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LinkedIn Corp, the social site for business professionals, is hoping to cash in with investors eager to gobble up shares in social networking companies such as Facebook, with a public debut valuing the company at more than $3 billion.

LinkedIn Corp said it would offer 7.84 million shares in its initial public offering, which could value the company at over $3 billion at the high end of its offering price range.

Apple is the number one brand in the world according to a report; Facebook is in the top 100 for the first time.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has blamed his former friend Bill Gates for a $40-billion loss that he said he incurred by not investing in AOL.

Sony said on Saturday it had removed from the Internet the names and partial addresses of 2,500 sweepstakes contestants that had been stolen by hackers from about 100 million user accounts of its PlayStation Network and PC-based online gaming services, said in a statement details posted on the inactive website also included three unconfirmed e-mail addresses.

Analysts say Apple's love of consistency could play a factor into the company switching from Intel to ARM based chips for its PCs and laptops.

A student at the University of Dundee has taken the concept of social media quite literally. He has design a park bench where people can be social all the while be voluntarily and involuntarily connected to media by way of a bench that tweets.

Apple may join the ranks of RIM and some other competitors as it mulls offering software upgrades over the air, doing away with the requirement of needing a PC to enjoy the latest improvements.

The State of California is looking to implement a Do Not Track law, which could influence the national legislation.

Software maker Novell Inc can proceed with a long-running antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp after an appeals court reversed a lower court's summary judgment in favor of Microsoft.

The company says the only reason it may have brought a product late to the market was because of quality.

Research In Motion will use Microsoft's Bing search engine and maps as default options on its new BlackBerry devices, a victory for the software giant as it eyes the booming mobile phone market.

Apple announced an overhaul to the iMac with new features and a new processor.

Massive data breaches and revelations of your devices keeping track of your every move could only be the beginning of the end of your privacy.

Microsoft Corp shares fell as much as 5 percent on Friday, a day after the software company reported a dip in its Windows operating system sales.

Microsoft Corp shares fell their most in almost two years on Friday, a day after the software company reported a dip in its Windows operating system sales.

Both Microsoft and Research In Motion took stock hits on Friday after bad news about their flagship products.

Stocks rose on Friday on strength from Caterpillar and other industrials, lifting the Dow and Nasdaq to their best monthly performance since December.

U.S. stocks got a lift on Friday from Caterpillar and other U.S. industrials' shares, putting the Dow in line for its best monthly performance since December.

A strong showing by Caterpillar and other U.S. industrials' shares led the market higher on Friday, putting the Dow on track for its best month since December.

U.S. stocks advanced in early trade on Friday, following stronger-than-expected earnings from major companies including Caterpillar and Merck.