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Going once, going twice…Mark Zuckerberg’s first website at Harvard up for auction In a bid to cash in on the publicity generated by The Social Network — the hit movie about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and the creation of the world’s most popular social networking site — the first (and controversial) website Zuckerberg started at Harvard is up for sale. FaceMash.com is being listed on Flippa.com, an online auction site for web properties, both existing sites and registered domains

The Social Network hit the theaters today. Share your Facebook moment and win a web hosting package. The Social Network movie trailer is riveting , viewed more than 1 million times on YouTube

Elgan: Why do tech CEOs have to be nice? Mark Zuckerberg’s charm offensive has begun. The Facebook CEO “showed off a softer side” to Oprah Winfrey and announced a donation of $100 million to New Jersey public schools.

Greenpeace’s “So Coal Network” YouTube video pokes fun at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The ongoing feud between Facebook and Greenpeace escalated this week with the release of a two-minute animated video criticizing Facebook’s use of coal to power its Prineville, Oregon data center. Timed to coincide with the release of The Social Network, the Hollywood movie about the founding of Facebook set to release in October, the Greenpeace video bears the clumsily clever title “The So Coal Network,” pokes fun at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s career and ends with a plea for him to “unfriend” coal.

Greenpeace’s “So Coal Network” YouTube video pokes fun at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The ongoing feud between Facebook and Greenpeace escalated this week with the release of a two-minute animated video criticizing Facebook’s use of coal to power its Prineville, Oregon data center. Timed to coincide with the release of The Social Network, the Hollywood movie about the founding of Facebook set to release in October, the Greenpeace video bears the clumsily clever title “The So Coal Network,” pokes fun at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s career and ends with a plea for him to “unfriend” coal.

Google.com proposing settlement figure of $8.5m over Buzz lawsuit Monday, September 06, 2010, 10:01:40 AM Buzz, which registered all Gmail users into a social network based around their contacts, was widely criticised when it was first launched by Google in February. The reason for the criticism was because users had very little control over who could see their network of contacts. And because of this, some Gmail users took Google to court saying that the Buzz network violated personal privacy