Technology Report: Facebook expands ad business to Zynga's website

	Click to View in Browser 06/22/2012 Facebook expands ad business to Zynga's website SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has begun showing ads on Zynga Inc's website, the first time the company has distributed ads beyond the borders of its own website and raising the possibility that Facebook could eventually launch an online advertising network. Lawsuit over HP ex-CEO Hurd payout dismissed WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A shareholder lawsuit seeking to hold the board of Hewlett Packard Co responsible for approving Mark Hurd's $40 million severance after he abruptly quit as chief executive was dismissed by a Delaware court. Analysis: Search for rare earth substitutes gathers pace (Reuters) - The hunt for substitutes for rare earth minerals is gaining momentum as auto makers, lighting companies and clean tech developers seek to reduce their reliance on thin and unreliable supplies of the raw material. At the Salo end of Nokia's deep crisis SALO, Finland (Reuters) - Nokia workers in Salo thought chief executive Stephen Elop signaled that their plant, Europe's last major mobile phone factory, would survive when he visited in February, but last week he announced its closure anyway. Schilling says game firm collapse cost him $50 million BOSTON (Reuters) - Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, owner of bankrupt 38 Studios, said on Friday that the rapid collapse of the videogame development company had cost him $50 million of his own fortune. Microsoft may be making own phone: analyst SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is looking at making its own smartphone to kickstart sales of its Windows mobile software, according to a Wall Street analyst who has followed the company for many years. Taiwan chip designer Mediatek offers to buy rival Mstar TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwanese chip designer Mediatek offered to buy rival Mstar Semiconductor to boost their competitiveness in the fast-growing market for chips that power mobile devices and new gadgets like smart TVs. Samsung probes burnt out Galaxy phone in Ireland SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said it was investigating reports that one of its flagship Galaxy S III smartphones exploded in a user's car in Ireland. Sony to invest $997 million to boost output of CMOS sensors TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday it would spend 80 billion yen ($997 million) to boost production of image sensors as part of its strategy to boost income from digital imaging. Twitter double outage blamed on bug SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A double outage rocked Twitter on Thursday, as users worldwide reported significant down-time and slow service across the website and mobile applications of the microblogging platform. Related Video Napolitano: Technology backed by intelligence is best weapon agains threats Black Caviar suited up for Royal Ascot success Mediafile Paul Smalera The platform problem in social media Sinead Carew Swipp looks to quantify your comments A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend