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February 28, 2008
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Siti Syameen Md Khalili
New Straits Times
02-28-2008
Lure of social networking
Byline: Siti Syameen Md Khalili
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Tech & U; Update

FRIENDSTER, MySpace, Facebook, Hi5 and Tagged - these are among the more popular social networking sites that have attracted the connected Malaysian. As Dr Steve Hodgkinson, research director, Web 2.0 and IT public sector, Ovum Research, describes, social networking is a reaction to the increasing information overload that we all face in using the Internet.

"At the heart of social networking is a desire to interact with people you know or introduced to you by people you know, rather than to interact with the anonymous general ...

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