your profile before it's pushed live. Here's a look at five things you can do -- from aesthetics to removing content -- in those seven days to get your profile ready for primetime.
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  Facebook flaw exposes myth of online privacy Facebook is making headlines this week for a flaw that exposed personal photos marked private--including pictures of Mark Zuckerberg and his dog.
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  Facebook disables bug that exposed private photos A Facebook bug that allowed unauthorized viewers to see private photos has been squished.
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  Facebook hires Gowalla team, but will shut the service Facebook has hired the team at Gowalla, a mobile location service in Austin, Texas, but the service will be shut down by January, the companies said Monday.
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  Facebook Privacy: How the FTC settlement affects you In the wake of a settlement between the FTC and Facebook over the latter's privacy policies, users of the social networking site should get ready for more changes in the way Facebook operates.
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  Hate the new Facebook? Here's how to change it A Chrome plugin called Facebook News Ticker Remover promises to remove the new sidebar ticker box that's annoyed some users of the social networking service.
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  Facebook adds timeline feature, supercharges apps At an event Thursday, Facebook unveiled its Timeline feature to chart your life and announced new apps, including one that lets friends listen to songs together through free streaming music services.
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  Facebook Video Calling: Get started, adjust privacy settings CIO shows how easy it is to get started with Facebook's new video calling feature and walks you through the privacy issues you'll need to consider about the service.
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  Facebook introduces Skype video calling Facebook on Wednesday announced a new video chat capability it will roll out in conjunction with Skype, in what the social-networking giant said is the first announcement of many new applications to come in the next few months.
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  Connecticut concerned about Facebook face recognition Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has expressed concern that Facebook's "Tag Suggestions" face recognition feature compromises consumer privacy.
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  Facebook's facial recognition flops Facebook's facial recognition technology has drawn its share of attention. But the uproar over the privacy considerations overlooks one question -- is the feature any good? PCWorld puts Facebook facial recognition to the test and finds a feature that doesn't yet work well enough to pose a threat to your privacy.
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  Privacy groups push for U.S. Facebook probe Several privacy groups are asking U.S. regulators to force Facebook to halt plans for its facial recognition service.
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  U.S. Facebook popularity wanes as international growth booms Facebook has nearly 700 million users worldwide, but the social network's U.S. popularity dropped by more than 5 percent in May, according to a Facebook-centric market research service.
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  Facebook Privacy: How to block facial recognition Facebook automatically opts you into its new facial recognition feature, which recognizes your face in photos and prompts your friends to tag you. Here's how to opt out of it.
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  Facebook tips: Hide recent activity, shorten status tags Updates to Facebook let you hide your recent activity from your friends and provide an easier way to tag friends in a status update. CIO's Kristin Burnham has the details.
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  Security firm to Facebook: Clean up your act Facebook needs to make some simple, yet crucial, changes to secure users more effectively, according to security firm Sophos.
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  Facebook movie rentals adds five Warner Bros. movies Warner Bros. is expanding its Facebook movie rental service with five new films including Inception and the first two Harry Potter Movies.
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  Facebook wants your burning questions The social networking service has begun rolling out a new feature in which users can post questions that their friends can answer.
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  Facebook Tip: Enable encryption to avoid privacy glitch Some Facebook traffic this week took a misguided trip from AT&T servers through China and South Korea, exposing some user data. To protect yourself against such glitches, here's how to enable Facebook's HTTPS feature.
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  Facebook movie rentals: The pros and cons Warner Bros. is letting Facebook users rent "The Dark Knight" from within the social networking service. PCWorld's Ian Paul outlines the pros and cons of this new video streaming offering.
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  Why you freak out over Facebook A study finds that the more Facebook friends you have and the more time you invest in the social networking site, the more likely you are to experience Facebook-related anxiety.
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  Three reasons why your business should avoid Facebook For small businesses, the benefits of using Facebook to reach potential customers are uncertain at best, according to PCWorld's Katherine Noyes.
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  Facebook Privacy: Four valuable yet hard-to-find settings Hunting for specific privacy settings can be tedious, so CIO.com did the work for you. Here's a list of four of the most important Facebook privacy settings, where to find them, and how to change them.
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  Facebook offers protection against wireless Firesheep attack Facebook is rolling out a more secure way to connect to its website, which will protect users from a widely publicized wireless networking attack called Firesheep.
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  Facebook backs off third-party data-sharing plan Facebook has reversed its decision to let developers access your home address and mobile phone number through third-party applications and Websites.
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  Reports: Facebook raises $500 million, faces SEC inquiry Facebook faces an SEC inquiry focused on private investments, according to news reports.
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  Facebook announces e-mail service Facebook has announced an e-mail service that will give its 500 million members "@facebook.com" addresses.
