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• Facebook vs. porn: A pocket history

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 27 May, 2012 14:25

  It shouldn't surprise anyone that an online service with more than 900 million members will attract some attention from the porn industry, as Facebook has through the years. That attention has spurred the social network to fight smut peddlers in court, with mixed results.

• Recruiters predict revenue increases and aggressive growth for firms: study

  By Hafizah Osman | 25 May, 2012 17:13

  Recruiters in Asia-Pacific are expected to achieve aggressive growth in 2012 despite global uncertainty and the threat of the European crisis, according to Web-based recruitment software developer, Bullhorn.

• Move over Instagram, here comes Facebook Camera

  By Ed Oswald | 24 May, 2012 19:47

  Facebook might have acquired Instagram, but that's not stopping the site from releasing a social photo-sharing app of its own.

• China's Sina Weibo targeting Japanese advertisers

  By Michael Kan | 25 May, 2012 05:42

  One of China's top Twitter-like sites, Sina Weibo, is working to attract Japanese companies to advertise on its platform by helping the firms open and use accounts on the microblogging service.

• Are CEOs getting the social media thing?

  By Michael Cooney | 24 May, 2012 13:33

  IBM says a study it did of some 1700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be - grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.

• Oracle buys social relationship management company Vitrue

  By Joab Jackson | 23 May, 2012 15:20

  Taking a step into the social media marketing industry, Oracle is purchasing Vitrue, the two companies announced Wednesday.

• Facebook shares sink below IPO price

  By AAP | 22 May, 2012 09:01

  Facebook shares plunged nearly 11 per cent on Monday during the stock's first full day of trade as the enthusiasm from a massive public offering for the social network giant turned to scepticism.

• No agreement on Internet content: Lawyer

  By AAP | 21 May, 2012 13:26

  The rapid growth of the internet and social media are causing major legal headaches globally, with no clear-cut agreement on how to control content, a law lecturer says.

• Facebook IPO madness: Own a piece of the giant social network

  By Ed Oswald | 19 May, 2012 03:35

  Facebook's initial public offering, or IPO, hits Wall Street Friday, and is one of the most highly anticipated tech stock offerings of the past decade. Everyone, it seems, wants to be in on the action. And it's possible to do so--after the big boys get their hands on it first.

• Doctors warned not to use social media with patients

  By Ellen Messmer | 18 May, 2012 05:31

  Doctors are being cautioned by hospitals they work with to avoid interacting with patients on social media, and that they reject any overtures by patients to interact on the likes of Facebook and Twitter.

• Social media bring business, but add security quagmire

  By Ellen Messmer | 18 May, 2012 04:27

  Social media - Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and so forth - has become a way of life for companies and their employees to interact with the public, but beating back the fraudsters that try to prey on customers, not to mention keeping employees from spilling sensitive data, is becoming a full-time job for many.

• Software developers top IT jobs in demand: finding

  By Hafizah Osman | 16 May, 2012 14:43

  Software developers are among the most in-demand IT professionals in Australia as technology employers continue to face skilled shortages, according to IT recruitment specialist and a ManpowerGroup company, Experis.

• Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages

  By Lucian Constantin | 16 May, 2012 04:33

  Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have most likely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection, Wikimedia Foundation, the organization operating the website, said on Monday.

• How I publish from Google+

  By Mike Elgan | 15 May, 2012 02:02

  Technology broadcaster Leo Laporte had me on his show, This Week in Tech (TWiT), recently. I mentioned that I publish all over the Internet automatically from my Google+ stream.

• American moms love Facebook, Nielsen survey shows

  By Brad Reed | 12 May, 2012 03:33

  If you're looking for a last-minute gift for Mother's Day, don't bother sending her a Facebook invite - chances are, she's probably already on it.