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• Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit

  Google is spending US$8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed over the rollout of its Google Buzz social-networking service.

• SharePoint 2010: Four Big-Name Social Networking Rivals

  Microsoft became decidedly more social with SharePoint 2010, adding social networking tools like improved wiki and blog integration, tagging and microblogging into its SharePoint MySites feature.

• Google Buzz rolls out privacy changes

  Google has begun rolling-out changes to its privacy settings to all users of its Buzz social network.

• US lawmakers ask for FTC investigation of Google Buzz

  Eleven U.S. lawmakers have asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google's launch of its Buzz social-networking product for breaches of consumer privacy.

• How Buzz, Facebook, Twitter create 'social insecurity'

  An insurance expert told the Britain's Telegraph newspaper that using location-centric mobile social services like Google Buzz, Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare could raise your home insurance premiums, or even result in the denial of insurance claims.

• Google slapped with class-action lawsuit over Buzz

  A Florida woman yesterday filed a class-action lawsuit against Google Inc., charging that the new Buzz social networking tool set violates the privacy rights of users.

• New Website PleaseRobMe highlights issues of sharing updates online

  A new Website with the tongue-in-cheek name PleaseRobMe.com seeks to highlight the potential danger of updating the world, via social networking sites, on your every move.

• EPIC files privacy complaint against Google Buzz

  Despite the changes that Google has made to Buzz following negative reaction to the service, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charging the search giant with violating user privacy.

• After outcry, Google revamps Buzz networking application

  Google apologized on Saturday, saying it has made several changes to its new social-networking application Buzz to allay privacy concerns.

• The full buzz on Google Buzz

  This week Google whisked back the curtain on Buzz, its dive into the world of social-networking technology.

• Privacy group swats Google Buzz

  Google Buzz has come under heavy criticism from the Australian Privacy Foundation, which believes the new social networking tool has major privacy flaws.

• Google Buzz: A visual tour

  Google's introduction of Google Buzz came on short notice, but it's no small announcement.

• Google Buzz takes the fight to Facebook

  When the world's largest Internet company decides to spend some of its massive development budget on social networking tools, industry analysts say the likes of Facebook and Twitter better take a long glance over their shoulder.

• Tedious tweets Buzz off

  Google has launched Buzz, a new tool which holds the promise of addressing one of the major failings of social networking apps to date: filtering out the gushing torrent of inanities flowing from people who are, in effect, complete strangers.

• Gmail goes social with Google Buzz

  Google introduced a social networking tool called Google Buzz Tuesday that allows sharing of status updates, images, and videos via a new Gmail tab called Google Buzz. The Google Buzz features will also be available on Android based phones as well as the iPhone (via a Web-based application) allowing for real-time updates to your Google Buzz feed that can show up on a new version of Google's mobile maps.