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Social Networking at Work: Fear Not Facebook, MySpace?

 
Millions of people have a personal online profile; they share photos, news and gossip with friends, spend hours updating their details and adding new friends. Welcome to social networking and the world of Facebook, MySpace and Bebo. (link)

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