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  Why Facebook Places is going nowhere Reports claim that few Facebook users are trying the Places location-based feature. Computerworld's Mike Elgan explains why Places hasn't taken off.
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  Facebook quick tip: Three more ways to shore up security CIO's Kristin Burnham is back with more tips on shoring up your Facebook security and staying safe on the social networking service.
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  Facebook Quick Tip: Control apps access to your data Facebook launched a new feature this week that gives you a detailed overview of the data permissions that you've granted to apps. Here's how to find the new dashboard and adjust your settings.
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  Has Facebook finally figured out privacy? Facebook unrolled three new features that give users greater control over how their data is used and shared, which means the social networking giant may finally...
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  Facebook offers new tools, changing way users share information Facebook engineers have been in a lockdown for the past 60 days working on new products, and the company Wednesday took the wraps off some of those new tools, showing how they'll change the way users of the social networking site share information.
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  Facebook improves photo uploader, image quality Facebook has increased the maximum resolution of user-uploaded photos , simplified the tagging process and improved the performance of the upload tool.
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  Facebook, Skype poised to enter partnership Facebook and Skype are about to enter a partnership, according to All Things Digital, the Wall Street Journal tech blog.
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  Six Facebook, Twitter mistakes that can get you fired What are some of the red flag behaviors an employer might look for in their employees' online profiles? CSO's Joan Goodchild lists six mistakes users make on sites like Facebook and Twitter that could lead to unemployment.
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  Facebook apologizes for worst outage in four years Many Facebook users were unable to access the Website for up to two and a half hours on Thursday, the worst outage the social networking service has had in four years.
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  Facebook glitch let spammer post to walls A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload service that allowed him to spam thousands of users.
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  Germany considers ban on using Facebook for hiring Germany is considering a law that would ban employers from mining information from social networking sites such as Facebook to protect people's privacy.
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  Facebook pledges to improve Chat feature Facebook is pledging to improve its Chat feature.
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  Facebook Places: What you need to know As expected, Facebook on Wednesday launched its new location-sharing feature called Places. Similar to other location-based services such as Gowalla and MyTown. Here's what you need to know.
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  Facebook app gets Places, background uploading Facebook's official iPhone app has gained the new Places feature, as well as some better per-post privacy controls and background media uploading on iOS 4.
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  Facebook 'dislike' button scam spreads virally The latest viral scam making its way around Facebook is a lure that asks users if they want to install a "dislike" button, according to security firm Sophos.
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  Facebook Questions service aims to crowdsource answers Facebook launched a beta version of its new "Facebook Questions" service, which lets you pose questions that the rest of the Facebook community can answer.
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  Fun facts about Facebook's half-billion users Now that half a billion people around the world are using Facebook, Ian Paul of PCWorld takes a closer look at what those numbers mean.
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  Facebook expected to claim half-billion users this week Facebook is expected to announce that it has reached the 500 million user mark this week. That's half a billion people in just six years.
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  Mobile Facebook users hit 150 million Facebook now has 150 million mobile users and plans to migrate all features found on PCs to phone platforms.
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  Man claims 84 percent ownership of Facebook A New York man has filed suit against Facebook claiming he owns 84 percent of the world's largest social network.
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  Facebook slapped with class-action privacy lawsuit A Canadian law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against Facebook, alleging the social network mishandled users' private information and breached their privacy.
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  Facebook faces fine from German privacy regulator Facebook faces a fine from a German privacy regulator for failing to obtain the consent of the people whose contact details it stores.
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  Facebook investigates e-mail notification issue Facebook is investigating an issue where some users do not receive an e-mail notification when someone messages them on the social networking site.
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  Suspicious Facebook app attracts nearly 300,000 fans A suspicious application is circulating on Facebook and could be used to spam up to 300,000 users, according to a security analyst.
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  Facebook adds new controls for third-party apps Facebook launches new tools intended to help users control third-party applications and Web sites.
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  Can you really trust Facebook? The recent brouhaha over Facebook's privacy policies suggest a disconnect between how the social media network and its customers regard privacy.
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  Facebook CTO: Don't forget Facebook is for sharing IDG News Service talks with Facebook Chief Technology Officer Bret Taylor about the latest privacy controversies and Facebook's reaction.
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  Quit Facebook Day was a success even as it flopped Quit Facebook Day may have flopped when it comes to creating a mass exodus of Facebook users, but those who care about privacy owe a debt of gratitude to the failed movement.
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  'Likejacking' exploit fools Facebook users and friends Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users were hit over the holiday weekend by a trick that spreads a clickjacking worm once the victim has been fooled into...
