
Things haven't exactly gone swimmingly for Yahoo, with the recent unceremonious departure of CEO Scott Thompson just the latest string of nasty news. But the beleaguered Internet company hopes consumers will focus on new product offerings rather than the machinations in and around the executive suite. On Wednesday night Yahoo unveiled Yahoo! Axis, a slick new mobile browser and desktop browser plug-in that lets you view visual search thumbnails of webpages, without leaving the page you're on.
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The fallout from Facebook Inc's messy initial public offering widened on Wednesday as shareholders sued the social network and its bankers while a trading firm revealed a massive loss on the shares and threatened to seek "remedies."
Now it's lawyers doing the fingerpointing in the Facebook blame game.
Facebook shares are down almost 20 percent only days after its initial public offering and the company is facing increased pressure and scrutiny as a result.
Hewlett-Packard plans to cut 27,000 jobs as the growing popularity of smartphones, the iPad and other mobile devices makes it tougher for the company to sell personal computers.
The selloff in Facebook shares deepened on Tuesday, as investors continued to question the stock's valuation after Reuters reported that underwriters cut their revenue forecasts for the company before the IPO.

A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.
Facebook's stock is tumbling well below its $38 IPO price in the social network's second day of trading as a public company on Monday.
Microsoft is taking a shot at social networking.


A day after the historic Facebook IPO, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status Saturday to "married."
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has updated his status to "married."
Samsung's new Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 tablet isn't meant to take on the iPad head-on. Instead, it offers a more portable, more affordable alternative to the Apple juggernaut.
It was barely a "like" and definitely not a "love" from Facebook investors as the online social network's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut Friday.