A new study finds Facebook -- along with other social sites like Twitter and MySpace -- have become the most commonly used Gov 2.0 tools for government agencies.
Adult web sites have long been thought of as the riskiest place to get a computer virus, but you\'re actually more likely to download malware on popular sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, CSO Magazine reports.
Twitter and Facebook users beware: Spam is on the rise. Hackers and spammers are looking for security holes in the social networking sites, USA Today reports.
The Library of Congress was at the forefront of the digital revolution by launching the website THOMAS in 1995. Now, 15 years later, the LOC is trying to stay relevant and accessible to users. THOMAS recently went through a major redesign.
Social-networking services have a natural defense against hardcore hackers.
A new bug is attacking Twitter and you can catch it just by moving your cursor over a link.
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Increasingly, federal workers are turning to a simple new Web application that makes short work of extremely long website addresses. The General Services Administration created the app at little cost by working with the Drupal programming community. The Library of Congress is one of the satisfied users who have found that the Web link shortener has helped drive traffic to one of its most popular items.
Move over Facebook and Twitter, there\'s a new social media competitor making its way through the federal government.
The GOP is leaning on the Federal Communications Commission to permit the use of Skype for calls on congressional computers, according to Politico.
Twitter will expand its West Coast office and tap into America\'s political hub -- by creating a Washington, D.C.-based public policy department.
\"As the new generation of information seekers primarily accesses news and other content through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, HUD deemed it essential that the Department get up to speed on today\'s popular channels of communication,\" HUD wrote in a press release.