Betting the Farm: FarmVille Soars in Popularity
FarmVille is the online social networking game that being played by a whopping 80 million people each month on Facebook.
What's more, the majority of the game's players are 40-something women. That flies in the face of convention, which says so-called 'gamers' tend to be younger men. In fact, since its launch in June, FarmVille has turned those norms on its ear.
 
FarmVille - Facebook - Social network service - Game - Video game Woman Lifts Other Woman's Pix for Dating Sites
Denver woman's photos taken, used to impersonate her on dating sites.
Facebook - Online dating service - Relationships - Dating - Social network WATCH: Phone Calls Through Google
Google introduces Google Voice, a service that can place a call through a Gmail account.
Google - Google Voice - Search - Search Engines - Gmail Hurd's Oracle gig: Is Ellison perk or problem?
(AP)
 AP - As co-president at Oracle Corp., ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd will have to adapt to a new role playing second fiddle to one of Silicon Valley's most domineering bosses — Larry Ellison.
Google plans research base in France
(AFP)
 AFP - Google will open a research and development centre in France aiming to lure young French IT engineers as part of a major investment programme, the Internet giant said.
Adobe Responds to Apple's New Rules
(Mashable)
Mashable - Yesterday, seemingly out of the blue, Apple issued a statement saying it will ease up restrictions for development tools used to create iOS party apps. Now, Adobe has reacted with a statement of its own, calling Apple's decision "great news for developers".
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