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Facebook's $16 billion IPO one of world's largest (Update)

(AP) -- Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street.

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists break satellite telephony security standards

Satellite telephony was thought to be secure against eavesdropping. German researchers at the Horst Gortz Institute for IT-Security (HGI) at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) have cracked the encryption algorithms of the European ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hewlett-Packard offers fix for printers susceptible to remote hacks

Hewlett-Packard released a firmware update Friday that it says will fix a susceptibility in some of the Palo Alto, Calif., company's popular LaserJet printers that researchers said could allow hackers to remotely take control o ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Facebook looks to cash in on user data

Julee Morrison has been obsessed with Bon Jovi since she was a teenager. So when paid ads for fan sites started popping up on the 41-year-old Salt Lake City blogger's Facebook page, she was thrilled. She described herself ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 20

Review: Facebook snapshot doesn't capture dynamics

(AP) -- In my five years on Facebook, I've shared a lot of photos, links and other tidbits about my life. I've commented on what my friends share, and I've endorsed plenty of their posts by hitting the "like" button. I've ...

Technology / Internet

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google News launches Twitter feed

Google News, the news aggregation site run by the Internet search giant announced the launch of the @googlenews Twitter feed in a post on the Google News blog on Monday.

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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report: Facebook plans huge server farm in Sweden

Facebook plans to build a large server farm in northern Sweden near the Arctic Circle, taking advantage of the chilly climate to keep its equipment cool, a Swedish newspaper reported Wednesday

Technology / Business

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

To boost innovation, Facebook opens server designs

(AP) -- Facebook says it wants to help others build startups more easily and efficiently by sharing the technology behind the servers that power its massive online social network. In turn, it hopes to benefit ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Review: Scrutinizing your presence on Facebook

(AP) -- Here's one way to sum up 2011: I added 71 people as Facebook friends, shared 26 links and commented on 98 of my friends' status updates. I was tagged in 33 photos and added 18 of my own to the site.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Review: News app that lets you choose your editor

(AP) -- Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your ...

Technology / Software

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google launches search page for real-time online posts

Google on Thursday further embraced the world of tweets, status updates, and on-the-fly posts with a website devoted to finding "real-time" content as it hits the Internet.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft warns of serious computer security hole

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has taken the rare step of warning about a serious computer security vulnerability it hasn't fixed yet.

Technology / Software

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 11

Microsoft adds Facebook to Outlook

Microsoft added Facebook to Outlook on Tuesday, giving users of its popular email program the ability to view status updates, pictures and wall posts from their friends on the social network.

Technology / Software

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Lawmakers concerned by US social media monitoring

US lawmakers expressed concern on Thursday over the monitoring of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter by the Department of Homeland Security.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Social-networking rivals offer workaround for Google social search

Google's social-networking rivals have apparently teamed up to offer users a tool that allows them to avoid the integration of Google's core search business and Google+.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0