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Article Source: ZD Net UK

Twitter has temporarily disabled a feature based on Adobe Flash, after a security researcher demonstrated the feature could be used to hijack user accounts.

“We’ve been notified about a vulnerability in our Flash widget and out of an abundance of caution we’ve disabled access as we assess the situation,” Twitter said on Friday in an update on its status page.

The company said it was not aware of any attacks that had been carried out using the vulnerability.

Mike Bailey, a senior security analyst with Foreground Security, demonstrated the flaw on a dummy Twitter account on Friday. Bailey used an XML file hosted on his server to exploit the weakness and cause the dummy Twitter account to display: “@mckt_ just pwned my Twitter account. Neat.”

The exploit required that a user click on a link while logged in to Twitter, according to Foreground. As a result, Bailey was able to steal the user’s session credentials, giving him full access to the account.

The problem is with a Flash-based widget used to display Twitter updates on websites, according to Bailey.

Twitter said the problem does not affect the JavaScript version of the widget. “Please note that the JavaScript widgets are unaffected and are a good alternative for those of you who had been using the Flash version,” the company stated.

Bailey demonstrated the Twitter bug ahead of a talk called ‘Neat, New and Ridiculous Flash Hacks’ that he is scheduled to give at next month’s Black Hat security conference in Washington DC.

getpeek.com

Article source: PC world

How much would you pay for a mobile device that does only one thing: Send and receive Tweets? A company called Peek is betting $199 and has created just such a device.

Described as the world’s first dedicated Twitter device, the TwitterPeek offers a QWERTY keyboard, color screen, and measures 2.7 x 0.4 x 4 inches. It was introduced on Tuesday and is not unattractive.

The $199 price includes a wireless service plan for the life of the device. A $99 price includes 6 months of service, which then costs $7.95-a-month thereafter. The always-on device promises four days of battery life “in normal use” and promises nationwide wireless coverage.

The device supports a single Twitter account at a time, allowing users to tweet, reply, retweet, download followers, and send direct messages to other users. Access to TwitPics is also possible using the TwitterPeek’s “view content” option.

Who needs this device? That’s a fair question. Smartphones already have Twitter applications, so this is not a great second or third device to carry around.

Presumably, some people are using Twitter as an e-mail replacement and do not want the monthly expense associated with smartphone use. Peek also makes similar e-mail only devices, which seem to address a much larger market (and support five accounts at a time).

The TwitterPeek is available exclusively from Amazon, which also sells the Peek Pronto e-mail device for $299, including a lifetime service contract.

Source: cnet.com     by Don Reisinger

MySpace announced in a blog post on Monday that the company will now offer two-way syncing with Twitter. The service is being rolled out immediately.

According to the company, MySpace users can now update their MySpace status and syndicate that update to their Twitter streams. Twitter updates can also appear in the MySpace user’s “status and mood.” Users can decide if they want status updates to be one-way or two-way.

The new MySpace-Twitter sync in action (Credit - MySpace)

MySpace said in the blog post that it’s using OAuth to sync with Twitter. According to the company, users will be able to share data between the sites, but all account credentials will be protected, keeping user information “confidential.”

When users post a status update on MySpace and syndicate that to their Twitter feeds, the tweet will feature the message and its link to “make commenting easy” on the user’s MySpace profile. Twitter will display “MySpace” as the service the tweet originated from, similar to its display of TweetDeck, Twitterfeed, and other services that allow users to update their streams away from the site.

So far, MySpace’s Twitter sync is in beta. The company said that it will be adding other networks to sync with soon. For now, you can try out the Twitter sync in your MySpace profile by inputting your Twitter credentials under the “sync” menu in account settings.

What is OrSiSo?

Orsiso is a multi- platform next-generation social networking tool that brings a rich browsing experience direct to your desktop and mobile.

Orsiso stands for Organize, Simplify and Socialize, which is exactly what we intend to help you achieve with your social life on the net.

Manage your presence across different social networks

• Update your status across multiple networks from one location
• You can choose different status updates for different networks, to give you complete control of your online persona
• Interact with your friends on their respective social networks, send chats, make comments on their updates and photos directly from one unique interface.

Connect to your Friends

• Access your friends on multiple networks; we currently support Facebook, Flickr and Twitter with RSS updates from LinkedIn.
• Chat with your MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger contacts from one place.
• Merge your friends’ identities on various networks into one unique contact card, rather than having to remember what their nicknames are and what networks they belong to.
• Personalize : Display the contact information you want to display from each network.
• Organize your friends, assign different levels of closeness from Inner Circle to Outer Circle so you prioritize the numerous contact cards from multiple networks.

