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FaceMash.com, a website made by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg during his student days at Harvard University that landed him in trouble, was sold at an auction last week for slightly more than $30,000.

Internet search engine Google has played down its rivalry with social networking site Facebook, but said social media was part of its strategy and would be embedded in many of its products.

Facebook has begun to block messages that contain links to a file sharing site or torrents. The social networking site had blocked sharing torrent links on walls and news feeds since last spring and now has widened the block to include messages.

Facebook has to stabilize its revenue if it is to reach the $41 billion value cited in some reports.

Users need to be aware of the security risks before signing up for Facebook’s next generation online messaging service that includes online chat, text messages and other real-time conversation tools, computer security firm Sophos cautioned on Thrusday.

News Corp's. MySpace has turned to the primary cause of its nemesis Facebook, to draw sustenance or content from its rival to enrich its users' profile.

Twitter claims it has a lot of money in the bank. Looking into Evan Williams' claim, it seems to be the Promoted Suite that has made the site rich.

Farmville maker Zynga has launched a new urban game CityVille, which will be available only on Facebook.

Facebook is not sure if it's “100 per cent right” in preventing Google’s Gmail and other third party apps from automatically importing email addresses from the social-networking service.

Yahoo, the once-mighty torch bearer for the Internet age, is shaking up it business strategies even as the company is bedeviled by job cuts, takeover speculation and a fall in share prices.

Here are three of the several reasons why Facebook can't kill e-mail with its newly launched message service, which was floated to be the 'Gmail Killer'.

Walmart will host first nationwide food drive at all its stores, seek the help of facebook fans in selecting communities to receive $1.5 million in grants, donate 65 refrigerator food trucks to Feeding America network of food banks and help the Salvation Army to provide meals with a $1 million donation.

At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Yahoo! introduces a local deals service.

The forthcoming Android 2.3 operating system will support near-field communication chips for mobile payments, leading to the launch of hundreds of mobile payment startups, according to Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

New service from Facebook will combine email, SMS and instant messaging into one platform.

Facebook unveiled its next evolution of Messages, a seamless messaging platform that weaves e-mail, chat and SMS to offer an integrated communication service.

Google has donned the cloak of Internet's guardian angel once again, condemning the 'digital disruptions' that some governments unleash and calling for new trade rules to prevent countries from setting up intractable 'trade barriers' of a new kind.

Jay-Z and Gucci fashion house have come up with a leather bomber jacket to release his book 'Decoded' in a unique way. An interactive game with the Microsoft search engine Bing has been created to enable people to unlock clues to preview pages of the book.

'Mining' has been a word mainly attached to coal, ores, minerals and metals -- all precious commodities. However, since social networking emerged as the latest fad, the word has gotten precious with a prefix - data mining.

Facebook's very own web-based email has been a slithery sensation in the back of Google's mind ever since rumors about the 'Project Titan' started doing the rounds. Now it looks like the chimera is closer in the backyard and the sound of dead leaves and twigs getting crushed under its feet is more audible than ever.

Apple's music-only networking site, Ping, has partnered with networking site Twitter to help users discover music more easily.