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• If MySpace is for sale, who would buy it?

  MySpace was once a social networking pioneer and shining star, but analysts now wonder who would want to buy the struggling site.

• Fear not. Facebook isn't shutting down

  No need to worry that Facebook will shut down on March 15, as reported by the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News.

• Fear not. Facebook isn't shutting down

  No need to worry that Facebook will shut down on March 15, as reported by the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News.

• Facebook's leaked financials show possible $1B profit in '11

  Facebook reportedly generated $1.2 billion in revenue in the first nine months of 2010, according to a document being distributed by Goldman Sachs.

• Facebook eyes possible IPO, public financial disclosures

  Just days after news surfaced that Facebook had received a massive cash infusion, reports are out that the social network is preparing to disclose financial information or prepping for an initial public offering.

• What would China deal mean to Facebook?

  When a photo of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meeting with the head of China's largest search engine hit the Internet, speculation began to run wild.

• Facebook rakes in $2B in 2010

  Not long after being criticized for not knowing how to make money, Facebook is looking to reel in more than $2 billion in sales in 2010.

• Facebook's Zuckerberg is Time's Person of the Year

  The man behind the world's largest social network has been named Time's Person of the Year.

• Top Twitter topics of 2010 include iPad, Google Android

  Wonder what people were talking about this past year?

• Facebook rejected Microsoft's $15B offer

  At a tech conference in Paris on Friday, a Microsoft executive confirmed that the company made a failed bid to buy Facebook three years ago.

• Facebook's Zuckerberg vows to donate his wealth

  Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire behind Facebook, has pledged to part with a sizable chunk of his fortune for good causes.

• Business will get more social in 2011, IDC says

  Businesses will increasingly turn to social networking tools in 2011, but there will be fewer social platforms for companies to choose from, according to predictions from IT research firm IDC.

• Microsoft exec says Google is 'failing' in the enterprise

  Raising the stakes in its war of words, Microsoft today said Google simply doesn't understand what businesses need, and is failing at pushing its way into the enterprise.

• Facebook dethrones MySpace as social network

  While the battle may have been won some time ago, MySpace seems to be calling "uncle" in its competition with Facebook.

• Privacy questions trail Facebook Messages

  After Facebook's struggle with one privacy issue after another this year, some in the industry are raising privacy questions about Facebook's new messaging system.