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Updated: Twitter Security Collapses; Obama, Fox and Britney Accounts Hacked (ReadWriteWeb)

Days after a wave of phishing attacks fooled thousands of Twitter users, it appears that another security hole has been found by...someone. Obama's account, unused since election day, sent out an affiliate link to a survey with a gas card prize, Fox News said that "Bill O'Reily is gay" (not that there's anything wrong with that) and Britney Spears' made a lewd post about her anatomy. Rick ...<...

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Ajaxian » Detecting twitter users with JavaScript - handy or evil?

The only problem with the code above is that if the user is not authenticated, Twitter's API will prompt an authentication dialog. You can work around this one by providing an extra parameter called "suppress_response_codes" which is ...

Lib Curl, Twitter API& “Expect: 100-continue” PAIN and How To Fix it
Lib Curl, Twitter API& “Expect: 100-co...

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Twitter authority frenzy led to Twitter phishing meltdown (ZDNet)

Folks like to know where they stand, and in recent weeks people on Twitter have been, well, all a- about the idea of Twitter Authority. They want to know who is most influential—a repeat of the phenomenon that swept the blogosphere a while back. It's a human thing, but it is also the kind of self-absorbed t...

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Twitter’s tech systems breached by hacker | IT PRO

Twitter planned to release a closed beta of the open authentication protocol OAuth this month, which would allow secure API (Application Programming Interface) authorisation. However, Twitter said that it was important to note that ...

louisgray.com: Hey Twitter, It's Not Just a Worm, It's an App
Currently, the Twitter API makes it...

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Building an Application with the Twitter API

Twitter API libraries are available for most popular programming languages, and they're opening up new possibilities for publishing information. In this article, we'll look at a short Python script that tweets when the Dow Jones ...

Jaiku | Someone's hacked the MacRumors Live feed. The Twitter API...
Create your own microblog and connect with your ...

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Comment on: Will Twitter Become The Next Friendster In 2009? (Fast Company Magazine)

I think you've hit the change points right on the head, Allyson. Twitter has the potential to challenge Facebook: It has all the best of FB (updates from your posse) without any of the disadvantages (no ads telling you to lose weight or try our ...

ffwd Releases Exclusive API that Enables Device Manufacturers to Deliver Personalized Services on Proprietary Platforms ...