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• Facebook sued over social networking patent

  Facebook has been sued by a software company in Baltimore that claims the social-networking site is violating a two-year-old patent.

• Facebook, Nielsen to ask users about display ads

  Facebook is partnering with Nielsen on using a system that gathers feedback about whether online display ads are influencing Web users.

• Aussie signs up for mortgage on Facebook

  Australian businesses are beginning to understand the opportunities of integrating social networks into their organisation, with mortgage franchise Aussie Home Loans Dee Why in Sydney selling its first home loan via Facebook.

• Facebook releases real-time Web server tech as open source

  Facebook is releasing as open source a Web server technology because it wants to make it easier for developers to create applications that let users post status updates in real time, a functionality popularized by Twitter.

• Chinese pharamcy spam could be legitimate in origin: McAfee

  Increases in spam which offers cheap Chinese medicine need not necessarily be a cause for alarm, according to a new report from McAfee.

• Lonely? Why not buy some Facebook friends

  Are you totally reprehensible and feeling lonely? Or maybe you're just a struggling business looking for some instant online companionship? The firm <a href="http://usocial.net/">Usocial</a> has the answer for you -- buy Facebook friends and fans.

• Facebook Connect goes mobile

  Facebook is extending its Connect data portability technology to developers of mobile sites and applications, following its launch six months ago for iPhone developers, the company announced Thursday in an official blog.

• Enterprise stuggles to harness Facebook, Twitter feedback

  Sales and marketing technology group, RightNow, has published a report on ‘rules of engagement’ for enterprises looking to integrate social media utilities such as Facebook and Twitter into their operations.

• British defence ministry instructs troops to use Twitter, Facebook

  A PDF document from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) tells British troops how to use social networking websites such as Twitter or Facebook to keep the world informed of what they're up to.

• Facebook confirms DoS attack same day as Twitter

  Popular social-networking site Facebook was hit with a DoS (denial-of-service) attack Thursday, but the attack did not appear to be as severe as one that crippled Twitter the same day.

• 3 social media aggregators that bring it all together

  Thanks to Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and a host of other social media services, people are more connected than ever. But keeping up with all the tweets, posts, and status updates isn't easy, because they often come from a variety of social media sites. So how do you connect the different services that keep you connected? How do you steer all of that stuff to one spot on the Web where it's a snap to manage?

• Facebook attracting more users with gray hair, wrinkles

  Facebook is growing in popularity and its users are growing long in the tooth, according to a study released this week.

• Facebook simplifies privacy settings, calls them too complex

  Facebook will simplify the way in which it offers privacy options to its users, as it gets ready to give its members for the first time the option to make the content they post on their profiles available to anyone on the Internet.

• Chambers unfazed at disrupted speech

  Cisco Systems believes networking among doctors as well as among sensors in the field can help prevent pandemics, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said in a keynote address at the company's annual Cisco Live customer conference that was briefly disrupted by a protest and a technical glitch.

• Study: Top CEOs still shunning Twitter, Facebook

  CEOs at the top companies in the U.S. are dramatically disconnected from the social networking phenomenon, according to a research report released this week by UberCEO.com, an online news and discussion site that focuses on CEOs at major companies.