However, the report concluded Dr Fox had not benefited financially from his links to his friend and their working ties had not endangered security.

BBC: 'Naive' Werritty admits mistakes over links to Liam Fox

The close friend of Liam Fox whose links to the former defence secretary led to his resignation has admitted to being "naive" and making mistakes.

BBC: 'Naive' Werritty admits mistakes over links to Liam Fox

It is Mr Fox's first major political intervention since he resigned from the cabinet four months ago over his links to his friend, lobbyist Adam Werritty.

BBC: Budget 2012: Liam Fox calls for business tax cuts

The core concept is this: links of interest shared by one friend get clicked-though by others.

FORBES: Social News and clickthroughs

Some skulking around the future App Store layout from 9to5 Mac reader Sonny Dickson has shown an as yet unreleased Twitter 4.3 release carrying "more interactive experiences" for links within certain posts -- in other words, expect a multimedia extravaganza if a friend really digs that New York Times article.

ENGADGET: Twitter for iOS 4.3 gets early teases from Twitter itself and the App Store, promises gobs of in-tweet content