Technology Mashup

This is the kind of thing that will hold back development of Social Media - the inherent nature of human beings! It is no longer the technology barrier but the need for a serious shake up of modern society to remove such nonsense. When will we see ASBOs emerge on Social platforms!

Cyber-bullies - New face of anti-social networking [BBC UK Technology News]

My advice would be for removal of all of the clutter on the MySpace interface and there are too many really rather annoying adverts. Group searches I think are also quite weak on MySpace compared with Facebook.

MySpace prepares for re-design - MySpace prepares a major redesign next week as it tries to attract more casual users and increase the amount of time its members spend online.

Social anxiety, meet social networking - As many surveys have suggested, fear of public speaking is one of our strongest anxieties. The following won't help: These days, the audience could be skewering you on blog sites -- not after your presentation, but during. And just about everyone in attendance could know about it, except you.

Web users 'fear media intrusion' - Most users of social networking websites are concerned about media intrusion, a survey suggests.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Social networking site MySpace give users access to developers' applications - Social networking site MySpace has launched an application gallery to offer its users direct access to developers' applications. [SOA News from Computer Weekly]

What not to do about Social Networking - Computer Weekly has just published an article setting out some of my views on social networking in advance of next week’s Infosec Europe 2008 event in London, when I’ll be speaking on “Locking down social networking vulnerabilities”. In fact the...

David Lacey [David Lacey's Security Blog]