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Writing in Information Technology. Nine Major Ways Criminals Use Facebook. This Friday, Facebook will go public in one of the most anticipated IPOs in history. With more than 900 million users, Mark Zuckerberg’s expanding social media empire has become a seemingly irreplaceable part of the online experience. Unfortunately, a byproduct of its success is that millions of Americans are far more exposed to a number of cyber crimes that also teem on the site. To be sure, cyber crimes have been occurring for some time, but the presence of social media has made many crimes much easier to commit.

In social networks people make “friends” without knowing the person and make personal information easily available. And none of the networks present more opportunity to criminals than Facebook and its hundreds of millions of users. With this in mind, 24/7 Wall St. looked at some of the most common ways criminals use Facebook. [More from 24/7 Wall St.: 8 Products the Facebook Generation Will Not Buy] Internet security analysts warn that Facebook is a hotbed for online crime. 1. Hackers & hacking. English for Information Technology, an online course. Index. Business English Vocabulary Exercises - Information technology, computer-related jobs, etc.

HOMEVOCABULARY TRAINING:General Business EnglishSales & MarketingAccounting & FinanceI.T. (Information Technology)Medical EnglishBusiness English - Other OUR OTHER ESL SITES:LearnEnglishFeelGood.comESLPDF.comEnglishForMyJob.comInfosquares.comCONTACT USLINK TO USOTHER SITES In this section, you can learn and practice vocabulary from different computer related fields:LEVEL: All our exercises (except the beginners' exercises) are meant for INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED students, although we encourage everyone to try!

Choose the right synonym (Information Technology) 1Choose the right synonym (Information Technology) 2Choose the right synonym (Information Technology) 3Talking about new technology, tech products 1Talking about new technology, tech products 2Talking about new technology, tech products 3Cellphones/mobiles/wireless devices 1Cellphones/mobiles/wireless devices 2Social media related vocabulary 1Social media related vocabulary 2Troubleshooting/I.T. Cloud Computing. Computers used to work alone, inside a home or business. But thanks to the Internet, we can now use the power of computers at a completely different location - what we call "in the cloud".

To start, meet Lucy from Lucy's Lilies, a new florist. She is concerned about how to manage flower deliveries. Right now she's responsible for hiring drivers and keeping the vans running. She's a florist, not a mechanic - delivery is a distraction. Then she learned about a new kind of delivery company that has an unlimited fleet of drivers and vans that she can use on an as-needed basis - and she only pay for what she uses.

A few years later, her business savvy paid off. Then she learned about cloud computing, which works a lot like her deliveries. They have all the computing power she needs and it's all secure, backed up at another location and accessible through the Web - what people call "in the cloud. " But that's not all. But what she really loves is only paying for what she uses. Lingofeeds - English at Work - English for Information Technology.