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New research has cast social networking site Twitter as somewhere hordes of people have signed up, tuned in and vegged out: only 21 per cent of its 10 billion account holders are "true" Twitter users.

Twitter gets described as a conversation or a cocktail party, but it's really more like a stage play. A few people do all the talking, and everyone else watches and listens. But that's changing, a bit, as the service grows.

In an effort to cut down phishing and other malicious attacks, Twitter has launched a link-screening service . Computerworld reports that the service includes a Twitter tool to shorten URLs. Users will now see some links in e-mail notifications and ...

Clicking on links that different people send can often be a cross-your-fingers experience, considering that there are malicious tricksters, unknowing victims, and hijacked accounts to watch out for.  So Twitter's attempting to make the experience less dangerous by checking (and sometimes rewriting) the links found in direct messages and email notifications. Del Harvey, Director of Trust and ...

Online security experts at Barracuda Labs have confirmed that Twitter is overrun with fakers and fraudsters.

Clicking on links that different people send can often be a cross-your-fingers experience, considering that there are malicious tricksters, unknowing victims, and hijacked accounts to watch out for. So Twitter's attempting to make the experience less ...

A BEST man's wedding prank resulted in possibly the first-ever conception recorded on Twitter, but the parents-to-be might never know thousands were watching. News.com.au reported yesterday the Twitter account @newlywedsonthejob was allegedly set up ...

To celebrate its fifth year in business, the Personal Computer Museum has created a new program that allows Ye Olde Commodore VIC-20 to access the 21st-century social internet phenomenon known as Twitter. In its day, the VIC-20 was considered a ...

I must confess that until recently I had no idea what Twitter was. Even now, I'm not completely sure how it's best used. When I want to post something, the younger, more tech-savvy people in my office help me out. But I do know this: if you searched ...

I must confess that until recently I had no idea what Twitter was. Even now, I'm not completely sure how it's best used. When I want to post something, the younger, more tech-savvy people in my office help me out. But I do know this: if you searched ...

The editorial team from CreditCards.com is on Twitter. Check out the latest tweets from our Tweeter-in-Chief Daniel P. Ray (aka TakingCharge) or any of the other CreditCards.com staffers listed below. We promise to keep you informed and have a little ...

Barracuda Labs Launches New Security Information Portal, Reveals Only 21 Percent of Twitter Users are 'True Twitter Users'

Facebook and Twitter are preparing to flip the switch on features that will allow you to share your location with your friends at any time. Facebook is reportedly revving up to introduce the feature, while Twitter is ready to enable the changes on its site any moment now.

Every twt.tl bit helps Twitter has tightened up security procedures in order to curtail phishing attacks against users of the micro-blogging service, which have become rampant over recent weeks.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

The report drills down into 2009's fastest growing social networking application Twitter, and reviews growth drivers, usage trends and the overall Twitter crime rate. Barracuda Labs analyzed more than 19 million Twitter accounts, both legitimate and ...

Twitter can be a valuable tool for techies — if you know who to follow. Here is a list of 140 of the top technology experts, journalists, and thought leaders you’ll can find on Twitter, updated for 2010. My original list of 100 tech experts on ...

The meme "nowplaying" has sprung back into the top of Twitter's most talked about topics on March 10 after a few days' absence from the charts.

A two-year-old girl whose parents used microblogging service Twitter to publicise their daughter's battle with cancer has died. Layla Grace Marsh passed away from Neuroblastoma, a rare cancer that develops from nerve tissue in infants, on Tuesday in ...

Twitter has tightened up security procedures in order to curtail phishing attacks against users of the micro-blogging service, which have become rampant over recent weeks. Bogus (normally direct) messages have invited users to log into counterfeit ...

Lian Yue, an ex-teacher and ex-procurator and now a famous blogger and political commentator in China, announced on his blog that he is starting a novel, entitled 2020 , on twitter this month. According to the blog, the novel will last until 2020 ...