San Francisco-based Friendster has won a patent for online social networks. The patent was filed in 2003, and was awarded on June 27th. Friendster’s founder Jonathan Abrams is listed as the inventor, and the patent covers a “system, method, and apparatus for connecting users in an online computer system based on their relationships within social networks.” The main claim is the “degrees of separation” idea that has been implemented by business networks like LinkedIn.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Seminole Tribe police have met with Broward County prosecutors to assess whether they have sufficient grounds for search warrants to access Anna Nicole Smith’s computer files, The Miami Herald has learned.
Smith’s computers, removed from her home in the Bahamas following her death, could be a crucial element in the probe of the former Playmate’s death.
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