The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that since the legislative session began Jan. 5, three Republican state representatives, one Democratic lawmaker and one Republican staffer have reported their Facebook accounts being hacked. No one is exactly sure why, but officials point to a potential security hole — a free, open wireless network for House visitors and legislators. The Post-Dispatch says each hacking victim had used the network recently.

When Facebook in January announced plans to enable developers, with permission, to access users’ addresses and phone numbers, the company took it on the chin. Facebook users, perhaps recalling revelations late last year that Facebook user ID numbers were being shared by third-party applications, complained and the company backtracked, stating that it agreed with some of the concerns raised and that it would delay access until some changes have been made. The incident got the attention of two members of Congress, Edward Markey (D-Mass) and Joe Barton...

Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere is expected to escape being punished by the Football Association after the midfielder vented his anger at referee Phil Dowd on Twitter following his side’s 4-4 draw with Newcastle. Arsenal were 4-0 up at half-time but after Abou Diany was sent off Newcastle took full advantage of their extra player to stage a remarkable comeback. Shortly after the final whistle at St James’ Park, the 19-year-old wrote on his Twitter account: ‘Inconsistent refereeing needs to stop. It’s killing the game. If Diaby goes..what’s...

As search engine rules are generally unwritten, it is tempting for some search engine optimization services to bend or occasionally break them.

To put it simply, a blog will help get your web site noticed by the search engines, and search engine optimisation agencies (the good ones) are experts at making sure your blog does just that.

1) Is your website just a glorified business card?  If people unfamiliar with your company search the internet for your service or product and your website doesn’t appear…  How will they ever find you? 2) Do you plan to have a website for the life of your company?  Of course you do.  The internet will continue to grow, search volume will always be increasing, it is VITAL that you work to secure the top spot in your search market now. 3) If you are not in the #1 spot for your target market and phrase, who is?  Your competition is.  The top...

Your business has grown sufficiently to start trading abroad and you need a multilingual website to market your business globally.

Social Media or Social Networks are becoming popular among wide community of users and it can be seen that Google is going to have “Google Me” names social network which clearly shows that how much big search companies are interested in these social networks concepts. Other reason of this new network may be due to decreasing popularity of Face Book which made Search Giant to have own Social Networking Platform, how ever with Google Buzz, Google has already entered in this concept, but Google Buzz not seems enough to the company to have this wide areas...

Twitter now supports 800 million search queries per day, according to Biz Stone, the site’s co-founder, making it the fastest growing search engine, outpacing Yahoo! and Microsoft’s Bing combined.

What is a verified account? To prevent identity confusion, Twitter is experimenting (beta testing) with a ‘Verified Account’ feature. We’re working to establish authenticity with people who deal with impersonation or identity confusion on a regular basis. Accounts with a Verified are the real thing!