Back when Facebook first released the “live feed” a few months ago, many users noticed that the feed was not really in real-time. Previously, FriendFeed was the only service that could display real-time feed display. However now that Facebook acquired FriendFeed, they’ve also figured out how to actually make the feed real-time. While they may not be using the FriendFeed technology for this, it’s a great upgrade.

One of our readers, Shaun McLane, noticed that the feed was now real-time and sent us a video of the update. We also went ahead and published a screencast below of the feed…

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It’s time again for our weekly recap of the latest Facebook news stories! While Facebook didn’t acquire any companies, or surpass any significant milestones this week, there was still plenty of news for the fast growing social platform. We also have the second volume of the This Week In Facebook video series being produced by my sister. The video is jam packed with YoVillians, burglars, and a game of Risk so check it out!

Protests In YoVille
This week was a volatile one for the world of YoVille, as the much beloved widgets factory was transformed into a Sweets Factory.…

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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran voiced defiance on Saturday in the face of Western condemnation over a new nuclear fuel plant, with a senior official saying the facility would soon be operational and make the “enemies blind.”U.S. President Barack Obama demanded on Friday that Iran come clean about its nuclear program or risk “sanctions that bite” after the disclosure of the new uranium enrichment plant under construction southwest of Tehran.On Saturday, Obama said the discovery of the facility showed a “disturbing pattern” of evasion by Tehran which added urgency to its planned talks with world powers in Geneva on Thursday.The West…

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Friendster has been slowly losing grip of their social network dominance to Facebook who, like a game of risk, has been steadily increasing its reach in countries around the globe. Bernard Leong recently posted about the growth of Facebook in Southeast Asia and while the most recent world map of social networks shows Facebook running into some trouble in Asia, some numbers are beginning to suggest that they are at least gaining some ground.

So what numbers are these based on? The latest numbers, as presented by Bernard Leong, are based on Alexa ratings which appear to be somewhat wrong…

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Xbox repair is now as easy as ABC. I bet nearly everyone who is agog into this kind of gaming gadget will certainly nod in approval. The advent of modern technology has also revolutionized xbox repair. This is now an easy thing to deal with especially with the fact that many service shops for this kind of gaming gadget are readily available to do the task.
Yes, you can choose to fix your gadget yourself as down loadable do-it-yourself guide in simply a click away. In this highly advanced society, you need not have to go to service shops just…

With six million dollars already invested, this commercial property company was being more than reasonable. Their SAP implementation had stalled in the blueprint phase due to a business requirement specific to their industry.
SAP was called in to review the design. They recommended a change that had the support of several key team members. But the system integrator was unwilling to embrace the proposed change. They were following a static work plan and the change would have required significant rework.
The problem with predefined implementation plans is that they are inherently inflexible, and they tend to keep users at a…

The University of British Columbia team said the finding emphasised the need to screen cancer patients carefully for signs of psychological distress. The study, a review of 26 separate studies including 9,417 patients, features in the journal Cancer. It found death rates were up to 25% higher in paThe studies looked at by the British Columbia team focused on a range of survival times, from one year to 10 years. The researchers could find no firm evidence to show that depression impacted on the progression of disease – although the number of studies which specifically looked at this was very…

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SINGAPORE — Asian stock markets were broadly lower on Monday with exporter shares dragged down in Tokyo by a stronger yen. Overall sentiment was cautious with base metals and crude oil prices dropping and investors buying the safe-haven U.S. dollar. “Market timing is essential for investors still concerned about a correction in growth trends, which would lead to an adjustment in pricing of risk,” said analysts at UBS. Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 2.5%, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 down 1.2% and South Korea’s Kospi Composite was off 0.8%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was down 0.9% while China’s Shanghai Composite index…

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