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05/20/2012
British arm of Facebook considering overturning minimum 13-year age requirement - The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
THE British arm of Facebook is considering overturning the minimum 13-year age requirement for users - claiming kids and parents are ignoring it anyway. A debate into minimum age rules for the social networking site, recently floated on the stock ...
05/20/2012
Angry Birds and The Great Levelling - Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
We've already determined that the world is flat, but the world is also starting to get more level. When I say level, I mean that the barrier to entry in many things has been lowered or blown apart altogether, and that our filter for what is the "real" ...
05/19/2012
The Facebook IPO Journey - Moneycontrol.com

Telegraph.co.uk
Moneycontrol.com
Our top story today is about a 28-year-old man and his 8-year-old company's journey to a USD 100 billon valuation on Wall Street. I am talking Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg: "It is an online directory that connects people through universities and colleges ...
Not your average billionaire: why Zuckerberg is no 'evil genius'
Facebook shares see modest debut
Facebook stock up slightly in public debut
05/20/2012
Apple, Samsung CEOs set for court talks - Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
The chief executives of Apple and Samsung are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday. Apple's Tim Cook and Samsung's Choi ...
Apple and Samsung CEOs to meet in San Francisco
Apple, Samsung Set Patent Talks
Samsung open to cross-licensing accord with Apple
05/20/2012
nasties of the net - Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
The innocent choice to click could send your computer into a crash. As users of technology, we're constantly bombarded with warnings about the malicious things malicious people try to do to our computers. The malicious software they use to do this has ...
The nasties of the net
05/17/2012
How Facebook quickly took over the Web - CNET

CBC.ca
CNET
New data from Nielsen reveals the pace at which Facebook grew to become the dominant social network it is today. by Lance Whitney May 17, 2012 7:39 AM PDT Follow @lancewhit Facebook is on its way to 1 billion users with an IPO around the corner.
Beyond Facebook: Online social networks through the years
How Facebook IPO Impacts Social Business Space
Facebook Finds Greatest Number of Friends in America: Nielsen
05/20/2012
Umbilical cord tissue from newborn babies is being collected and cryogenically ... - NEWS.com.au
NEWS.com.au
IT'S current preservation for future regeneration - and now umbilical cord tissue is going on ice in Australia for the first time. Usually discarded after birth, umbilical tissue from newborn babies is being collected and cryogenically frozen to be ...
Umbilical cord tissue frozen in Australian first
05/20/2012
Stoner third in French MotoGP - The Australian

Telegraph.co.uk
The Australian
JORGE Lorenzo has mastered the rain-soaked Le Mans track to win the French Grand Prix for the third time, with seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi overtaking Casey Stoner late to take second place. The Spaniard, who won here in 2009 and 2010, ...
LIVE COMMENTS - France Grand Prix - Qualification
Lorenzo wins French MGP, Stoner third
Motorcycling: Lorenzo takes win in France
05/20/2012
A ray of hope for cancer fight - Tireless work brings 'exciting' new heat ... - Courier Mail
Courier Mail
Jenny Barlow has been around the world twice, including 16 trips to Europe, in a relentless bid to lure a new cancer treatment to Australia. Picture: Peter Lorimer Source: The Daily Telegraph SHE lost her husband to cancer - and is doing her best to ...
05/20/2012
Google closer to Motorola Mobility buy - The Australian

BBC News
The Australian
AUTHORITIES in China have approved Google's bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $US12.5 billion deal to close early next week. But Chinese regulators attached a big condition: That Google's Android operating system for ...
Google wins Chinese approval for Motorola Mobility bid
Microsoft wins smartphone patent dispute
China Clears Google to Buy Motorola Mobility