French hacker arrested for targeting Obama’s Twitter
A 25-year-old Frenchman has been arrested for trying to gain access to President Barack Obama’s official Twitter account, as well as other notable public figures. The man, whose name wasn’t released, is unemployed but obviously has some technical skill up his sleeve. French police official Captain Adeline Champagnat said the suspect was able to retrieve [...]
Twitter-style Service launched by Microsoft in China
A micro-blog service based on Windows Messenger has been launched in China by Microsoft, expanding social-networking functions linked to the chat software in a country where it is a hit. The new service, which is called MSN Juku and is now running in beta, offers users to post 140 character messages to an update screen [...]