Facebook responds to member revolt by instituting new privacy controls. facebook member protest features. Facebook now has implemented privacy controls to block user information from other members.. Facebook now has implemented privacy controls to block user information from other members. Earlier this week, Facebook added "News Feeds" and "Mini News Feeds" which relayed member changes to anyone in the member’s friend list. Members have even formed the "Students Against Facebook News Feed" group within Facebook....

Yahoo apparently is in the final stages of negotiations to acquire social network directory Facebook.. Yahoo apparently is in the final stages of negotiations to acquire social network directory Facebook. According to the newspaper, Facebook had similar talks about a possible sale of the company to Microsoft and Viacom. Facebook was founded in February of 2004 and has accumulated more the nine million users and is among the ten most visited websites on the Internet. Members have even formed the "Students Against Facebook News Feed" group within Facebook....

Comcast and Facebook partner to make "Facebook Diaries". facebook comcast diaries. Starting in March, Facebook users can submit video diary segments which will be viewable on both Facebook and Comcast's Ziddio.com site. Some of the best videos will be used in a new television series called "Facebook Diaries".. Starting in March, Facebook users can submit video diary segments which will be viewable on both Facebook and Comcast’s Ziddio.com site. Some of the best videos will be used in a new television series called "Facebook Diaries"....

Facebook buys start-up from Firefox founders. facebook firefox. Originally built as a network between college students, Facebook was opened up to everyone in September 2006. Financial terms were not disclosed, and neither were the plans that Facebook has with the new acquisition. Whatever it leads to, Facebook hopes it can help leapfrog the site into the top spot on the Web. Facebook knows this ; what buying Parakey does is provide Facebook with a base from which it can not only become a Web OS provider, but leverage its user base to become THE Web OS provider," said industry analyst Duncan Riley in a Computerworld story....

Harvard alumni sue Facebook for stealing their idea. harvard facebook sue. Three former Harvard students have filed a lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the founder of the social networking site stole their intellectual property. Twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, along with Divy Narendra, are accusing Facebook creator. Three former Harvard students have filed a lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the founder of the social networking site stole their intellectual property. According to the lawsuit, Zuckerberg took proprietary source code and other material from that site to create Facebook....

Facebook source code leaked onto Internet. facebook source leaked. Facebook users on Monday were left contemplating the security of private details stored on the social-networking site after part of its source code was leaked onto the Internet. Facebook users on Monday were left contemplating the security of private details stored on the social-networking site after part of its source code was leaked onto the Internet....

Businesses block 50% of workers from Facebook. businesses facebook block. Boston (MA) – Businesses are tightening the reins on employees accessing social networking sites like Facebook, according to a new survey done by computer security firm Sophos. According to the survey, half of the employees polled said they were blocked from accessing Facebook which is second most popular social networking site behind MySpace. Interestingly enough, 8% of workers that could access Facebook said their employers were afraid to block the site because of a possible employee revolt. Two-thirds of all those polled said they worry about their fellow employees putting too much personal information on their Facebook pages....

Facebook to allow non-members to search for people. Palo Alto (CA) - Facebook is raising privacy concerns again as it plans to begin letting anonymous browsers search for people in a community originally safeguarded by a users-only search policy. We’re expanding search so that people can see which of their friends are on Facebook more easily," writes Facebook engineer Philip Fung in the site’s official blog. Facebook also received some criticism when it opened up registration to everyone with a free e-mail address. The Facebook team is trying to make the site more accessible so it can better compete with Myspace....

Facebook targeted over child safety. facebook child safety. Facebook, the social networking site, has been accused of not keeping young users safe from sexual predators after an investigation revealed apparent defects in its safety controls. The New York State attorney general has subpoenaed Facebook asking it to Facebook, the social networking site, has been accused of not keeping young users safe from sexual predators after an investigation revealed apparent defects in its safety controls. The New York State attorney general has subpoenaed Facebook asking it to explain its security policy following an an undercover investigation in which authorities posing as teenagers received sexual advances within days of setting up profiles on the site....