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Cuba fears the United States is encouraging dissent through social media such as Facebook and Twitter with the goal of toppling the government, according to the video of what appears a meeting of Cuban officials posted on websites this week.

43 percent of recent acquirers of smartphones in the United States opted for a device using Google's Android operating system, giving it a clear lead over the iPhone and Blackberry.

Facebook, which turned seven on Friday, already needs new offices.

The media artists, Paolo Cirio and Alessandro Ludovico, say they used customized software to take Facebook data and eventually create a dating website.

Researchers at Sophos, a computer security firm, have found that apps from the Android Market automatically download to a mobile device once the user chooses the app on the Web site, leaving users open to some types of attack.

Google Android Honeycomb tablets are expected to end Apple iPad's monopoly. Here are seven reasons why Honeycomb tablets will fare better than iPads:

Microsoft said it would release 12 security patches and software updates to fix 22 bugs in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Visual Studio, and IIS.

The Oregon Trail and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? are coming back on Facebook with a new social twist.

Match.com, an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), purchased OkCupid this morning for $50 million in cash, plus potential future payments contingent upon performance.

Microsoft, not Yahoo! is to blame for the issue, the statement says.

The search company unveils a new tablet focused operating system and a browser-based version of the Android market place.

Amazon.com is developing a film streaming service, which would compete directly with Netflix Inc, the Financial Times said.

The company posted a net loss in revenue of $322 million, up from year-on-year losses of $82 million.

Sixty-nine per cent of investors say Facebook is overvalued after Goldman Sachs invested $450 million in a deal that valued the company at $50 billion, according to the quarterly poll of 1,000 Bloomberg customers who are investors, traders or analysts.

Google Chrome continued its good run last year with a further market share gain in January, mopping up 10 percent of the market for global browser usage, according to data from analytics firm Net Applications. However, Chrome failed to beat Internet Explorer 8.0 in monthly market share gain in January.

Apple Inc has blocked rival Sony Corp's electronic book application from the iPhone because it would have circumvented Apple's system for buying content.

Apple says it's enforcing a rule that could impact the Sony Reader and Kindle apps.

Increased data usage poses concerns for Windows Phone 7 users with tired data plans.

The new Android version 3.0, known as Honeycomb, is likely to gain foothold in the tablet market pretty soon.

Google Inc launched a special service to allow people in Egypt to send Twitter messages by dialing a phone number and leaving a voicemail, as Internet access remains cut off in the country amid anti-government protests.

Social networking site Facebook plans to launch a third party commenting platform that could position the site as an engine behind the comments system on many high-profile blogs and digital publications.