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• LinkedIn may be eyeing IPO in 2011

  To be the first social network to register for an initial public offering

• LinkedIn, Facebook rumoured for public offerings

  Some of the world's biggest social networks are gearing up to go public, according to news reports this week.

• Study: A third of all malware in history created in 2010

  More than a third of all malware that has ever existed was created by criminal gangs in 2010 alone according to the latest PandaLabs Annual Report.

• LinkedIn quick tip: How to Navigate the new polls

  LinkedIn Polls, a feature on the site that lets you pose or vote on a question and analyze results, received some major updates. Polls, according to Jimmy Chen, associate product manager at LinkedIn, have been used by more than one million professionals since its launch two years ago.

• Twitter app for Android

  The official Twitter app for Android provides a simple, no-frills way to tweet and view your home feed from your phone. To begin, you log in or create an account. If you choose to create an account, the app will open the mobile Twitter Website in the Android Web browser. If you want to import your contacts from Gmail, LinkedIn, Yahoo, or Hotmail, you'll have to use the Web browser for that too. After you create your account, reopen the Twitter app and log in. It's an awkward way to start; being able to do everything without leaving the Twitter app would be preferable. However, you need do this only once -- all your subsequent Twitter activities can be performed in-app.

• LinkedIn urges innovative, dynamic, results-oriented job seekers: Ditch the buzzwords

  If you're a motivated team player with extensive experience and a proven track record, you've got more company than you  might think.

• How to build a network in 12 days (before Christmas)

  The holiday season is an ideal time for re-connecting, making new contacts and strengthening relationships. Networking is, in fact, the best job search method: It generates more than 80 per cent of new hires.

• 5 LinkedIn privacy settings you need to know

  Many regard LinkedIn as the "safe" social network -- there are no games that jeopardise your privacy, you aren't posting incriminating photos of last weekend's Halloween party and you're not TKTKTKTK. But that's no reason to ignore the privacy and account settings that LinkedIn has in place.

• What does running IT have to do with politics?

  The odds weren't in Republican John Albers' favor when he decided to run for Georgia State Senate from District 56 in May 2009. "I was the underdog in the race," recalls Albers, CIO at Ronald Blue, a financial-management firm. "In fact, when the race first started out, most people said I wouldn't get one percent of the vote."

• Four new ways to customize your LinkedIn profile

  With more than 80 million registered users worldwide, making your profile stand out among LinkedIn's crowd can be difficult. That's why the professional social network has rolled out a number of features to help you get noticed: LinkedIn Apps give hiring managers a better peek into your work life; reordering your profile sections gives you more control over what you deem is important; and Company Follow gives you an inside look at companies' business opportunities and job leads.

• Zeus botnet gang targets Charles Schwab accounts

  Criminals are using a Zeus botnet to pillage Charles Schwab investment accounts, a security researcher said Friday.

• 'LinkedIn labs' showcases experimental projects

  Three years ago, LinkedIn began holding "InDays"-a day once a month when LinkedIn employees were encouraged to spend their time researching, learning and developing outside their normal routine. Part of the InDay was dedicated to Hackday-a contest for employees where teams were given five minutes to demo their "hack" in front of the entire company and a panel of judges, which had two minutes to ask questions.

• Zeus not the only bank Trojan threat, users warned

  Online bank account users should not ignore the threat posed by obscure data-theft Trojans such as 'Bugat', 'SpyEye', and 'Carberp', security company Trusteer has warned.

• LinkedIn's new face: Tour 'signal's' 6 key features

  LinkedIn announced the launch of Signal today, a new product aimed at making it easy for professionals to view streaming updates and news. The interface, which is characteristic of Facebook's News Feed and Twitter's website, features streaming updates from your contacts, category filters to sort these updates and a sidebar displaying trending links.

• LinkedIn users attacked by deadly Zeus spam

  Networking site LinkedIn is being used as the lure for a huge spam campaign designed to infect UK and US businesses with the data-stealing Zeus/Zbot Trojan, Cisco has reported.