Twitter to Change Links and How They Are Displayed
June 10 2010, 12:39am
In an effort to remove the obscurity of shortened links and to prevent malware and phishing attacks, Twitter has begun the rollout t.co, its official URL shortener, along with some major changes to how the microblogging platform handles links.
http://digg.com/tech_news/Twitter_to_Change_Links_and_How_They_Are_Displayed