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Facebook tightens user security

Facebook on Wednesday announced heightened privacy controls for members of the world's largest online social network.

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Facebook founder Zuckerberg's fan page hacked

Facebook on Wednesday said a software "bug" let a hacker impersonate the social network's founder Mark Zuckerberg in a comment posted to his public fan page at the website.

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In shake-up, Google tries to hold off new threats

(AP) -- Google is richer than ever, but it's not as cool as it once was.

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US clients excluded from Facebook offering: report

Citing "intense media attention," Goldman Sachs has decided to exclude US clients from the private offering of as much as $1.5 billion in shares of Facebook, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

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SEC rule likely to trigger Facebook IPO in 2012

(AP) -- With so many investors becoming fans of the company, Facebook will be legally required to begin sharing more information about its finances and strategy by April 2012, according to documents distributed ...

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US probe after Goldman investment in Facebook

A Goldman Sachs investment of nearly half a billion dollars into Facebook has spawned a probe by US regulators eager to safeguard the dividing line between public and private companies, The Wall Street Journal r ...

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Facebook tried to buy Twitter in 2008: report

The microblogging site Twitter turned down a 500 million dollar purchase offer from the social networking site Facebook in 2008, according to the Financial Times.

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Facebook CEO meets with Sina during China holiday

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg -- on holiday in China where his social networking site is officially blocked -- met Wednesday with top executives from the country's popular web portal Sina.com.

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Facebook's CEO visits China's top search engine

(AP) -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg toured the offices of China's top search engine Monday during a visit that has sparked speculation the social networking magnate is looking for business opportunities in the world's largest ...

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Facebook founder named Time's 'person of year'

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday beat WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to be crowned Time magazine's "person of the year" -- even though the weekly's own readers thought it should be the other ...

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Facebook in challenge to Google crown

Facebook is challenging Google's supremacy on the Internet with a radically different approach to how people live, work, play and search online.

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Facebook vs. E-mail: Battle of the heavyweights

Just the other day we were asking Jonathon, our 16-year-old son, if he had gotten the picture we sent to his e-mail.

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Facebook's Zuckerberg pledges to give away wealth

(AP) -- Another 17 of America's richest people, including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, junk bond pioneer Michael Milken and AOL co-founder Steve Case, have pledged to give away most of their wealth.

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Facebook's new facelift plays up photos, friends (Update)

(AP) -- Facebook is redesigning the profile pages of its 500 million-plus users to make it more of a reflection of their real lives and emphasize one of the site's most popular features, photos.

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Facebook co-founder's new venture to promote causes

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, launched a new venture on Tuesday to promote charitable causes.

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