Facebook’s code leak raises fears of fraud
· Bug blamed for security concerns on popular site · Networkers in growing danger of identity theft
Virtual worlds for kids take off
Social networking sites for children are growing fast - and they are attracting attention from big media companies and concerned adults, says Matthew Wall.
Make a MMO
The 3D virtual world platform Metaverse Network heralds the beginning of the shift in how we'll consume internet content in the future.
We are coming for your children
Commercials for junk food are being banned on children's television, but advertisers are moving onto a new battlefield - the internet. Helen Pidd reports.
From the web to the White House
Since the 1960 face-offs between Kennedy and Nixon, televsion has been the dominant medium in US presidential election campaigns. But the advent of YouTube has changed all that. Now it's the internet that has become the key political battleground for 2008. But is this the birth of a new democraticatising medium - or just a passing fad, asks Gaby Wood.
BBC Sport in tandem with social net site
4pm: The BBC is partnering with London start-up iSporty to introduce social networking to BBC Sport's cycling website. By Jemima Kiss.
Naughty Dog co-founders are picked up by MySpace
The recent acquisition of Flektor by MySpace points towards the Web's increasing interest in people with experience in game development.
NSPCC taps into social net sites
5.15pm: The NSPCC is placing fictional child profiles on social networking sites featuring actors talking about abuse. By Mark Sweney.
Big on MySpace
Ten Masked Men
MySpace hijacks the race for president
Dan Hancox on the mother of all straw polls.
Hey Rachael, that was some great teenage bash
The damage was impressive. But don't blame MySpace, says Rebecca Seal. We've all been there ...or nearly there.
Bridging the gap
Cross-platform convergence is the future, which is why I'm more excited about Windows Live than I am about the PlayStation3's Home.
Virtual worlds are the future for Big Media
Big Media wants in on the virtual worlds boom. Social virtual worlds will dominate future offerings.
Raph Koster talks Areae
Raph Koster's new project Areae kicked off digital mountains of speculation about what the celebrated game and virtual world designer had up his sleeve. The details out there are sketchy, often scraped together through a combination of information fragments, rare snippits of insider knowledge and raftloads of speculation, so I contacted Raph to find out just what this new MMOG-meets-Web 2.0 project is all about.