A RECORD 571m shares traded in Facebook’s IPO, but the market debut was more buzz than pop and the stock closed just US23c higher.

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Facebook shares set trading record

MORE than 100 million shares were traded in the first four minutes of Facebook’s debut on the US Nasdaq market.

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Facebook updates status to ‘trading’

FACEBOOK today faces its moment of truth as its initial $US38 ($38.62) share price is tested against investor expectations.

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Facebook tagged as a risky buy

FACEBOOK and other social media services are increasingly being targeted for human trafficking operations.

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Drug cartels target Facebook profiles

VICTORIA’S $500 million e-health system has been dumped and will be replaced with a patchwork approach.

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Victoria dumps e-health system

DELL has showcased new Alienware designer gaming laptops with keyboard back lighting that turns red when a player is eliminated.

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High-end gaming goes Ivy Bridge

NOKIA last night announced the arrival of two more Windows-based smartphones in Australia, the Lumia 900 and 610.

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Nokia releases more Lumia smartphones

Hewlett-Packard is poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs to help offset dwindling demand for personal computers.

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HP to axe up to 30,000 jobs

IT was “one little oops” that led Telstra to expose over 800,000 customer records on the web last December.

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Telstra breach was ‘one little oops’

Alcatel-Lucent will next week make its long-expected entry into the core router market – dominated almost entirely by Cisco and Juniper Networks – with a product based on its FP3 chipset announced last June. The company is holding a two day technology symposium in Santa Clara at which it says it will unveil “a major breakthrough innovation in core networking.” Commenting on the move Nomura Research’s Stuart Jeffry, said: “Alcatel-Lucent has captured a 24 percent share of the edge router market over the past 10 years. If the company can launch a compelling solution and leverage its customer relationships then it may see faster share gains in the core routing market

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Alcatel-Lucent set to challenge Cisco and Juniper in the core