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• CIO of CSC deploys social collaboration platform

  CSC has shared insights into the deployment of its social networking platform, with CIO Ben Patey saying C3 is still engaging some 55,000 employees a year after its deployment.

• Twitter knew about worm bug a month ago

  A serious bug that led to a series of fast-spreading worms on Twitter's website Tuesday had been fixed in August but was accidentally re-introduced.

• Super Cheap Auto shares IT success story

  Using IT to deliver whole-of-business outcomes and tailoring IT to customer needs has been key to Super Cheap Auto’s IT strategy.

• Have we hit social media overload?

  The problem with the Internet these days? In a word: socialism.

• Salmat develops SME solution

  Salmat has shared insights into the company’s move to the SME market, saying marketing across a number of different IT platforms has been the key to the company’s success.

• Seven ways social nets like Facebook and LinkedIn are 'truly evil'

  NEW YORK -- Social networks are a major resource for hackers trying to capture valuable corporate data or run amok inside business networks, the information security director of a major online trading firm told Security Standard attendees.

• 10 Ways To Know You're in the Twitter Twilight Zone

  All too often, it seems like there's a full moon out when it comes to Twitter: People who use the microblogging service do some very strange things.

• Twitter revamps site with multimedia and social tools

  Twitter says an update to its site is on the way and will stress user pictures, videos, and profiles in an attempt to compete with Facebook and Google in the race for ad dollars.

• Google gets serious about social networking

  After purchasing handfuls of social networking-centric companies -- including socialDeck for online games and Jambool for virtual currency -- Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the company's social networking project will debut later this year.

• Why Twitter's redesign is a big deal

  Make no mistake, Twitter was perfectly justified in hyping its redesigned Website as a major announcement. The new version of Twitter.com, which will roll out to all users over the next few weeks, is more important to Twitter than any mobile app or previous Website tweak to date.

• Revamped Twitter.com site takes flight

  In an effort to refresh the Twitter.com site, pull users back in from third-party platforms -- and take a swipe at Facebook -- Twitter launched a significant site redesign on Tuesday.

• Twitter fixes its 'bad' homepage: The critics weigh in

  Twitter's update to its homepage, that stresses community and multimedia content, is a welcome change to the staid site. Of course, when you impose order and elegance to Twitter's current lackluster homepage, you're going to get more kudos than questions. Still, you'll be hard pressed to find a dissonant voice in the chorus of opinion about the redesign of world's favorite micro-blogging site.

• Organisations battling to keep up with security threats

  Organisations are battling to keep up with emerging security threats resulting from the rapid evolution of Web 2.0, according to McAfee CEO David DeWalt..

• Facebook and Twitter banned by Pa. college

  Harrisburg University provost Eric Darr wants to know if his students can live without Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging and other social networks for an entire week.

• Microsoft previews communication server overhaul

  Microsoft has released a nearly completed preview version of its next-generation communications server and associated software, which the company has collectively renamed as Lync.