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From Facebook to MySpace to LinkedIn to Twitter to dozens of others, social networks are either the Net's next phase or the Net's next fad (maybe both?), as we spend more and more of our lives online

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  • April 2008

    • Facebook Used to Search for Darfur Criminals

      BBC  |  Apr 25, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Facebook Used to Search for Darfur Criminals

      (Newser) - A humanitarian group is using Facebook to search for two war criminals involved with genocide in Darfur, the BBC reports. The War Crimes Watch List issued an open call on the social network for sightings of Ahmed Haroun and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, who face 51 counts of crimes against humanity for allegedly planning atrocities by Janjaweed militias. More »

    • Bitter Breakup? Time for a Blog

      New York Times  |  Apr 18, 08 10:45 AM CDT

      Bitter Breakup? Time for a Blog

      (Newser) - Call it therapeutic or call it revenge, but more ex-spouses are airing their dirty laundry on the Internet—and courts are supporting them even if their former partners are not. Personal blogs have quadrupled since 2003, the New York Times notes in a look at the trend, with many using them to dish about everything from marital affairs, divorce proceedings, or their ex's profile on Match.com. More »

    • Facebook Apps Have Fans, Need Money

      BusinessWeek  |  Apr 18, 08 10:32 AM CDT

      Facebook Apps Have Fans, Need Money

      (Newser) - Facebook widgets have been wildly popular, but they haven’t always been wildly profitable. “The fascinating thing about widgets is it turns out that distribution isn't really the challenge,” says the CEO of VideoEgg, the developer behind Scrabulous and Flixster. "The question is how do you monetize that attention?” VideoEgg and companies like it think they have the answer, BusinessWeek reports: advertising. More »

    • Israeli Army Gets Tough on Facebook Users

      BBC  |  Apr 11, 08 5:52 PM CDT

      Israeli Army Gets Tough on Facebook Users

      (Newser) - Israel is taking steps to neutralize its newest security threat: Facebook. The army is tightening rules on what soldiers can and can't post on the social-networking site, the BBC reports. Apparently, some were putting up photos of themselves posing with top-secret weaponry. "Most of the soldiers don't understand how much damage it may cause," said one Air Force official. More »

    • MySpace Cuts Distribution Deal for Its Video Content

      New York Times  |  Apr