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    The new Australian chief executive of Friendster has outlined plans to generate revenue for the struggling social networking site through advertising and by introducing a form of digital currency for users to trade.

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    Google's managing director of its South-East Asia sales and operations Richard Kimber has left the search giant to take up a new role with social networking site, Friendster.

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    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday in the US that its on-again, off-again talks with Yahoo were firmly in the "off-again" phase.

  • Facebook to 'punish' bad apps

    Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg revealed a change in the social networking company's approach to its application platform when he took the stage at the F8 conference in the US today.

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    US-based business social networking company LinkedIn has taken action to retrieve the Australian version of its internet address from local digital marketing agency Clear Blue Day.

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    Despite the fact that a study out this month has shown that the cancer risk from mobiles is more hot air than anything, how many people would be willing to put a base station in their home?

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    Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.

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    Since lifting its university-only restrictions in September 2006, Facebook has become the poster child for social networks and attracted more than 65 million users. But will it survive 'the next big thing'?

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