As the amount of activity on social networks continues to increase, more users are taking steps to protect their privacy but security risks remain, according to a new report released by Webroot.
The survey included more than 1,100 members of Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter and other social networks. The survey found an increasing awareness among social network user of how to keep personal information private. At the same time, it indicated how social network users still put their identities and information at risk.
More users are practicing certain safe behaviors, including …

Over the years, Facebook has grown into much more than a social network, including a place to shop. More and more brands are placing product listings on their Facebook Pages, a phenomenon, we’ve discussed more than once within the last week or so.
WebPronews had a chat with Doron Simovitch, co-Founder, President, and CEO of comparison shopping site Sortprice, which has a Facebook application for product listings that recently surpassed a 1,000 stores.
We asked if it is an exaggeration to say Facebook is going to change the face of …

AFP – Google’s censorship battle with Beijing may cost the US giant more than its stake in the regular Internet in China — the door may also be slamming shut on its bid to conquer the mobile web market.

AFP – India is about to witness an explosion in the spread of personal computers and Internet connectivity, visiting Minister of State for IT and Communications Sachin Pilot said.

PC World – Google says that politically motivated malware has been used to spy on Vietnamese computer users and attack activist blogs over the past several months.

PC World – After blaming an internal technical glitch, Google now says it’s not sure why people in China have had trouble using its search service.

Reuters – Google Inc blamed “the great firewall” of China for blocking its Internet search service in the country on Tuesday, but said it did not know if the stoppage was a Chinese technical glitch or a deliberate move in their face-off over Internet censorship.

A quarter of children in the UK aged 8-12 who use the Internet at home say they have a profile on Facebook, Bebo or MySpace, although the minimum age is 13, according to new research from communications regulator Ofcom.
The majority (83%) of these children have their profile set so it can only be seen by friends, and 4 percent have a profile that can’t be seen. Parents of these children who are aware that their child visits social networking sites (93%) also say they check on what their child …

NewsFactor – The deadline closed Friday on Google’s invitation to participate in its experimental fiber network, which promises to deliver speeds of up to one gigabit per second in the community or communities it selects. The search giant said it received more than 1,100 submissions from communities across the United States, together with 194,000 responses from individuals.

AFP – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a major speech on Internet freedom two months ago, called on US technology firms not to support online censorship.