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• Celebrities caused 2009 Twitter crime wave

  Criminals started targeting Twitter in earnest during a key period in early 2009, and security company Barracuda Labs has worked out why. During the same few weeks a key list of a-list celebrities joined the site.

  By John E. Dunn | 12 March, 2010 01:48

  Tags: ashton kutcher, barracuda, celebrities, cyber criminals, twitter

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  Oprah's Midas touch gives Twitter a 43% boost

  It seems Oprah Winfrey's Midas touch isn't limited to a talk show, her favorite brownies and surging book sales.
  

  By Sharon Gaudin | 22 April, 2009 07:35

  Tags: ashton kutcher, oprah, twitter, web 2.0

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  Are Oprah, Ashton Kutcher taking the geek out of Twitter?

  With Ashton Kutcher racing CNN to be the first to have 1 million Twitter followers, and Twitter's CEO Evan Williams sitting down with the ladies on Oprah Friday, what is becoming of the Web site that's garnered such techie love?
  

  By Sharon Gaudin | 20 April, 2009 08:42

  Tags: ashton kutcher, biz stone, cnn, geek, oprah, social networking, twitter, web 2.0