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• In Pictures: 9 tech companies' earliest website designs

  From Apple and Amazon to Myspace and AOL, here are some of the earliest website designs for some of the tech industry's biggest companies.

• Anti-cyber-bullying tool creator inks deals with hardware giants

  ProtectaChild, an Australian company that has built software which helps parents protect their children from cyber-bullying and online predators, has signed agreements with hardware giants Acer and Lenovo to help build sales of the tool.

• CES scorecard: the biggest misses of CES 2012

  The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas gets under way this weekend with big announcements from gadget makers keen to wow and convince us they have the next big thing. But it's worth remembering that some of the promises and predictions made at CES are about as solid as many New Year's resolutions.

• User satisfaction study: Facebook vulnerable to Google+

  User satisfaction with Facebook is low enough that the social networking site risks losing significant market share to Google+, according to a new study.

• Social networking self-regulation isn't working says EU

  Only two social networking sites make minors' profiles private by default, according to a test of 14 such sites conducted for the European Commission.

• Myspace redesigns site, launches new features

  Myspace has launched a new version of its site that includes a whole host of new entertainment-focused features in a bid to turn around dwindling visitor numbers, and at the same time make visitors stay longer.

• 10 reasons why revamped Myspace will fail

  Remember MySpace? Me neither.

• MySpace loses 49% of visitors in 12 months

  MySpace has only half as many visitors as it had last year, says ComScore.

• MySpace's new privacy pitch: Too little, too late

  MySpace is using Facebook's privacy fiasco for a little free publicity, announcing a one-click privacy feature that seems more like an attention grab than an actual play for Facebook users.

• Facebook crushing MySpace, new stats show

  First they came for Bebo and now it looks as if even larger rival MySpace is losing the battle against the social networking steamroller that is Facebook.

• MySpace extends social network to Microsoft Outlook

  Now under new management, MySpace is looking to reinvent itself and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes. The once dominant social networking site fell from nearly 70 percent of the social networking market, to only 30 percent in less than a year, and was plummeting on the verge of extinction.

• Outlook harnesses social networking

  Microsoft is transforming Outlook from an e-mail client, or messaging platform, to a social networking hub with the addition of social connectors. The integration of social networking is a huge benefit for Outlook users, and may even help drive adoption of Outlook as others look for a tool to help sift through the social network noise.

• Google starts serving up MySpace status updates

  Google has started incorporating into its search results status updates that MySpace users have posted publicly.

• Facebook blocks 'Web 2.0 Suicide Machine'

  Operators of Web site dedicated to those who seek social-media death with dignity say that Facebook is taking a more Hippocratic approach to the idea of killing one's online identities with a few keystrokes. They say the social-networking giant has killed off their access to Facebook.

• MySpace accepting submissions for app contest

  MySpace has opened the submission period for its Developer Challenge, a contest in which the company will award US$50,000 in prizes for new applications and for innovative uses of the social networking site's application programming interfaces.