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Twitter resources

I have been out searching for more Twitter resources and found the following that may be useful to readers:
(1) Searching twitter:
twitter search box
advanced twitter search
How to Search Twitter – the Advanced Guide
Twittergrader – Twitter Grader measures the power of a profile
(2) Twitter feed:
Here’s how to get your blog (or any other RSS or Atom feed) [...]

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Twitter Worm Spreading via Direct Messages

The word of the day today is “Phishing”. It’s sounds like fishing, but instead of using bait to catch smelly swimming fish, you cast your lines (links) and try to catch unsuspecting half-awake people or moms trying to use the computer.
I noticed my email inbox was full of messages from Twitter. Tons of news direct [...]

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Did Koobface Cause the Twitter DDoS Attack?

Twitter, Facebook, and LiveJournal all were hit by distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Thursday, an apparently organized, concentrated effort on several social networking sites.
So far, no reasons or methodologies for the attacks have surfaced. One researcher, however, has posted what he thinks might be a possible cause for the Twitter attacks: a new variant of the [...]

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Firefox add-ons and extension for play in a Social Network

Flock is a browser which makes social networking more easier than ever bringing to you a host of tools to interact with different social networking websites. Firefox on the other hand is not social networking ready but can be easily converted into a social networking hub by using extensions and add-ons.
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Essential Twitter Tools and Application

We are all fascinated by Twitter these days. But because of Twitter’s massive growth during the last year, the number of Twitter tools and applications available continues to increase. Some of us, in fact, find it bewildering.  So, we decided to make a quick list of our favorite Twitter tools to share with you. Enjoy!
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Twitter: StalkDaily/Mikeyy worm

Mike Mooney, a 17-year-old teenager started the ball rolling. After finding a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Twitter application, he altered the code on four Twitter accounts to leverage the new-found vulnerability.
Once set up, it was just a matter of waiting, kind of like fishing. Finally someone viewed the profile web page belonging to [...]

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6 Weird & Wonderful Things People Have Built With Twitter

When real life happens, there’s no time to blog it or email it. Twitter is a free, public, online blogging platform where people can broadcast short, quick messages. The text messages are just 140 characters long, counting spaces, so short that Twitter is called micro-blogging. You can post blogs on Twitter round the clock from [...]

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