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Yahoo sells half Alibaba stake

2 hours 6 min ago
US internet company Yahoo said it has reached a deal to sell part of its stake in China's biggest internet company Alibaba Group.
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China clears Google Motorola bid

5 hours 34 min ago
Chinese regulators approve Google's $12.5bn purchase of US phone maker Motorola Mobility, the final hurdle for the deal to go through.
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Pakistan restores Twitter access

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 20:27
Pakistani authorities restore access to the social media website Twitter after a brief ban for what officials called "offensive" content".
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Facebook: Living 'the hacker way'

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 15:45
Will Facebook keep innovating post-IPO?
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VIDEO: Twitter 'banned' in Pakistan

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 15:39
Pakistan's government has imposed a countrywide ban on the social media website Twitter, according to reports.
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VIDEO: Facebook founder's new status

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 14:25
The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.
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Facebook: How the others fared

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 01:20
Facebook has gone public - how have other internet shares done?
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VIDEO: The low-cost tablets battling Apple

Sat, 05/19/2012 - 10:03
LJ Rich takes a look at the low-cost tablets battling Apple's dominance in India.
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VIDEO: Facebook shares see modest debut

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 22:11
Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38.
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VIDEO: Technology and texting tips for MPs

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 14:08
MPs have had their fingers burned by texting and technology, and may have regretted the odd text or tweet.
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Twitter backs web privacy effort

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 13:20
Micro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored.
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Facebook poised for market debut

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 13:20
Facebook shares will start trading later in one of the largest and most high profile share flotations of recent years.
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Silicon trick for next-gen memory

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:09
Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.
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Anonymous attacks Indian websites

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:44
Hacker group Anonymous has carried out a series of attacks against government and political websites in India.
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VIDEO: Electric unicycles and other tech news

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:35
Honda Motors unveils a new auto-balancing unicycle that can be controlled hands free - and other technology news stories.
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VIDEO: 'Is Facebook worth $100 billion?'

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:17
As Facebook floats itself on the stock exchange, technology experts attending the Future Everything conference in Manchester give their views on the company's worth.
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VIDEO: Facebook shares due to go on sale

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 08:19
One of the biggest floatations ever seen on world stock markets will take place today when shares in the social networking site Facebook go on sale.
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Japan launches S Korea satellite

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 03:07
Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.
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Facebook's first female engineer

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 02:06
The social networking giant's first female engineer
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Asian trading heads for online

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 00:00
The social networks breaking Asia's stock market traditions
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