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• Social networking engineers team to make Google searches less 'evil'

  By Brad Reed | 24 January, 2012 08:22

  Software engineers from major social networking companies have apparently grown tired of Google's relentless drive to push its own Google+ social network at the expense of other sites.

• Buying Myspace was a huge mistake: Murdoch

  By AAP | 24 October, 2011 09:02

  News Corp's purchase of Myspace was a "huge mistake" and the social network was mismanaged "in every possible way" following the acquisition, chief executive Rupert Murdoch says.

• User satisfaction study: Facebook vulnerable to Google+

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 19 July, 2011 14:07

  User satisfaction with Facebook is low enough that the social networking site risks losing significant market share to Google+, according to a new study.

• LinkedIn passes MySpace in US net traffic

  By AAP | 12 July, 2011 08:42

  LinkedIn leapfrogged MySpace in June to become the second-largest social network in the United States in terms of traffic behind Facebook, tracking firm comScore said.

• PREVIEW: LG Optimus 3D Android phone

  By Ross Catanzariti | 22 June, 2011 15:15

  LG has unveiled the worlds first 3D smartphone, the LG Optimus 3D, described by the company as its "most advanced smartphone to date".

• Social networking self-regulation isn't working says EU

  By Jennifer Baker | 21 June, 2011 22:19

  Only two social networking sites make minors' profiles private by default, according to a test of 14 such sites conducted for the European Commission.

• Grieving mother seeks tougher cyber safety

  By AAP | 04 February, 2011 09:46

  A woman whose daughter was murdered after being stalked by an internet predator has called on social networking sites to better protect users.

• Five websites that used to rule the Internet

  By Keir Thomas | 29 November, 2010 11:04

  The Internet generation is stunningly disloyal. Brands mean very little to us. Our parents might never have bought anything other than a Ford car, or a Westinghouse refrigerator, but we switch online services without a second thought.

  So join us as we take a look at five Websites that, once upon a time, we simply couldn't live without, but which are either no longer with us, or have perhaps seen better days.

• Curtains for MySpace?

  By Ian Paul | 13 January, 2011 01:28

  Things just keep getting worse for MySpace. The former social networking hub recently announced it would cut nearly half of its global workforce as part of a restructuring effort.   As many as five hundred MySpace employees worldwide will soon be looking for work as the site continues to redefine itself from a social network to an entertainment content site with social networking features.

• After numerous shake-ups, is MySpace dying?

  By Brennon Slattery | 24 February, 2010 05:01

  It's almost hard to believe, but MySpace used to be the most popular social networking site in the world.

• Is Facebook past its prime?

  By Hillary Rhodes | 08 July, 2009 14:38

  Is Facebook on its last legs? Is it going to pull a MySpace on us? Will Facebook be the Internet's hip site du jour one day, then suddenly lose the love and affection of most of its followers the next? We hope not. But various irritations associated with the site could contribute to its eventual demise.

• Michael Jackson mourners take to the Web, but don't crush it

  By Sharon Gaudin | 08 July, 2009 08:44

  Today's massive memorial service for Michael Jackson may have strained some social networking and news sites but it didn't cripple them, as many had expected.

• Top 10 MySpace apps Down Under

  By Kathryn Edwards | 26 March, 2009 10:42

  MySpace.com unveils the top 10 apps that Aussie's go to for their entertainment fix.

• Social networking behind the firewall

  By Mary Brandel | 12 August, 2008 09:01

  Microsoft calls it TownSquare. Deloitte hosts D Street. IBM has its Beehive, and Best Buy its BlueShirt Nation.