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ESPN, the cable powerhouse that calls itself "Worldwide Leader in Sports," is looking to extend its domain in virtual worlds by merging video game graphics with real-life sports anchors.

By CLIVE THOMPSON
Published: September 5, 2008
When I spoke to him, Zuckerberg argued that News Feed is central to Facebook’s success. “Facebook has always tried to push the envelope,” he said. “And at times that means stretching people and getting them to be comfortable with things they aren’t yet comfortable with. A lot of this is just social norms catching up with what technology is capable of.”

WITH his sculpted abdominals proudly displayed on his Facebook profile, male model Adrian Maulana cuts a very different figure to the ex-generals and dynastic heirs who dominate Indonesian politics.

A TEENAGER is believed to be the mother of a baby girl whose body was found at a Cambridgeshire waste plant.

A federal judge handed a partial victory Thursday to prosecutors seeking to put a St.

Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of ...

"I live above a Greek family and next to an Egyptian family. I'm more qualified than Sarah Palin". The message posted by Griffin Du Bois on Facebook, the social networking site, is just one of thousands from ...

British Police are scouring Facebook for clues in the case of a dead baby dumped at a recycling plant, the Sun reported.

The African National Congress has no problem with its president Jacob Zuma popping up on social networking website Facebook in groups for and against him becoming president of the country.

Somewhere, an artistic youngster is dreaming of growing up to be a "content producer." In the terminology brought on by the Internet, few words have been repeated more often than "content." It's a magically ...

Detectives are using social networking websites as part of efforts to trace the mother of baby whose body was found at a waste plant in Peterborough.

A federal judge in Los Angeles could decide Thursday whether to allow use of an untested legal theory to prosecute a woman accused of helping cyber-bully a St.

CNBC and LinkedIn are combining their business audiences through an alliance between the financial news channel and the professional social network, which highlights the growing advertising clout of specialist ...

Are you on Facebook? No? You're not? 'Cause you're too old? Now that's just silly.

Sony Ericsson has published the software developer kit for its coming-soon Xperia X1 that's free for developers to download.

MYFOXNY.COX/AP -- A Long Island teenager has been arrested after police were told that a school threat had been posted on her social networking page.

Facebook is the latest social networking Web site to display a special icon on its Web pages that allows users to report abuses.

A Green Township man faces a judge accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl.

Online social networking is huge and growing strongly, but what happens when all those virtual friends hit the road? Increasingly, they will be able to keep in touch via mobile versions of their favorite social ...

My Facebook page called me fat.

Maybe it's my age, my sex or the fact that it knew I was engaged, but the site decided I was a gal who needed to drop a few pounds. And it wasn't shy about its tactics.

This was not a close friend taking me aside, telling me in gentle tones that she'd noticed I'd put on some weight and was there anything going on in my personal life that I needed to talk about?

Oh, no. Every time I logged in to my home page, Facebook's ads screamed at me with all the subtlety of a drill sergeant: "MUFFIN TOP." This particular ad had a picture of someone with said affliction. For those blissfully unacquainted with the slur, it's when a woman wears too-tight jeans and a roll of flab hangs over her waistband.