Investors have been quick to pounce on Facebook's first day on the markets - but its slow start is probably good news for a web-based business. Just like Facebook, on its first day on the Nasdaq in August 2004, Google struggled to stay ahead of its listing price.

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In the wake of the IPO of social-networking giant Facebook , Microsoft has quietly launched So.cl, its own foray into social networking. Microsoft launches So.cl (Credit: Screenshot by Steven Musil/CNET) However, So.cl isn't designed to be a Facebook-challenger.

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Microsoft launches its own social service

Rather than 12 Angry Men , proceedings are starting to play out more like And Then There Were None in the Oracle versus Google case. That's because the jury lost another member on Friday morning, bringing the total count to five men and five women. The trial originally started with 12 people in April; five men and seven women

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Oracle v. Google loses another juror

Design problems with Nasdaq's technology interfered with Facebook's initial public offering (IPO), the stock exchange's chief executive has acknowledged. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Tests conducted ahead of Friday's highly anticipated offering failed to detect problems with order cancellation, Robert Greifeld told reporters in an interview reported by The Wall Street Journal

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Nasdaq admits Facebook IPO tech issues

Pakistan blocked the social-networking website Twitter over the weekend, because it refused to remove tweets considered to be anti-Islamic. The tweets were promoting a competition on Facebook to post images of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, said Mohammad Yaseen, chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Many Muslims regard depictions of the prophet, even favourable ones, as being blasphemous

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Pakistan blocks Twitter for prophet images

The differing missions of the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the FBI have led to a split over telecommunications intercept policies - which Americans call "wiretaps" - according to computer scientist Susan Landau .

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NSA, FBI split on comms intercepts

Gartner group vice president of Asia Pacific Warren Anderson is not only active in the IT industry in Australia, but also competes internationally in triathlons, so he needs to travel, and often. Here are his travel tips. Warren Anderson (Credit: Gartner) Gartner provides research and insights into the IT industry, delving into the nuts and bolts of business technology

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Travel Tech Q and A: Gartner's Warren Anderson

One of the most celebrated IPOs in history, which raised US$16 billion dollars, ended the day below where it started. At Facebook, it's back to business. After Zuckerberg rang the bell (Credit: James Martin/CNET) After an all-night 'hackathon' at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, Founder Mark Zuckerberg rang the ceremonial Nasdaq bell from his home turf and the trading started

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Facebook IPO goes off without a bang

The way in which IT departments have been approaching information security is flawed, according to Juniper Networks senior director and security architect Christopher Hoff, who said that security departments need to adopt automation to free up their time to think outside the box.

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Automation key for time-poor security boffins

What's an IPO and why is Facebook doing it? How's this year's AusCERT?

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Lightning round!