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• Iran blocks access to some outside websites, services

  By Gregg Keizer | 11 February, 2012 09:19

  The Iranian government has severed some citizens' connections to secure websites and services, including Twitter and Google's Gmail, according to reports by Iranians and network experts.

• How the Phoenix Suns basketball team takes on social media attacks

  By Ellen Messmer | 11 February, 2012 07:31

  Every sport has its fans, and the Phoenix Suns basketball team is finding that use of social networking has become one of the main ways to keep in touch with its fan base -- though it can get dicey when basketball fans across the NBA go a little wild before big games.

• Most social net users are kind, Pew survey finds

  By Sharon Gaudin | 11 February, 2012 05:32

  A majority of U.S. social networking users say their fellow users mostly kind, and that the sites make them feel good about themselves.

• Five tips to make your Facebook Timeline amazing

  By Ian Paul | 10 February, 2012 01:59

  Facebook Timeline currently is rolling out to all users worldwide, and--whether you like it or not--the new default profile layout will be hitting your Facebook account in the coming weeks.

• In Pictures: Facebook IPO - the heftiest paydays

  By Kristin Burnham | 10 February, 2012 08:56

  With a possible valuation of $US100 billion, Facebook's IPO filing could make a lot of people very, very rich (or richer). Here's a look at the breakdown of who could get what, from Mark Zuckerberg to Bono - yes, Bono.

• Obama 2012 campaign playlist revealed courtesy of Spotify

  By Bob Brown | 10 February, 2012 06:27

  Depending on your taste in music and tolerance for others’ tastes, President Barack Obama’s latest social media move – sharing his 2012 campaign playlist via streaming music website Spotify – might be a case of over-sharing: Ricky Martin, REO Speedwagon and James Taylor all made the cut.

• Researchers claim 100-fold increase in data storage speed

  By Tim Greene | 09 February, 2012 03:29

  European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred.

• The iPad at work, Day 2: testing the limits

  By Dan Moren | 08 February, 2012 02:28

  [Editor’s Note: When we last left Dan Moren, he’d survived day one of his iPad experiment, in which he vowed to use nothing but his tablet to get his job done for three days. Now we move to day two.]

• Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 18 January, 2012 08:36

  A dozen of the world's largest Internet companies - including Facebook, Google and Comcast - have committed to June 6, as the start date for their production deployments of IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

• Great apps for BlackBerry

  By Armando Rodriguez and Ginny Mies | 29 November, 2011 01:51

  Navigating an app store can be tricky, with vague descriptions, dubious user reviews, and sometimes buggy apps. We searched for the best apps available.

• Great Apps for Windows Phone 7

  By Armando Rodriguez and Ginny Mies | 29 November, 2011 01:34

  Navigating an app store can be tricky, with vague descriptions, dubious user reviews, and sometimes buggy apps. We searched for the best apps available.

• Technology argument 6: Facebook vs. Google+ vs. Twitter vs. LinkedIn

  By Jeff Caruso | 15 November, 2011 09:37

  Much has changed since we examined the ongoing war between Facebook and Twitter in the autumn of 2010. The stakes are higher, the competition has increased, and we see LinkedIn and Google roaring into the social networking arena like never before.

• Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012

  By Michael Cooney | 19 October, 2011 04:41

  ORLANDO -- The technology that makes up many of the systems in the ITworld today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says.

• Guide: How to put your company on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter

  By David Daw | 19 October, 2011 01:06

  It’s telling that when the Google+ social network launched in June, businesses clamored to get on the service as quickly as possible. For most businesses, being active on social media is now a requirement. Although Google+ is still dragging its feet on creating pages for businesses, getting your company page started on Facebook, Linked In, and Twitter takes just minutes.

• Bad new world - Cyber risk and the future of the US

  By Michael Assante | 23 September, 2011 05:21

  In September 2007, in a remote laboratory in Idaho, researchers began to show that that picture had begun to change, dramatically and irreversibly. Dubbed "Aurora," the researchers' project demonstrated the ability of a cyber hacker to destroy physical equipment--in this case a generator used to create electricity for the power grid.

• How to prepare your business for Google+

  By Angela West | 24 September, 2011 23:59

  Google+ just opened its doors to the world by enabling open signups and moving to the beta, testing phase. The nascent social network is still thin on features and ways for businesses to properly use it, but its minimalist approach has gained Google+ millions of users in a very short period.