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Facebook Heads For $5bn May IPO
Private trades are closed, as Mark Zuckerberg plans to float Facebook in May
Vulnerabilities Uncovered in Google, Facebook Single Sign-On
Research from Microsoft and Indiana Universtiy Bloomington finds a range of ways to hijack the single sign-on systems used across the web by Google, Facebook and others
Zuckerberg Visits China As Facebook Releases Harvard Emails
Holiday visit while Facebook is active on several fronts
Friends Reunited Relaunches As Nostalgia Site
Owner Brightsolid wants users memories as the veteran social network re-emerges
Facebook Condemns Employers Asking For Job Seekers’ Passwords
Facebook is officially pushing back against employers who want job applicants to disclose their Facebook passwords
Apple and Facebook in US App Privacy Probe
US Congressmen ask for info on what data social app makers are taking
Facebook Bolsters Legal Defences By Purchasing 750 IBM Patents
Pre-IPO Facebook has bought 750 patents from IBM to better defend against Yahoo's lawsuit
EMC Combines Big Data, Social Nets And App Development With Pivotal Labs Buy
Pivotal Tracker will combine with EMC's Chorus to harmonise applications for Big Data developers
Mitel Files Patent Lawsuit Against Pre-IPO Facebook
Facebook dealt another patent suit in run up to initial public offering
Tehran Blocks “UK for Iranians” Foreign Office Website
The Islamic Republic continues to engage in online warfare
Yahoo Is Risking Its Reputation With Facebook Lawsuit
Yahoo treads a dangerous path in attempting to profit from Facebook, writes Chris Preimesberger
Yahoo Hits Facebook With Patent Suit
Ailing search giant Yahoo follows through on patent threat against Facebook/p>
NATO Admiral Hit By ‘Chinese’ Facebook Attack
Information about friends, family and colleagues of NATO's most senior admniral were harvested by social engineering attack
Facebook Suffers Outage In Parts Of Europe And Asia
Early morning downtime reported by users across several countries
Libel And The Social Media Is A Corporate Issue
On the Internet, everybody can hear you scream - or belch or break wind - because nothing is erased, not even libelous comments, says Eric Doyle
Study: Enterprises Blacklist Facebook, Angry Birds
Facebook, Angry Birds and web browsers topped the list of applications blacklisted or monitored by companies looking to control mobile devices
Danish Police Accidentally Censor 8,000 Sites With Child Porn Filter
Google and Facebook among the sites briefly blocked in police blunder
Facebook Timeline Makeover For Pages Offers Better Ad Canvas
Facebook's Timeline user interface has been applied to its Pages promotional palettes for organisations and brands
Facebook Announces Premium Advertising Tools
Brands given Timeline-formatted pages, mobile ads and Reach Generator in pre-IPO effort to raise revenue
Google Pushes Out Its Privacy Policy Changes Despite Regulatory Disdain
Google is going ahead with privacy policy changes today despite pleas from European Union and US officials
Facebook Denies Spying On Android Users’ SMS Texts
The social network giant accuses The Sunday Times of misunderstanding its Android app's SMS functionality
Yahoo Threatens Patent Lawsuit Against Facebook
Yahoo says Facebook infringed between 10 and 20 of its patents
MWC 2012: Facebook Pushes Mobile Web Standards Effort
Facebook and more than 30 other companies are to back the Core Mobile Web Platform Community Group
Facebook To Tackle Open Source Storage Hardware
Social networking site plans to build own storage hardware to handle growing number of user uploads
Most Councils Now Allow Employees To Access Social Media
Almost all councils in the UK permit some form of access to social media, a Socitm survey has revealed
Google Set To Beat Facebook On Ad Sales
Google and Facebook are battling it out over the US display advertising market, with the search engine set to take the lead in 2013, according to eMarketer
Microsoft Bing Allows Users To Link Their Names To Web Pages
Microsoft's Bing, which still trails Google Search. has added a feature to let a user to associate pages from around the Web with their name
Apple Confirms It Will Build Data Centre In Oregon
The Oregon facility will be neighbours with Facebook and Google, but source of electricity might be a problem
Delegation Aims To Pull Silicon Valley Data Centres To Sweden
Officials from Sweden are on a mission to lure Californian data to the cooler, greener Nordic environment