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SocialEyes, a new venture is using Facebook to get into the video chat game.

Daily-deals website Groupon chalked up an eye-popping twenty-fold surge in 2010 revenue and hopes to get to billions of dollars this year, the Wall Street Journal cited an internal memo from its CEO as saying.

Citing Connection and storage factors, Microsoft says that a small minority of phones were affected.

Google resumed its spat with Facebook over contacts list as in its recent Gingerbread update to its Nexus S phone; it has restricted Facebook users from syncing their Facebook friends list with contacts list stored in the phone.

Gadget maker Apple has released a developer preview of Mac OS X Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X -- Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

HP is clearly struggling with consumer PCs and analysts say that's because the industry is in transition.

Apple's ambitions to boost its cloud-computing prowess got a significant push as its $1-billion data center in North Carolina approaches its opening this spring.

The first update for Microsoft Windows Phone 7 has rendered certain phone models to become inoperable.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, MIND C.T.I., Oclaro, HSN, and DIRECTV. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Subaye, Garmin, Conexant Systems, Netflix, and OmniVision Technologies.

Microsoft hopes that the move will show that it is embracing, not shunning homebrew developers.

Software giant Microsoft said it plans to release a non-commercial Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK) this spring.

Dell is bringing cloud-based services to the health care sector.

Google is said to be overhauling its Chrome browser that could see the axing of its URL bar and support for multiple user profiles.

Apple Inc. is expected to release a new cheaper version of the iPhone during 2011 to deal with growing smartphone competition.

General Motors Co (GM.N) will launch a new system to stream online radio from Pandora in upcoming Chevrolets starting with the Volt and Equinox. The new partnership comes as the top U.S. automaker looks to make up for lost ground against Ford Motor Co (F.N) in the increasingly competitive market for digital entertainment systems in vehicles.

Brokerage Jefferies & Co. said losers at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) are HTC, Motorola Mobility Holdings, Nokia, Sierra Wireless, Novatel Wireless, PC original equipment manufacturers (OEM), and Sony Ericsson.

With upgrades to their respective search functionalities, Microsoft and Google are placing Facebook at the center of the search engine competition.

Abandoned by Nokia, Intel says its on the hunt for future partner for its Meego operating system.

Dell's new tablet include Gallo, Sterling, Opus One, Silver Oak, Peju and Rosemount. Meanwhile the smartphone line up is filled with Wrigley, Hancock and Millennium.

Microsoft said its release candidate (RC) of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) have hit 2 million downloads, just few days after its launch.

U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed 2012 Federal budget included proposals to improve the inefficiencies in government data centers. The budget outlines the adoption of cloud-computing and virtualization technologies to lower IT spending costs and increase agility.