Social networking sites like Facebook could be monitored by the UK government under proposals to make them keep details of users' contacts.

The Home Office said it was needed to tackle crime gangs and terrorists who might use the sites, but said it would not keep the content of conversations.
It is part of a plan to store details of all phone calls, e-mails and websites visited on a central database.
Civil liberties campaigners have called the proposals a "snoopers' charter".

Tens of millions of people use sites like Facebook, Bebo and MySpace to chat with friends, but ministers say they have no interest in the content of discussions - just who people have been talking to.

Overkill

Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake said the websites contained sensitive personal details and he was concerned information could leak from any government-controlled database.

Facebook, MySpace Hit By Koobface Worm

Security experts are warning users of Facebook, MySpace and other social networking communities to be on guard against a new strain of the "Koobface" worm, which spreads by tricking users into responding to a message apparently sent from one of their friends.

The latest version of Koobface arrives as an invitation from a user's friend or contact, inviting the recipient to click on a link and view a video at a counterfeit YouTube site. Visitors are told they need to install an Adobe Flash plug-in to view the video.

The bogus plug-in instead installs a Trojan horse program that gives Koobface author(s) control over the infected user's computer, according to security firm Trend Micro, which documented the new strain on its blog.

Created in February 2008 by Allen Vartazarian, a UC Berkeley graduate, and Anthony Zanontian,a UC San Diego graduate, Taltopia is a Web 2.0 Talent Focused Social Network which connects aspiring artists with fans and talent industry professionals.

Aspiring artists can create their own pages like on Facebook and upload the images, pictures, videos or audios of their talents in a large number of categories, including modeling, music, dancing, acting and comedy.

Fans and critics judge the artists, voting them up or down in a Digg like Fame or Shame voting system, and decide who gets famous.

Artistic agents, scouts and casting directors in search of raw talent can find the stars of tomorrow.