Facebook and its allies in the Open Compute Project certainly would have you believe that this is so. Right now, most server hardware vendors invest in “gratuitous differentiation” and not true innovation, according to Andy Bechtolsheim, ...

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/green/facebook-open-hardware-integral-to-green-it-infrastructure/19261

By Darren Murph posted Oct 30th 2011 1:11AM Here's a situation: you create a Facebook account. You fall in love with said account. You're on it all day, every single day. And then, your computer explodes. You go to login on a new machine, ...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/30/facebook-testing-trusted-friends-feature-the-password-unlock/

By Bob Sullivan Facebook said this week that more than a half-million account logins are compromised every day on the mammoth social networking site. The revelation was buried in a new security announcement issued by the company on Thursday describing ...

http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/28/8527819-facebook-says-600000-accounts-compromised-every-day

By Sharon Gaudin Computerworld - Facebook and several of its high-tech partners are rethinking how companies can handle big data with low-cost computing centers. Last April, Facebook executives announced that they had teamed with industry heavyweights, ...

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221259/Facebook_led_foundation_pushes_for_open_data_center_tech

By Damon Poeter Look out, Mark Zuckerberg—there's a new Facebook killer in town! Of course, the town is 2800 miles away from Silicon Valley and the social networking upstart hoping to topple you from your throne is only in beta. ...

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395364,00.asp

By Sarah Frier - Tue Oct 25 14:00:00 GMT 2011 Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook Inc., speaks during a news conference at the 11th World Knowledge Forum in Seoul. Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook Inc., speaks during a news conference at the 11th ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-25/facebook-co-founder-aims-to-bring-venture-capital-model-to-media.html

By DAVID BENOIT As part of an advertising and marketing campaign around its Chase Freedom credit card, the New York bank hosted a sweepstakes, ended Sunday, for users who "like" the card's page on social-networking site Facebook. ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204618704576645382340454052.html

By Richard Chirgwin • Get more from this author Facebook has come out of its corner swinging in response to the accusation that its “shadow profiles”, among other aspects of its services, break Ireland's privacy law. ...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/23/facebook_responds_to_shadow_profile/

Facebook's international headquarters is facing an audit this month for keeping users' deleted data. The company could face a $138000 (€100000) fine if it does not comply with Irish data protection laws. The audit was triggered by an Austrian law ...

http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/22/facebook-could-face-fines-for-retaining-delted-user-data/

Facebook, the world's biggest social network, is now building profiles of non-users who haven't even signed up, an international privacy watchdog charges. The sensational claim is made in a complaint filed in August by Ireland's Data Protection ...

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/21/facebook-building-shadow-profiles-non-members-experts-allege/

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on Thursday announced a partnership with Facebook designed to connect the jobless with companies that are hiring. The Social Jobs Partnership will aggregate a variety of existing, but often little-known, job-search services ...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/10/facebook-labor-department-job-seekers.html

By Emil Protalinski | October 19, 2011, 7:09pm PDT Summary: Facebook Messenger version 1.5 is out. BlackBerry is now supported, as is iOS 5. In short, Facebook now targets the top three smartphone platforms: Android, iPhone (iOS), and BlackBerry. ...

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-messenger-version-15-is-out-blackberry-ios-5-support/4757

By Bob Van Voris Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Ceglia, the New York man who claims a 2003 contract entitles him to half the holdings of Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg, lost his third legal team after allegedly telling them to violate a court order ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-18/facebook-ownership-claimant-ceglia-loses-third-legal-team.html

By Bob Van Voris Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Ceglia, the New York man who claims a 2003 contract entitles him to half the holdings of Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg, lost his third legal team after allegedly telling them to violate a court order ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-18/facebook-ownership-claimant-ceglia-loses-his-third-legal-team.html

By Mike Swift In a rare peek into Facebook's finances, Santa Clara County records show that the social networking giant spent at least $116 million buying business equipment like laptops, servers and furniture last year, an eye-popping spree that was ...

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_19124047

By Mike Swift Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is already a rock star in Silicon Valley. The next year will likely determine whether he becomes a rock star in the music industry as well. That industry, suffering from declining sales and revenue, ...

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_19107543?source=rss

But friends of Stodden needn't worry: Facebook apologized and reinstated her account Thursday. "This page was removed in error and has been restored," Facebook said in a statement to E! News. "We apologize for any inconvenience caused. ...

http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/facebook-apologizes-to-courtney-stodden-for-banning-her-account-20111410

The social networking site has reinstated the teen bride's Facebook privileges after months of sporadically denying her access and shutting down her fan page for so-called "inappropriate sexual conduct." And guess what? A rep for the online behemoth ...

http://www.eonline.com/news/facebook_flub_teen_bride_courtney/269278

By Danielle Kucera Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- EBay Inc., the world's largest Internet marketplace, unveiled tools designed to increase the use of its commerce and payment services on Facebook Inc., the biggest social network. The move will make it easier ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-12/ebay-s-magento-gsi-developers-to-build-facebook-features.html

The numbers in the filing show just how much instant damage Facebook did to Zynga's bottom line simply by forcing Zynga players over to the Facebook Credits payment system. Zynga is expected to share plans for Facebook's HTML5 mobile platform and will ...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-takes-some-vig-off-zynga-2011-10-12

Facebook denied its existence. Everyone else just wanted to know if it was real. It's the Facebook application for the iPad, which is finally out in the wild for everyone to prod, pinch and interact with. The app will likely benefit Apple and Facebook. ...

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/at-long-last-facebook-releases-an-ipad-app/

Paul Sakuma, AP Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the history of Facebook during the company's recent developer's conference in San Francisco. Paul Sakuma, AP Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the history of Facebook during the company's ...

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/story/2011-10-09/mark-smith-facebook-music-media-sharing/50714754/1

By now, you have all had a chance to experience the new Facebook features. I have to tell you, I have not seen so much controversy about any of the past Facebook changes as I have seen for these. These newest changes are quite dramatic, ...

http://www.pe.com/business/business-columns/ask-eydie-headlines/20111008-facebook-change-is-in-the-air--again.ece

AP An opera-loving, cage-fighter-in-training has attracted a cult following after stories and pictures were posted on Facebook of the muscular mystery man who is frequently spotted walking shirtless through Milwaukee. Tim Panicucci, 35, was so curious ...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-facebook-page-creates-virtual-superhero-in-wisconsin-20111007,0,1968552.story

By ROXANA HEGEMAN AP A Facebook user in Kansas has filed a federal lawsuit against the social networking giant, claiming it violated wiretap laws with a tracking cookie that records web browsing history after logging off of Facebook. ...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/kan-man-sues-facebook-privacy-issues-14684683