TECHNOLOGY

Any social networking business grows on its user base and Facebook, the world's largest social networking site, is no exception.

Men and women who resort to online dating sites frequently lie about their looks, physique, jobs and financial status, a survey of 1,000 single adults commissioned by online dating community BeautifulPeople.com, discovered.

According to reports, a fake application, purportedly designed to jailbreak the Cupertino-giant's latest mobile operating system - the iOS 5 - surfaced in the App Store. The application, it was believed, could even jailbreak earlier versions of the system, as well as the newer iPhone 4S and iPad 2.

Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 22, the co-founder of open source social networking site Diaspora, was found dead at his home in San Francisco this weekend. An officer from the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) confirmed on Monday that the initial police report described the incident as a suicide.

An Australian court has agreed to hear in March a case brought by Samsung Electronics to ban sales of Apple Inc's latest iPhone, with sales allowed to continue as normal ahead of the full hearing on alleged patent infringements.

It's getting to be that time of year again: silver bells ringing, chestnuts roasting over an open fire... and you stitching together eight pillows and a roll of bubble wrap to pair with a bike helmet in preparation for the collective mob delirium known as Black Friday.

Huawei Technologies, the world's No.2 telecoms equipment maker, plans to buy the remaining 49 percent stake in a joint venture with Symantec Corp that it does not already own for $530 million to bolster its corporate security solutions business.

An investment banker raised concerns about dubious accounting at Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp as long ago as the 1990s, after he discovered it was using Bermuda-based funds to invent assets and patch up its balance sheet, he told Reuters.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp, a communications equipment maker under pressure from an activist investor, on Monday nominated two candidates for the board, including former chief executive of defense consulting firm SRA International.

Apple-made smartphones and Android-based smartphones are the two most widely used smartphones in the world, but one way to really tell them apart is by seeing which is easier to use. That means turning on an iPhone or an Android-powered device and measuring which software system is easier to navigate and figuring it out just by playing around with it for a little while.

The insight comes from New Zealand Amazon-like retailer, MightyApe, who listed God of War IV with an estimated release date of Sept. 28, 2012.

A 40-year-old actress who sued the Internet Movie Database for posting her real age is selfish and is trying to perpetuate a fraud to make potential employers believe she is younger than she is, the website says in a motion to dismiss her lawsuit.

Some wondered whether “Halo 4” would come out on the current Xbox 360 or on Microsoft’s rumored upcoming console. Frank O’Conner from 343 Industries confirmed on the NeoGAF forums that the title would indeed be on the Xbox 360.

Shopping for a smartphone is quite a maze these days, and although iPhone 4S is one of the most popular devices out there, there are at least five other phones to consider before picking one up.

The world experienced two numerical phenomena on Nov. 11, 2011. A Twitter data visualization engineer used tweets mentioning the occurrences and created an incredible video.

Diaspora, the open-source alternative to Facebook, has lost one of its co-founders, Ilya Zhitomirskiy. He died Saturday at the age of 22, and police now say the cause of death was suicide.

Mario may be used to fighting the likes of Bowser for the attention of Princess Peach, but he recently acquired a powerful foe: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and its media machine.

How to get Siri on your Android and iPad.

Galaxy Note by Samsung will debut in the UK soon but in October, HTC debuted another large smartphone, the 4.7-inch HTC Sensation XL. It's not as big as the forthcoming Note's 5.3-inch screen but even 4.7-inches could be too large for some.

Publisher Condé Nast has announced it will bring its entire library of magazines to the Barnes and Noble Nook, including Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler and Wired.

Amazon.com began shipping its Kindle Fire on Monday, a day earlier than it expected and extending its lead time over Barnes & Noble's rival Nook tablet.

U.S. supercomputer firm Cray won a $188 million contract with the University of Illinois to provide a supercomputer for the Blue Waters project, three months after technology giant IBM pulled out of the venture.

A special master overseeing the Justice Department's effort to stop AT&T from buying rival T-Mobile USA has issued a schedule for lists of trial witnesses to be drawn up, according to court papers.

Shares of Dell, the No. 2 PC maker, rose slightly Monday, ahead of the company’s third-quarter earnings report scheduled for Tuesday. Investors await news on Dell’s moves upscale as well as supply shortages caused by floods in Thailand.

Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablet and Microsoft's efforts to get back into the mobile game have impressed developers, a survey released on Monday showed, while BlackBerry maker Research In Motion fell further behind.

The audiophilic HTC Rezound launches today on Verizon Wireless. In addition to 4G LTE and a hefty 1.5 Ghz processor, the Rezound includes Beats Audio technology from Dr. Dre's Beats Electronics line and is the first HTC phone to come with a 720p HD touch display.

Droid Razr, Motorola's new flagship device, is now on sale, but there is still no word on when it will get the Ice Cream Sandwich operating system update from Google. As the top new smartphone from Motorola, it's sure to get the update, but it might not happen until January.

The biggest shopping event of the year is just on the horizon and there are plenty of good deals for the gaming crowd.

Kindle Fire, Amazon's budget-minded new tablet computer, goes on sale Nov. 15 and its low price is only one reason the device makes a perfect holiday gift. For $200, you get Wi-Fi access to the Web, a full-color seven-inch screen and access to the Amazon Appstore.