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Facebook's biggest winners look to rich payday

Facebook's biggest winners look to rich payday

Here are the individuals and firms that stand to make a small fortune once Facebook goes public.
Photos: Meet Facebook's big winners
Zuckerberg on Facebook's 'social mission'
Plea to Zuckerberg: Be gentle, be wise
Complete coverage: Facebook's big move

February 2, 2012 5:57 AM PST

Facebook's days of hypergrowth may be over

Facebook's days of hypergrowth may be over

There's not much left for Facebook to conquer from the perspective of user engagement. But as a business, Facebook still has bright days ahead.
Does Facebook have a mobile problem?
Facebook files to go public at $5B
Charts: IPO filing tracks growth, features
Facebook's IPO: Do not buy

February 2, 2012 4:00 AM PST

How Republican opposition derailed SOPA

How Republican opposition derailed SOPA

SOPA and Protect IP Act have finally splintered a Democrat-Republican alliance in favor of expanding copyright law that's been in place since the 1990s.
Complete SOPA coverage

February 1, 2012 10:55 AM PST

Top Technology News

  1. Pentax poised to reveal high-end, compact K-01 camera

    The compact camera has a mirrorless design that can use Pentax's K mount SLR lenses, according to retailer B&H.; It also has a relatively large sensor.

  2. iPhone 4S pushes Apple into No. 3 spot for global phone sales

    Triple-digit sales growth in the fourth quarter propels the company up two spots in market share.

  3. Mac OS X 10.7.3 supports new crop of compact cameras

    The Lion update supports raw images from eleven cameras--of which six are compact interchangeable-lens models from Olympus, Nikon, and Sony.

  4. NASA spacecraft releases first video of moon's far side

    Equipped with a video camera, one of NASA's twin lunar spacecrafts reveals a rare glimpse of the far side of the moon.

  5. Nobody wanted MegaUpload busted more than MPAA

    All the recent talk that the FBI cracked down on MegaUpload after being pressured by the music industry is just wrong. Nobody was doing more to prompt the federal government to act in the MegaUpload case than the film sector.

  1. Feds: We obtained MegaUpload conversations with search warrant

    How did the feds acquire all those MegaUpload conversations? There are hints that the FBI managed to place government-issued spyware on the defendants' computers.

  2. Petition tells Apple: We want an 'ethical' iPhone 5

    A watchdog group is calling on Apple to demand improvements from its suppliers ahead of releasing its next iPhone. The group says it's already brought in 35,000 signatures.

  3. AT&T gives heavy data users a not-so-subtle hint to ditch the unlimited plan

    AT&T's new 3GB data offer, coupled with its policy to throttle heavy data users on its unlimited data plan, may be a subtle hint to those using too much data to migrate to a tiered offer.

  4. Futuristic Navy railgun with 220-mile range closer to reality

    A $10 million contract with Raytheon for the Pulse Forming Network means that the newfangled weapon system, which uses electromagnetic energy instead of explosives to fire, is one step closer to deployment.

  5. Is Verizon readying a family data plan?

    Carrier may soon allow multiple devices to share a single data plan, according to a blog post by Engadget.

  1. SOPA copyright bill draws fire

    roundup The Stop Online Piracy Act is intended to target "rogue" Web sites, but critics say it'll knock the stuffing out of legitimate sites as well.

  2. Your complete guide to the Kindle Fire

    With your Kindle Fire in hand, check out our best tips and tricks for making the most of your new tablet.

  3. Petition tells Apple: We want an 'ethical' iPhone 5

    A watchdog group is calling on Apple to demand improvements from its suppliers ahead of releasing its next iPhone. The group says it's already brought in 35,000 signatures.

  4. 'Lord of the Rings' Lego characters visualized

    Lego unveils official "Lord of the Rings" Lego figures, and the brick maker has done an outstanding job re-creating the characters' iconic appearances.

  5. 'Breaking Bad' goes 8-bit

    College Humor has produced a fantastic faux role-playing game version of the twisted AMC meth cooker hit. Too bad it's not the real thing. But beware: Spoilers lie within.

  1. Petition tells Apple: We want an 'ethical' iPhone 5

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    A watchdog group is calling on Apple to demand improvements from its suppliers ahead of releasing its next iPhone. The group says it's already brought in 35,000 signatures.

  2. Trump to Apple: Make it here

    133 comments

    Donald Trump's message to Apple's CEO is: make it the U.S. In this case, that sentiment is not that different from President Obama's.

  3. Windows XP still hanging on as dominant OS

    114 comments

    It's gradually been losing ground, but Microsoft's 10-year-old operating system is still the most popular version of Windows with a 47 percent share of the market.

  4. AT&T; gives heavy data users a not-so-subtle hint to ditch the unlimited plan

    90 comments

    AT&T;'s new 3GB data offer, coupled with its policy to throttle heavy data users on its unlimited data plan, may be a subtle hint to those using too much data to migrate to a tiered offer.

  5. MegaUpload data could be erased Thursday, says report

    79 comments

    With MegaUpload's assets frozen--and no way for it to pay the storage firms it used--and with the feds unable to further access servers now that search warrants have been executed, data could begin getting wiped, says the Associated Press.

  1. Photos show quad-core iPad 3 processor, Wi-Fi and global LTE options

    A source claiming to be in possession of an iPad 3 prototype provided BGR with images containing details about Apple?s highly anticipated third-generation tablet. From the data in the photos, which contain the output from an iPad 3 using a deve

    from BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech

  2. Sony Veteran Lands Top Spot

    Sony tapped PlayStation veteran Kazuo Hirai as president and CEO, in a move expected to accelerate alignment of its consumer electronics with content and services.

    from The Wall Street Journal.

  3. Facebook Sets Historic IPO

    Facebook filed for an initial public offering Wednesday that could value the social network between $75 billion and $100 billion, putting the company on track for one of the biggest U.S. stock-market debuts of all time.

    from The Wall Street Journal.

  4. Adviser Is Another Facebook Winner

    Facebook executives stand to collect massive windfalls in the social-networking site's upcoming IPO. Another big winner: their wealth manager.

    from The Wall Street Journal.

  5. Review: Spigen SGP GLAS.t for iPhone 4/4S

    GLAS.t is a single sheet of 0.4mm-thick tempered glass. It?s completely flat, with the only openings being those for the iPhone?s front speaker and Home button. The installation process is about as straightforward as it gets: once the scr

    from iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iPad and Beyond

  1. Facebook's big winners (photos)
  2. Facebook's IPO filing tracks growth, features (charts)
  3. Novel cooling method for hot milk in India (photos)
  4. Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
  5. A visit to the Macworld 2012 floor (photos)
  6. Motorola Droid Razr Maxx for Verizon (photos)
  7. Carmakers take fuel tech out for a spin (photos)
  8. A solar storm reaches Earth (images)

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