A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its decision ordering two former Harvard classmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to accept a multimillion dollar settlement over the company.

A global Tower of Babel or new forms of social organization on a planetary scale? There are now a quarter of a million sites that call themselves social networks - up from 850 in two years. Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and LinkedIn are the better known. But few seem to understand the difference between social media and social networks.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has refused to reconsider its decision ordering two former Harvard classmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to accept a multimillion-dollar settlement over the company.

Wily and practical: Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is lining up sturdy planks for his White House platform, using tried and true methods to build his "brand" in the eyes of an ever-distracted voting public.

President Obama sought to connect with younger voters Wednesday with a town hall meeting at the Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters of Facebook, the hugely popular social networking site.
A Facebook lawsuit at the heart of the Hollywood blockbuster "The Social Network" lives on.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance Friday night in Prineville, Ore., at a community party for the grand opening of his company's new data center.
A New York man who claims he struck a deal with Mark Zuckerberg in 2003 that entitles him to half of Facebook Inc. has included in a new court filing e-mails he said he exchanged with the Facebook founder.
A New York man who claims an ownership stake in Facebook is now seeking 50 percent of the site's value from founder Mark Zuckerberg.