Communications and Networking

Court sides with MySpace in suit over sex assault (The State)

17 May 2008

Federal law gives MySpace.com immunity from a lawsuit over the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl by a man she met on the social networking Web site, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit that a Texas girl's family filed against MySpace and its parent company, News Corp. The family said MySpace didn't protect young ...

More mobile social networking: Vodafone acquires ZYB (CIOL)

17 May 2008

NEW YORK, USA: Vodafone has acquired ZYB, a Danish company, for 31.5m Euros. ZYB has developed a social networking and online management tool for backing up and sharing contact and calendar information online.

Fort Gordon to spend $50M fixing leaky, moldy barracks (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

17 May 2008

Savannah — Fort Gordon's Army trainees live in 40-year-old barracks where faulty plumbing and leaky shower drains cause paint to peel and mold to grow — forcing some troops with allergies to move out. Home to the Army Signal Center that trains soldiers in computer networking and communications systems, Fort Gordon in Augusta is among eight posts singled out by the Army for $250 million in ...