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1. Facebook falls flat in public debut
   After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began.In its much-anticipated debut on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Facebook's stock closed on Friday New York time at US$38.23, up 23 cents. It had been priced...
2. Game review: Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition
   After a massively successful run on the PC, Notch's innovative indie game Minecraft has finally arrived on Xbox Live Arcade, and it's a surprisingly solid port - given the switch to controller. Minecraft is a sandbox title in...
3. Facebook users let secrets out
   What you post, comment on and say on Facebook reveals more about your self-esteem than you perhaps realise, psychologists say.In theory, the social networking website seems beneficial for people with low self-esteem, giving them...
4. Facebook stock up slightly in public debut
   Facebook is trading up eight per cent as investors seek to put a dollar value on the company that turned online social networking into a global cultural phenomenon.Earlier, the company's 28-year-old CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, smiled...
5. Game makers set to hit Auckland
   The booming local electronic gaming sector is hoping its first conference this weekend will prompt a new breed of Kiwi game developers to help keep the industry growing.Around 230 industry players are expected to attend
6. Tech Universe: Friday 18 May
   ARC LIGHTS: We all know that lasers go in straight lines. A team in France though has been able to bend laser beams by as much as 60 degrees. The beams themselves are only a few micrometres across. A spatial light modulator superimposes...
7. Facebook $16 billion float one of world's biggest
   Facebook's initial public offering of stock is shaping up to be one of the largest ever. The world's definitive online social network is raising at least $US16 billion, a big windfall for a company that began eight years ago with...
8. The singular vision of Peter Thiel
   In JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth fantasy, the Valar are deities who chose to enter the world they created, to give it order and shape its development. It's probably more coincidence than d
9. Best to shop around before TV switchover
   The digital television changeover is coming and for those who haven't got the gear they need, it pays to shop around, a study shows.Consumer magazine looked at the costs of buying and installing a UHF aerial or satellite dish and...
10. NHNZ in project to develop 3D TV
    Documentary maker NHNZ is working with a Korean company to develop cost effective software able to turn high definition television into 3D programmes.While the conversion of 2D to 3D television was possible, the results were not...
11. Facebook prices IPO at $38 per share
    Facebook has priced its initial public offering at $38 per share, which will see the company stand to reap a windfall US$18.4 billion.Facebook's stock is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market tomorrow under the ticker...
12. Lollipop Chainsaw: Sex, violence, zombies
    Warner Bros' upcoming Lollipop Chainsaw , developed by Grasshopper Manufacture, is a bit odd. The name kicks things off, but things don't get much less odd once you start actually playing the game.You play a cheerleader called...
13. Robot chip turns thoughts into actions
    Using only her thoughts, Massachusetts woman Cathy Hutchinson, who has been paralysed for 15 years, directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, researchers report in the latest advance in harnessing...
14. Quickflix backs new regulator
    The Commerce Commission's tools are too blunt to deal with the growing convergence between telecommunications companies and broadcasters, and an independent regulator would be a better option for the sector, according to ASX-listed...
15. Facebook co-founder to stay in Singapore
    Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin intends to stay in Singapore but has no plans to take up citizenship after giving up his US passport, his spokesman said.Saverin's recently disclosed decision to give up his US nationality last...
16. Google unveils smarter search engine
    Google began making its search engine smarter today, in a major upgrade that looks beyond query words to figure out what people are actually seeking online."
17. Tech Universe: Thursday 17 May
    HEALTH SUIT: Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people in Africa each year. But a couple of designers at Cornell University hope to reduce that number with their specially designed clothing. The hooded bodysuit is embedded at...
18. Facebook insiders cash up more shares
    Insiders and early Facebook investors are taking advantage of increasing investor demand and selling more of their stock in the company's initial public offering, the company said on Wednesday.Facebook said in a regulatory filing...
19. Rakon shares tumble 13pc as high dollar hits earnings
    Rakon shares tumbled 13 per cent after the manufacturer of crystal oscillators used in mobile phones and navigation systems said a high kiwi dollar and weaker demand from the telecommunications industry weighed on full-year earnings.Earnings...
20. Woman uses thoughts to control robotic arm
    A brain implant has allowed a paralysed American woman to take a sip of a coffee unaided for the first time in almost 15 years, by using her thoughts to control a robotic arm.The 58-year-old, who lost the ability to speak or move...