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Zynga, the online gaming company best known for its Farmville Facebook game, has received a US$150 million investment from Japanese Internet company Softbank.

Sony returned to profitability in the second quarter, helped by strong sales of key products, prompting it to raise its profit outlook for the full year on Thursday.

It seems only a matter of time before the Internet’s version of Clash of the Titans occurs between Google and Facebook. The latest development in this pending collision is a report that Google is negotiating with major game developers for the social media space as part of a move to launch a competitor to Facebook, which recently topped the 500 million mark in membership. Playdom, Electronic Arts, Playfish, and the Zynga Game Network are among the companies reported by the Wall Street Journal in talks with Google.

The launch of Dell’s Streak 5-inch tablet-phone is quickly turning into a fiasco, despite the company’s attempts to bring clarity to the matter.

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) this week launched a consortium for companies preparing 40/100G Ethernet products compliant with the IEEE 802.3ba standard.

One of the big strengths of the App Store is its ability to provide users with concise and simple information from the Web in a neat iOS package. The latest is from Quebec-based Atomic Software, which wants to help you repair your bike while on the road.

Apple has updated its browser Safari 5, turning on Safari Extensions and introducing the Safari Extensions Gallery

iPhoto ‘09 can extend its organizational powers well beyond your desktop into the realm of online albums. From within iPhoto, you can manage your Flickr, Facebook, and MobileMe albums with the same ease that you’ve enjoyed on your Mac.

The child-raising MyBaby simulation series has been a success for SouthPeak thus far, and the company is arguing that it should continue to reap the young franchise’s rewards, claiming it owns the rights to the next game in the series instead of Majesco.

Facebook is quietly testing a “delete account” option on a small percentage of users, according to a Slashdot post (and The Next Web confirms).