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Pinterest valued at more than $1bn

Popular social network valued at between $1bn and $1.5bn following a $100m round of funding

Move over, Facebook. Pinterest, the social site that lets people "pin" pictures and content to create collections of interest, has become the latest company to be valued at more than $1bn (£630m), following a $100m round of funding.

While estimates of the effective valuation implied by the investment vary between $1bn and $1.5bn, they highlight the fact that Pinterest has already discovered a business model in which it collects an "affiliate" payment on purchases

Facebook IPO: analysts warn investors away

As early investors decide to cash out, some consultants warn first-day bubble will burst once the cultural spectacle wears off

Analysts have warned small investors to steer clear of the $100bn Facebook sale after some of the social network's biggest shareholders ramped up the number of shares they intend to offload.

The size of Facebook's stock exchange listing ballooned by a quarter after Goldman Sachs and other backers decided to cash in on the demand for the shares by increasing the amount of stock th

The 10 best cop games

With Max Payne about to blast his way back onto the streets, here are our 10 favourite law enforcement simulations. Let's be careful out there ...

Using a VPN to protect your web use

Dave Null is looking for a good free VPN (virtual private network) to ensure his privacy while using open Wi-Fi hotspots

Lots of us surf using unsecured Wi-Fi networks, and where I live in the US, Starbucks doesn't require a pass code and the Wi-Fi is up 24/7 regardless of whether the shop is open. Are there any good free VPNs for privacy in such a situation? I'm using Cocoon with Firefox, but I don't have the means to compare it with alternatives.
Dave Null

A VPN, or virtual private network, creates a virtu

John Sculley: future of health is in the cloud

The Newton was two decades ahead of its time, says the former Apple chief executive – and the future of healthcare will be driven by cloud computing

John Sculley – the man who as Apple chief executive gave the world the Newton, which was the first glimpse of the "personal digital assistant" in the 1980s – can see a number of possibilities opening up before us.

A world without work for millions who want it? A world where we can diagnose strokes or heart attacks well before they happen? A world of machines talking to machines? All are possible, even likely, becaus