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Fri, September 03, 2010 - Hewlett-Packard swooped in with the better bid to overtake Dell and win 3Par, so now we can all sit back and wait for the next acquisition battle to roll around. Meanwhile, Apple debuted updated iPods and Apple TV to entertain us, among other IT news stories of the week.

Fri, September 03, 2010 - A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload system and used it to post thousands of unwanted Wall messages this week.

Fri, September 03, 2010 - Twitter's mobile user base has spiked 62 percent since mid-April, thanks in great part to the release of official Twitter applications for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry phones.

Thu, September 02, 2010 - Apple has mentioned Facebook Connect support for new social network Ping in Wednesday's keynote, the iTunes 10 how-to video, on the Ping Website, and even in a conversation with All Things D. So why is the feature apparently no longer available?

Thu, September 02, 2010 - Facebook users will soon have a new way of knocking spammers out of legitimate accounts.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - CIO publisher emeritus Gary Beach once ditched Twitter. But after several CIOs touted social media tools like the microblogging site as the most game-changing technology, he decided to give it another chance.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - Twitter has nearly finished migrating to a new authentication protocol, called OAuth

Mon, August 30, 2010 - Scammers are trying to take advantage of the fact that many users will soon have to update their version of the TweetDeck Twitter software.

Mon, August 30, 2010 - Google has made its fifth acquisition since the start of August, this time scooping up SocialDeck, a company that develops games that people can play against friends using iPhones, BlackBerry devices, or via Facebook on a PC.

Mon, August 30, 2010 - After months of negotiations, Google has renewed the content licensing deal that allows it to publish full-text news articles from the Associated Press on Google sites such as Google News.

Mon, August 30, 2010 - Our LinkedIn guide delivers expert advice on the site's features, step-by-step how-to instructions, details on its apps and proper LinkedIn etiquette. Also included: tips and tricks for your job search and company analysis.

Sun, August 29, 2010 - The growth of social networking is being led by more mature users, but Facebook ads don't take the senior population into account. Although social networking usage among the over-65 population is up 100 percent--more than three times the overall growth of social networking as a whole--Facebook only lets ads be targeted for ages 64 and under.

Fri, August 27, 2010 - Google continues to aggressively pursue social-networking capabilities, this time with the acquisition of Angstro.

Fri, August 27, 2010 - Diaspora, the open source social network and potential Facebook challenger, will be ready to launch on September 15, according to the project's developers.