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- Facebook group seeks camera's owner
SYDNEY, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- An Australian man said a Facebook group he created to identify the owner of a camera he found in Greece has grown to more than 180,000 members. Danny Cameron said he found a camera by a bus stop on the Greek i... - Judge: Spammer owes Facebook $711 million
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge says an Internet marketer known as the Spam King must pay the Facebook Web site $711 million in damages. U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled in San Jose, Calif., Thursd... - Facebook suggests messaging dead friends
LONDON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Facebook users in Britain said the Web site's latest feature, which encourages people to contact old friends, is bringing up deceased people as suggestions. The new feature, which went live during the weekend... - Holocaust museum starts Facebook site
AUSCHWITZ, Poland, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The museum that operates the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz has started a Facebook site to try to reach tech-savvy younger people, a spokesman said. It comes just months after the Auschw... - Woman arrested in Facebook 'poking'
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A Hendersonville, Tenn., woman has been arrested for allegedly violating an order of protection by poking another woman on Facebook, court records indicate. Shannon D. Jackson, 36, was arreste... - Police: Burglar used Facebook during crime
ROME, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Italian police said they used e-mail information to track down a burglar who used a victim's computer to check his Facebook account. Investigators said Friday the 26-year-old man sent Facebook messages to friend... - Facebook site seeks teenagers for mafia
ROME, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A new Facebook site inviting children into a Naples, Italy, crime syndicate allegedly could be linked to a recent wave of juvenile vandalism, officials said. The site, which promises plenty of work, cla... - Facebook yanks poll asking whether to kill Obama
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- The US Secret Service is trying to identify the people who launched an online poll at Facebook asking whether US President Barack Obama should be assassinated.Faceboo... - WhoGlue sues Facebook on patent rights
BALTIMORE, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A Baltimore company with fewer than five employees is suing Internet giant Facebook for patent infringement, court records show. The company, WhoGlue Inc., applied for a patent in 2001 which was granted i... - Student sued over Facebook comments
GENEVA, Ill., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A beauty school in Illinois is seeking damages from a student for comments posted on his Facebook page. The lawsuit in Kane County Circuit Court by the Salon Professional Academy of Elgin could set a ... - Obama to rally for healthcare on Facebook
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Healthcare reform takes the interactive stage Thursday when President Barack Obama holds a rally at the University of Maryland in College Park. Besides participants on-site, the rally will be str... - Facebook says it made money for first time
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. social networking site Facebook ended the last quarter in the black, beating its goal of profitability by 2010, its chief executive officer says. In a posting Tuesday on the Facebook Web si... - Pa. man accused of making Facebook threats
NORRISTOWN, Pa., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Authorities in Montgomery County, Pa., allege a self-described white supremacist posted threatening messages on his Facebook page. KYW-AM, Philadelphia, reported Monday James Gallagher of Wyndmoor,... - Trapped girls used Facebook for help call
ADELAIDE, Australia, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Australian authorities said two girls lost in a drainage well system used their phones to update their Facebook statuses instead of calling police. Glenn Benham, a spokesman for the Metropolitan... - Facebook pics lead to gang arrests
SHEFFIELD, England, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- British police said they used pictures posted to Facebook to identify and arrest gang members on firearm possession charges. South Yorkshire Police said a Sheffield, England, resident in an area ... - Food bank gets $10K through Facebook
MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A Facebook social networking community raised nearly $10,000 for a California food bank after a good samaritan asked what she should do with a $93 gift. It started after Carolee Hazard of Menlo P... - Facebook change alleged killing motive
CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A man stabbed and killed the mother of his four children after she changed her marital status in her Facebook profile to single, a Welsh prosecutor alleged. Brian Lewis, 31, of New Tredegar in Gwent ... - Uganda offers Facebook scheme to 'befriend' gorillas
KAMPALA (AFP) -- Users of the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter will be able to "befriend" rare Ugandan mountain gorillas and track their movements, a Wildlife Authority spokeswoman said Monday.In a scheme designed to pr... - Facebook bows to Canada's privacy demands
OTTAWA, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The Internet social networking site Facebook agreed to Canada's demand it tighten up its privacy policy, a government official said in Ottawa Thursday. At a news conference, federal Privacy Commissioner Jenni... - Facebook to improve users' privacy
OTTAWA (AFP) -- Canada's privacy czar announced on Thursday that Facebook has agreed to changes to better secure the privacy of users of the popular social networking site.The negotiated settlement follows an investigation by Canada... - Executives cool on Facebook 'friending'
TORONTO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Most Canadian executives aren't comfortable being asked to be a friend on the Internet Facebook social networking site, a survey published Thursday said. The OfficeTeam placement company polled 100 ex... - Candy store theft appears on Facebook
PITMAN, N.J., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The owner of a South Jersey candy store says she found the answer to mysterious disappearances when someone posted a video of a break-in on Facebook. Police in Pitman showed the video to Elissa Eystad,... - Calif. lawsuit targets Facebook
SANTA ANA, Calif., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A lawsuit in Southern California targets Facebook with what one lawyer called a kitchen sink of allegations. The five plaintiffs say Facebook allows children to open accounts without their ... - Facebook acquires FriendFeed for $47.5M
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. social networking Web site Facebook has purchased the social aggregator FriendFeed for $47.5 million, The Washington Post said Sunday. The newspaper said Facebook's acquisition of FriendF... - Man used Facebook for racial threat
