MySpace to throw out code
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| If all goes well then MySpace will open its platform to developers on
| Tuesday, in keeping with plans announced last October. Details are vague but
| the youf social networking arm of Rupert Murdoch's media empire has at least
| confirmed the platform will support Google's OpenSocial interface.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/02/04/myspace_opens_up/
Another set of examples of open source making business to companies that do not
do open source:
Palamida Moves Beyond IP, Empasizes App Security
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| Now, five years later, Palamida is still going strong... albeit under a cloud
| of increasing concern from the open source community.
|
| The perception about Palamida, Black Duck, and now the community project
| FOSSology held by many in the community is that somehow these organizations
| cast a pall on open source software. By locating open source in their
| client's IT infrastructure, they seem to be enabling the removal of such
| software.
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/archives/080204-172048.html
Related:
Malware Planted on MySpace Once Again
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| Specifically, visitors to these MySpace pages are directed to co8vd.cn/s.
| This appears to be a Chinese malware site. If the visitors accept the code
| installation, the site installs malicious software.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071109/tc_nf/56630
MySpace again under phishing attack
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| Criminals have managed to install fake navigation bars on the top
| of MySpace.com user profile pages that, when clicked, lead to
| malicious computers that attempt to infect the victim's computer.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=670083844&rid=-50
MySpace team battles spammers
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| Writers of malicious software used to count primarily on e-mail
| recipients to click on attachments to spread their wares.
|
| As e-mail recipients got more savvy, the writers started to automate
| the process by exploiting vulnerabilities in e-mail programs,
| browsers and the Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/25/myspace.security.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech
Worm uses QuickTime to spread on MySpace
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| A malicious video on MySpace.com pages changes people's profiles
| when played, embedding itself and adding links to fraudulent Web
| sites, experts have warned.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7349-6140613.html?tag=tb
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