Display Photos from several networks in one place

• Display all your friends’ photo albums in one place using the FriendWall™.
• Start a Slideshow of the photos from your networks, directly on your PC!
• Easily post comments and updates on your friend’s profiles

Control your Friend Feed

• Receive instant notifications from your friends and reply in real time to them directly, regardless of the network they are on.
• Manage the levels of notifications you receive from different networks, with the ability to filter and block information you receive from your network of friends.
• Control the updates using our Social Firewall™, so you can only receive alerts containing the information you want to see.

Easy install and upgrade to the latest releases

• Runs on any platform: PC, Mac or Linux.
• Automatically update to the latest version, ensuring you always have the latest functionality at your fingertips.

Album Preview

Friends Wall

BuyLater (or buy this later) adds a button to Amazon.com webpages, sending you email or tweets when items come back “In Stock”, or the price changes…

Great for Wiis, Kindles, or watching for unannounced “sales” on big-ticket purchases.

Try it

BuyLater

Kutano is a multi-platform, multi-browser utility that makes it possible to discover and connect with others on Twitter through the webpages you browse. Alongside each webpage, read and respond to tweets and discussions about that page.

Watch the video below and download it from here

Features:

Instant Messaging

Email

Social Networking

Personalize

Other

• Digsby offers complete synchronization between computers and installations. Everything from the skin you chose to your pre-defined status messages follows you from place to place.
• You can place a widget on your blog, website, or social network profile so you can chat with visitors right from digsby.
• Manage multiple simultaneous file transfers from one simple transfer manager.

Download it

Screenshots:

Digsby

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Tweet Funnel

TwitsMAG Exclusive:

TweetFunnel, the Twitter tool for team tweeting, has expanded its feature set to make it even more useful to organizations that have more than one tweeter. New features include: management of multiple accounts, statistics tracking for links using automatically shortened Bit.ly URLs or BudURLs, and the ability to create and save searches. All of this is wrapped in an improved graphical user interface (GUI) that maximizes the use of screen real estate. Those new changes will not be released on their website and blog until later today.

“It was also very important for us to keep the application as easy to use as possible, while still providing a pleasant user experience,” said Wilkens. “That’s why we’ve implemented a new look and feel that’s more polished and makes better use of screen space.”

Now, users can also integrate their Bit.ly or BudURL accounts with TweetFunnel for easy statistics tracking. An administrator simply has to enter their Bit.ly or BudURL API key into TweetFunnel and URLs will be automatically shortened and tracked. This makes it easy for tweeting organizations to see what content is most effective.

With all of the information that’s within Twitter, search is vital for monitoring conversations. TweetFunnel users can not only search, but can save searches for the topics most important to them with just a click.

Of course, these new features are all in addition to the multi-user tweeting functionality that TweetFunnel is famous for—editorial control and the ability to monitor, assign and schedule tweets. TweetFunnel is currently in beta and free to users.

Since its release in late May, thousands of businesses, non-profits, news organizations, sports teams, civic groups and other organizations have signed up for the service. TweetFunnel has been described as “water wings for Twitter,” as it makes it easy for any organization to dip its toe into the Twitter stream.

“We’re always working on new features, but we’re really proud of the latest set of enhancements. We think TweetFunnel provides the core functionality that any business, non-profit or other organization needs to make a coordinated Twitter effort,” said Wilkens.

tweetgrid.com

Many different applications are being launched daily and now you are wondering what is tweet-grid? How helpful is it? Should I use it? How? Why? The following will describe tweet Grid and you decide what to do!

TweetGrid is a new search dashboard that allows you to search up to 9 different topics all happening at the same moment. As new tweets are created, they are automatically updated in the grid. No need to refresh the page!

TweetGrid is supported by the following browsers except for internet explorer 6

• Windows
  • Firefox 2 and 3
  • Safari
  • Chrome
  • Internet Explorer 7
• Mac OSX
  • Firefox 2 and 3
  • Safari
• Linux
  • Firefox 2 and 3

While using tweet-grid you can open up to 9 grids with different topics. More over you can check your DM and reply from there. You can favorite and bookmark a tweet too.

A very useful and handy tool that is being  used daily by tons of twitter users. Hope you like it

For more details on how to use, watch the videos here and to check the FAQ click here ..