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A black man pretending to be a white supremacist on a Facebook account pleaded guilty to making a racial threat to a Louisiana college student, officials say. The Justice Department said Dyron L. Hart, 20... - Man announces his suicide on Facebook
ALBUQUERQUE, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A New Mexico man who lost his job and was about to lose his home fatally shot himself after announcing his impending suicide on Facebook, police said. The message from Jason McCoy, 33, alarmed Facebook f... - Facebook scoops up FriendFeed
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Facebook's purchase of FriendFeed is a smart, defensive move that keeps the up-and-coming company out of competitors' clutches, a U.S. technology analyst said. Forrester Research analyst Jeremiah... - Facebook launches new search engine
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The proprietors of the Facebook social media Web site say they have launched a new search engine allowing users to sort postings by keyword. The feature enables users to search not only posts made... - New friend for Facebook: FriendFeed
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Facebook announced on Monday that it has acquired FriendFeed, a Silicon Valley startup which allows members to see what their friends are doing online and share content.Facebook said that the 12 employees of the ... - Facebook may contribute to jealousy
GUELPH, Ontario, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- College students who use social networking sites may be exposed to information about their partners that makes them jealous, Canadian researchers found. Amy Muise, Emily Christofides and Serge Desma... - Intel boosts Facebook users power for research
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Intel unveiled a software program that lets Facebook users devote spare computer processing power to researching diseases or climate change.The world's largest computer chip company teamed with nonprofit group... - Poll: Adults prefer face time to Facebook
BURLINGAME, Calif., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Nearly 90 percent of U.S. adults prefer dealing with people face-to-face, not through high-tech ways, a market research survey indicated Monday. In addition, half the respondents said they didn't ... - Facebook removes Hamas page
JERUSALEM, July 27 (UPI) -- The networking Web site Facebook removed a page dedicated to Hamas' Gaza leader Ismail Haniya, the London based al-Hayat newspaper reported. The report published Sunday, said the Web page titled Command... - Bill Gates quits Facebook over 'too many friends'
NEW DELHI (AFP) -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he was forced to give up on the social networking phenomenon Facebook after too many people wanted to be his friend.Gates, the billionaire computer geek-turned-philanthropist w... - Bill Gates quits Facebook over 'too many friends'
NEW DELHI (AFP) -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he was forced to give up on the social networking phenomenon Face... - Ubisoft gets into the social game at Facebook
by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- French videogame star Ubisoft made its debut in the online social scene by unveiling a gaming portal at world-leading social-networking website Facebook.UbiFriends portal came to life late Fri... - Police bust up BBQ due to Facebook invite
SOWTON, England, July 17 (UPI) -- A British man said police raided his 30th birthday barbecue because they mistook the event's description on his Facebook invite for an all-night rave. Andrew Poole said he and about 17 friends had g... - Bush fire warnings sent via Facebook
MELBOURNE, Austria, July 6 (UPI) -- Australians at risk of bush fires will getting alerts from the government via their Facebook and Twitter social networking accounts, officials say. In the wake of devastating bushfires in the stat... - Facebook showed pics of spy chief nominee
LONDON, July 5 (UPI) -- John Sawers' suitability to head Britain's Secret Intelligence Service is being questioned in light of his wife's disclosures on Facebook, sources said. Sawers is Britain's ambassador to the United Nations. In... - New privacy features coming to Facebook
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 2 (UPI) -- A Facebook official says the social networking Web site is implementing new privacy features to protect users in the United States and abroad. Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly said the ne... - Facebook names new chief financial officer
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Facebook, the social networking website which has signed up more than 200 million members but has yet to make a profit, has named a new chief financial officer.David Ebersman, the former executive vice president ... - Facebook available in Persian
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 19 (UPI) -- Facebook has released a beta version in Persian of its entire site, the social networking Internet site based in Cambridge, Mass., announced. Since the Iranian election last week, people around... - Swahili Facebook Web site started
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Internet social networking Web site Facebook now has a Swahili version, its promoters say. Developed by Swahili scholars with Facebook's permission, the new site opens up Facebook to more... - Teen charged over Facebook 'hit list'
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 2 (UPI) -- Canadian police in Vancouver arrested an 18-year-old on weapons charges after classmates complained he posted a 117-name hit list on the Internet. Inspector Scott Thompson told a M... - Pakistan protests organized via Facebook
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 31 (UPI) -- An anti-militant protester in Pakistan says text messages and the social networking Web site Facebook are being used to organize demonstrations. Pakistan national Sadaffe Abid said she and her fello... - Russian firm invests $200m in Facebook
by Charlotte Raab NEW YORK (AFP) -- A Russian Internet company has invested 200 million dollars in Facebook in a deal that values the US social networking giant at 10 billion dollars, the companies announced.Besides purchasing a near... - Russian Web firm invests 200 mln dlrs in Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Facebook said Tuesday that a Russian Web investor had purchased a nearly two percent stake in the social network giant for 200 million dollar... - Russian firm invests in Facebook
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Internet giant Facebook said a Russian firm, Digital Sky Technologies, has purchased 1.96 percent of the company for $200 million. The deal values Facebook's preferred stock at $10 billion, Th... - Digital Sky invests 200 mln dlrs in Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Facebook announced Tuesday that Digital Sky Technologies (DST) had purchased a 1.96 percent stake in the social network giant for 200 million dollars, valuing the company at some 10 billion dollars.Facebook sa... - Facebook flub trips U.K. welfare cheat
STOKE, England, May 25 (UPI) -- A British woman who bragged of her happy marriage on Facebook has admitted to fraudulently collecting welfare benefits for being a single parent, officials say. Claire Harbrone, 35, Stoke, confessed t...