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  'Quit Facebook Day' looks like a hard sell Early signs indicate that the Quit Facebook Day will lead to just a tiny percentage of the social networking site's users giving up the service over privacy concerns.
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  Researchers: Hackers will keep hammering Facebook Attacks targeting Facebook users will continue, and could easily become even more dangerous, a security researcher says.
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  Facebook privacy fixes: Your guide to the newest changes CIO's Kristin Burnham walks you through what you need to know about the privacy policy changes proposed by Facebook this week.
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  Facebook earns praise for privacy changes Facebook's decision to offer end-users simpler options to configure privacy controls on the social-networking site has received an initial thumbs-up from industry experts and privacy watchdogs.
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  Facebook beefs up privacy with three big changes Facebook says it will simplify its privacy settings page in the face of public criticism over its privacy policies.
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  Facebook to simplify privacy settings Wednesday The social networking site confirmed it will roll out simplified privacy controls on Wednesday.
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  Facebook CEO addresses privacy concerns Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday publicly addressed the growing criticisms against his company for its failure to safeguard user privacy.
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  Facebook fixes bug that allowed friend deletion Facebook has fixed a flaw that let hackers delete Facebook friends without permission.
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  Securing your Facebook privacy settings A bookmarklet from ReclaimPrivacy.org will scan your Facebook settings to see if you're keeping your private information secure. We give it a run-through.
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  A bill of rights for Facebook users As it struggles with a backlash over its privacy policies, the social networking site Facebook should set forth some long-term rules of the road that users can count on. The following set of basic rights for Facebook users would be a very good start.
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  Report: Facebook debates privacy changes Facebook is reportedly undergoing internal struggles as the company debates concerns raised over user privacy, and the social network may revamp its user privacy settings in the coming days.
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  Facebook fixing embarrassing privacy bug Facebook is scrambling to fix a new Web site glitch that could allow users' private information to become exposed.
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  Mum's the word from all-hands Facebook company meeting on privacy Facebook is staying mum about what went on during its all-hands-on-deck company privacy meeting late on Thursday.
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  Facebook unveils new security features Facebook took the wraps off Thursday on two new security features aimed at protecting users from phishers and other online scammers.
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  Europe chastises Facebook over default privacy settings Facebook has made "unacceptable" changes to its privacy settings that are detrimental to users, a coalition of European data protection officials warned.
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  Why I left Facebook Christopher Breen details how the social networking service's shifting privacy policies caused him to deactivate his account.
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  Q&A: Facebook users aren't outraged over privacy issues Facebook executive Ethan Beard defends the firm's privacy policies in an interview with Computerworld.
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  Facebook bug exposes private chats A Facebook bug allowed people to see their friends' chat sessions.
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  Five ways Facebook should improve user privacy Whenever Facebook introduces new services, especially those that expand into other parts of the Web, it doesn't take long before privacy advocates and users...
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  New York senator challenges Facebook on privacy U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) has asked the FTC to design privacy rules for social networking sites, including clear guidelines on how information submitted to Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter is used and disseminated.
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  How Facebook plans to dominate the Web Facebook is integrating user experiences on external sites with Facebook's news feed, effectively transforming what used to be a solitary browsing experience into a sprawling network of connectivity.
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  Expectations run high for Facebook's developer conference Facebook's developer conference is expected to yield major announcements about new and expanded capabilities for developers.
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  Facebook shuts down Lite site Facebook has shut down Lite, the stripped-down version of its site it introduced in September.
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  Facebook to more strongly suggest promo Pages to users Facebook has added a new "Community" type of profile and will more aggressively suggest promotional Pages to members.
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  Twitter to start pushing advertising to users Twitter on Tuesday introduced a new service called Promoted Tweets, which will let companies send ads in the form of ordinary messages.
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  Apple's App Store comes to Facebook Apple has launched an official App Store page on popular social networking site Facebook.
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  Facebook hit with class action over privacy changes A class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook over changes that the social networking site made to its privacy settings last November and December.
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  Macworld's 2009 App Gems Awards The App Store is bursting with mobile applications -- 100,000-plus of them to be more or less exact. But never fear: We've scoured the store to find the must-have apps for your iPhone and iPod touch to pick 20 of our favorite apps from the past year.
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  Facebook rolls out lite version; Mac desktop app appears Thin is in at Facebook. It introduced an alternate front door for the social network called "Facebook Lite," a slimmed-down version of the site. There's also a new Mac desktop notification app.
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  Top Facebook etiquette tips Whether you’re making your first friend or your 1000th, these 10 rules of Facebook etiquette can help keep things civil in your online life.
• The social graces of social networking Here are some of the most common questions I’ve come up against with Facebook and the professionally-oriented Linkedin.