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Google Crowned "King of Malware"

Google has been crowned the 'king of malware' by security company Barracuda Networks, linking to twice as much malware as search rivals Bing, Yahoo and Twitter combined.

Senh: This would explain some of viruses I've been getting every so often by clicking on a link from Google's search results page. But in fairness to Google, they are by far the biggest search engine on the planet, and people do perform more than twice as many searches on Google than Bing, Yahoo, and Twitter combined.

Twitter Hits 20 Billion Tweets

There have now been more than 20 billion tweets since Twitter (Twitter)’s inception, according to tracking service GigaTweet. The milestone comes just two months after the service hit 15 billion tweets and about five months since it reached 10 billion, indicating that activity levels on the microblogging service continue to accelerate.

Senh: I'm actually not that impressed. I mean, MySpace was getting tens of billions of pageviews per month at their peak, so what's the big deal?

Twitter Now Suggests People You Might Want to Follow

Twitter Will Now Suggest People You Might Be Interested In Stalking. It can be tough to find fascinating people to follow on Twitter, but now and then you'll find someone whose tweets perfectly match your interests and you'll wish there were more people like that.

Kindle's New Software Update Allows Tweeting

The e-reader's introduces a new social features. PCMag takes it for a for a test drive.

Senh: Smart move by Amazon. Eventually, it'll turn into an efficient black and white version of an iPad, which isn't bad. If you're just text messaging or reading email, you don't really need color.

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NASA's Twitter feed hacked

NASA briefly broke with the standard space jibber jabber, jammed on the cap locks, and began alerting its followers with repeated messages about "BRAND NEW PLASMA FLAT SCREEN TV!!! WHOLESALE LIST!"

Facebook Hits New Traffic Record

Facebook has more users than ever, says comScore. With its most recent privacy backlash seemingly behind it, Facebook surged ahead to a new traffic record in the U.S. during the month of June. According to comScore, the social network pulled in more than 141 million unique visitors in the U.S. during the month, beating its previous record (set in May) by better than 11 million.

Senh: Impressive. I wonder if it's the social plugins that sparked the privacy concerns the reason for Facebook's growth for the last couple months. Myspace isn't growing anymore, but it seemed to have stabilized, which isn't too bad if the company budget accordingly. Twitter seems like its gotten as big as it could get. Maybe now they can finally focus on monetization.

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Twitter a hit in Japan as millions 'mumble' online

Twitter is a hit in Japan, succeeding where other social networking imports like Facebook have foundered as millions "mumble" - the translation of tweet - and give mini-blogging a distinctly Japanese flavor ...

Twitter’s New Ads are Ingenious

Twitter this week began testing a new type of advertising: “Promoted Trends.” Under the new system, brands can pay to appear below the “Trending Topics,” the most talked-about terms on Twitter at any given moment.

Twitter explains crashes

If you're a frequent Twitter user, you've probably noticed that the microblogging site has been crashing repeatedly this week.

Justin Bieber Fans Strike Back At Twitter, Reclaim Trending Topics Spot

Tween heart-throb Justin Bieber is the center of attention on Twitter again, after a very brief exile. Last night, Mashable reported that Twitter had updated its "trending topics" algorithm to highlight topics that were actually trending, rather than just consistently popular. The most visible, and widely discussed, impact of this change was that Justin Bieber -- a permanent fixture in the trending topics -- disappeared.

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