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Image via Wikipedia According to the latest reports, Orkut has been attacked by Bom Sabado Worm. The worm is reported to be posting scraps to with the text Bom Sabado which means Good Saturday in Portuguese . Portuguese is official language of Brazil which is the last bastion of the Google owned Social networking Website . India is next to Brazil in terms of members using their services. The Bom Sabado infected profiles are automatically posting scraps on the scrapbooks of their friends. The worm is supposed to be hitting your cookies and automatically sending messages to your friends list. Orkut has been the target of such XSS attacks in the past. The Bom Sabado Worm has affected many orkut profiles. Merely watching the scrap in your scrapbook or your friend's scrapbook may be enough to get your account hacked. The cookies of the viewers of the scrap are stolen and an automatic scrap is posted to their friends list creating a scrap bomb kind of thing.

After a number of failing attempts to extend its monopoly over online social networking, search engine major Google was reported to be working on a new social networking project to challenge Facebook's domination in the field. Starting with their no-so-successful venture into social networking - Orkut, Google's launched an array of social networking products ranging from Wave to Friend Connect to Buzz, which had no great success. On the contrary, social networking ace Facebook's gaining audience and its advertising network continues to grow, which makes it a potential threat for Google. According to the reports Google would be pushing into social games that forms the most lucrative means for capture users and advertising dollars that have flooded the social networks. Several facts contribute to the popularity of social games. Basically what most social bees like about online games is ease-to-play. Google Chief Eric Schmidt admitted "the world doesn't need a co...

About to take on Facebook?: Google co-founders Sergey Brin, left, and Larry Page. Photo: AP Google, perhaps the only company with the clout and users to take on the seemingly unassailable Facebook, is reportedly working secretly on "Google Me", a product that would go head-to-head with the social networking giant. The founder of popular link-sharing site Digg, Kevin Rose, kicked off a round of feverish speculation this week by tweeting that he had heard a "huge rumour" from a "very credible source" that Google was going to launch a Facebook competitor "very soon". Rose has since removed the tweet, saying he was asked to do so. Adam D'Angelo, former CTO of Facebook and now co-founder of social Q&A site Quora, added fuel to the fire by declaring "This is not a rumour. This is a real project". He claimed to have received information from "reliable sources".

With the rise to top spot in social networking world, Facebook's taking advantage of its monopoly. The social networking ace is eager on controlling online identity of its members and reconfiguring the world’s privacy norms. Lately Facebook has been accused of taking advantage of users privacy. In such a situation you must be looking for Facebook Alternatives. If you are looking for alternatives, you have many but those that upkeep your privacy and offer similar features and apps as Facebook are numbered. We made an effort to queue up the 10 Facebook alternatives that doesn't compromise your privacy. 1. Friendster It is already quite popular in Asia but has also grown in popularity in the United States. The network offers quite a few features to customize your profile, offering quite a few features to customize. This is the ultimate point of a social network through. You can stay updated on people's shared information  Friendster’s privacy is stricter than what we find w...