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Privacy concerns create web savvy users
May 17, 2010 by publisher · Leave a Comment
Internet users, at least in the United Kingdom, have become more guarded in their interactions in recent years, especially on social networking like sites Facebook. In a survey of 1,824 internet users above the age of 16 conducted by Ofcom, the regulatory body found that most users have become less likely to reveal personal information in online forums and social networking sites. Conducted twice each year, the survey showed remarkable changes from just two years ago in 2007. About 80 per cent of those polled in the survey said they restricted the access of their social networking profiles so that they could only be seen by family and friends, whilst it 2007 this figure stood at just under half. These changes could be due to the phenomenon’s increasing popularity, but recent media attention over Facebook’s privacy policies have also drawn significant attention to how much Britons are revealing online. Average totals of people using social networking sites in England, Scotland and Wales all hover around 45 per cent, with Northern Irish users placed at 31 per cent
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Wikipedia clamps down on celebrity death hoaxes
August 26, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Wikipedia is clamping down on vandals editing its encyclopaedia with false reports of celebrity deaths.
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A licensing disagreement has put the future of Skype in doubt
July 31, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
eBay has announced that it may have to close down Skype because of a dispute over licensing with Joltid, the founders of the service. Skype was bought from creators Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom in 2005 for $2.6billion but - rather clumsily - this deal did not include eBay owning a major piece of the technology that powers the software. Ever since, eBay has been licensing the much-needed technology from Joltid but this agreement has recently been revoked by the Skype founders.
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