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Facebook's revenue doubled to $1.6 billion in 2011's first half, a source with knowledge of its financials told Reuters, underscoring its appeal to advertisers while it grapples with intensifying competition from the likes of Google Inc.

Facebook's first-half revenue roughly doubled to $1.6 billion, underscoring the world's largest social network's appeal to advertisers.

While Apple Inc. is tight-lipped towards its iPhone 5 release date, the smartphone is expected to face a good deal of competition from Android devices, particularly from Motorola Droid Bionic, which would be available at Verizon from Thursday.

Yahoo shares opened up 7 percent Wednesday following the ouster of CEO Carol Bartz, perhaps on speculation the rudderless Internet search engine might be a target.

Antitrust officials in South Korea raided Google Inc's Seoul offices on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, expanding worldwide regulatory pressure on the Internet giant.

By firing Carol Bartz, perhaps the best-known woman in Silicon Valley, Yahoo now has a new thing to search for: a new CEO, or perhaps in Yahoo lingo, a new Chief Yahoo.

South Korean antitrust authorities have raided the Seoul offices of Google Inc. as part of an investigation of allegations of unfair trade in nation's mobile-search-engine industry.

Carol Bartz was removed as Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo, ending her tenure short of her contract expiration in 2012.

Internet firm Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) has ousted Carol Bartz as its Chief Executive and named Chief Financial Officer Timothy Morse as interim replacement, effective immediately.

The hacker who stole more than 500 SSL certificates from a Dutch certificate authority and compromised Facebook, Google and Skype, as well as MI6 and CIA Web sites, has claimed another attack on the Dutch.

Carol Bartz, the exact combination of seasoned technology executive and savvy leader has ultimately been given the pink slip by Yahoo. But what did go wrong that threw Bartz out of a company, which was excited to hire her in January, 2009?

Google's Seoul offices were raided by a South Korean antitrust agency on Tuesday, apparently due to the limited access rival search engines on Google's Android OS.

Sometimes, competition among businesses is petty, dirty and illegal. Over the last few months, unscrupulous business owners have taken their dirty tactics to Google Maps, reported NYTimes.

Gaming Google usually involves giving yourself a boost. Sometimes, however, it is about hurting your rivals.

Samsung is facing too much of competition from other Android smartphone makers. The most-awaited Samsung's flagship Galaxy S2 has made it to the United States, quelling anticipation, but some contenders are there to spoil its party.

Hackers who attacked the Dutch firm, DigiNotar, used advanced tools for their intrusion and have been active for a long period of time, according to preliminary investigation by the Dutch IT firm, Fox-IT.

Google+ unveiled its new Suggested User List last week, a move which emulates Twitter and has prompted criticism from Google's social network users.

Google Doodle honored Queen today on its homepage, paying homage to front man Freddie Mercury on would have been his 65th birthday.

What millions of pop music fans around the world may not realize is that Mercury was the first Indian rock star.

Below is the list of the top 10 Google Doodles of all time.

A new day, a new iPhone 5 rumor circles around the internet. Now, the latest from the rumor mill is that iPhone 5 would come up with a 4-inch screen to take on Android smartphones.

It’s no secret that the new, Larry Page-led Google is pruning its sprawling collection of products.

Google said on Friday that it was pulling the plug across a host of products as it regroups its efforts to focus on products that bring the company money.

Google plans to shut down Aardvark, the social search and question-and-answer service it bought for about $50 million last year, along with nine other projects.

Google’s acquisition of Motorola, in early August, generated reports stating Google’s interest in gaining access to the hardware company’s gamut of 17,000 patents.

Though Android’s market has fewer number of apps compared to Apple’s app store, there are quite a few appealing ones, which may make you grab the smartphones based on Android operating system.

Hulu's sale could fetch $2 billion for Disney, News and Comcast

Microsoft will be the winner in Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility as the deal makes Google a direct rival to its phone-making clients, a senior executive from Acer Inc said on Friday.

Fox News will tap into Google’s technology to include viewers in a jointly-hosted Republican presidential debate.