News Update - Monday 31/1/11

Here's the pick of the last week's news stories that are likely to impact your business:

Private Social Networks: If you’d like to collaborate with colleagues in a similar way to Facebook or Twitter, there are various tools to set up a private social network. SalesForce are extending the availability of their Chatter service

Internet Security: Now the Facebook boss’s account has been hacked, let’s hope the security of Facebook and other cloud services will continue to be a priority

Privacy Expectations: Business is about trust. Any interactions with customers should use their data within their expectations, or risk losing their trust and their business.

LibreOffice: With OpenOffice now subsumed into Oracle, the open-source office suite reappears in a new guise as LibreOffice 3