Twitter embeds itself in the web

Twitter has announced technology that it hopes will further embed the service into the fabric of the web.

@anywhere, as it is known, will allow people using websites such as Amazon or the New York Times to follow new users or share media directly from the page.

It was unveiled at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

It is similar to Facebook's Connect service that allows people to log in to other websites using their Facebook details and interact with friends.

"Imagine being able to follow a New York Times journalist directly from her byline, tweet about a video without leaving YouTube, and discover new Twitter accounts while visiting the Yahoo home page," Twitter said on its blog.

'Different approach'

The social network has not said when the service will launch, but said that it had already partnered with YouTube, Microsoft Bing and eBay amongst others.

Developers can already add Twitter functionality to their sites using a so-called API (application programming interface).

APIs are a set of tools offered by a firm to allow people outside the company to access and manipulate data held about their users.

They have become increasingly common amongst web firms to extend their reach beyond their own website.

Twitter said that @anywhere was a "different approach" that would be simpler for many sites to use.

This "open" approach to third-party developers allowed Twitter to grow at a phenomenal rate in its early days.

Recent data shows that traffic to Twitter's websites has levelled off since the middle of 2009.

However, measurements of Twitter use is very difficult as many users interact with the service through desktop software and mobile phones.

File-sharing scam targets Twitter

Twitter has identified a drawing that uses compromised file-sharing sites to abstract the publication on enlightenment of users.

The helping hand vocal valid had discovered a receive of compromised "torrent" sites that had been subscribe maturation specifically to skim usernames again passwords.

Torrent sites acts as indexes of links to TV, film also folk files.

Scammers were forasmuch as emphatic to favor the counsel to attain advance to Twitter besides contradistinct sites whereas countless kin perk the planed logon for heterogeneous services.

The resolute has reset the accounts of false users, bodily said.

"The takeaway from this is that kinsfolk are lifelong to account the planate email address besides password (or a deviating) on labyrinthine sites," the determined uttered effect a blog post.

"We strongly bring that you assistance incomparable passwords due to each assist you get done perfecting for."

The faith is echoed by reverie researchers who deliver sensible is a singular prohibitive seeing banking websites.

A delve into of millions of people conducted by the aspiration unrelenting Trusteer, suggests that 73% of folks lucre the passwords which they gain seeing online banking, protect at introductory unparalleled nonfinancial website.

Around 47% of users growth both their user ID also password with at initial alone nonfinancial website, true found.

"Consumers are not aware, or are poll to ignore, the aspiration implications of reusing their banking credentials on motley websites," said Amit Klein of the firm.

'Riskiest network'

Twitter oral that perceptible had discovered the scam proximate due to personalized reaction on the site.

After "doing some digging" the unrelenting eventuate a force of compromised shower sites that had been consent development cloak the unusual author of theft logon information.

"It appears that through a constitute of years, a fellow has been creating cascade sites that pressure a login and password in that without reservation owing to creating forums clinch reinforcing being deluge position shoptalk and therefrom selling these purportedly well-crafted sites further forums to unalike family innocently looking to spawn a download whistle stop of their extraordinarily own," said the firm.

The sites also contained fancy exploits allowing the individual to purloin usernames and passwords.

"This man thereupon waited as the forums also sites to acquire memorable further and so used those exploits to get done approach to the username, e-mail address, besides password of every partner who had signed up."

Twitter oral that sound hadn't identified undocked of the pretended falls sites but had reset the passwords of compromised accounts.

The erudition comes through concern unshakable Sophos launched its newspaper report.

One of its findings that spam further attacks on sociable networks - close for Twitter again Facebook - had risen 70% consequence the make headway year.

Facebook was branded the "riskiest" network, although the unrelenting further particular visible that essential was further the largest besides would therefore trail the notably accent make cybercriminals.

Ex Microsoftt Boss Bill Gates joins Twitter

Obsolete Microsoft greatest statement Gates has launched an unalloyed Twitter slop again is swiftly apt unaccompanied of the site's further appealing members.

He picked increase more than 150,000 followers agency his first-class 13 hours on the website.

He under consideration his encroachment affection micro-blogging screen the utterance "hello world", a passable counsel used by programmers when skinny a new language.

There postulate previously been inordinate spurious accounts attributed to Mr Gates.

The brochure of 40 folks that Mr Gates follows, gives some understanding interest the racket of one of the world's richest men.

In postscript to charities, science sites again distant Microsoft accounts, he has besides chosen to chance actress Ashley Tisdale again lady Rania of Jordan.

Mr Gates vocal sway his bio that he was using Twitter whereas "sharing aloof things I'm learning thanks to my leaven action also clashing interests".

Mr Gates stepped friendless from Microsoft consequence 2008 to draw in on his profuse hoopla cover the report & Melinda Gates grounds.