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Sergey Brin sees threat from governments, Hollywood, Facebook

(NEWSER) - Internet freedom is under attack, says Google's co-founder. "It's scary," Sergey Brin tells the Guardian , saying he's "more worried" than ever about "very powerful forces that have lined up against the open Internet on all sides and around the world." Once, Brin doubted the Internet could be controlled. "I thought there was no way" for countries like China "to put the genie back in the bottle, but now it seems in certain areas the genie has been put back in the bottle," he says. More»

Mark Zuckerberg tops it, along with other tech execs

(NEWSER) - Vanity Fair put another feather in Mark Zuckerberg’s cap today, naming him to the top spot in its “ New Establishment ” list for the second year in a row. What’s the “New Establishment” you ask? Well, in the magazine’s words, it’s “an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigies, and entrepreneurs.” That clear things up? Didn’t think so. More»

Facebook founder tops Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch

(NEWSER) - Frighteningly enough, Mark Zuckerberg tops Vanity Fair 's list of this year's most influential people of the Information Age. The top 5 of its 100:

1. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook: His company is valued at around $25 billion, has more than 500 million members, runs 176 billion banner ads a month, and is looking at $2 billion in revenue this year.
2. Steve Jobs, Apple: He's already saved the music business, now he's looking to do the same for the publishing industry with the iPad. And sales of his market-dominating iPhone will likely top $20 billion this year.

From Facebook to Google, Silicon Valley frowns on flashy spending

(NEWSER) - Facebook's staff may be full of zillionaires, but don't expect Ferraris in the parking lot. Silicon Valley, where almost 14% of homes earn more than $200,000 per year, is deeply opposed to conspicuous consumption—hence Mark Zuckerberg's iconic hoodies and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's underground house. "The message here is, ‘Keep shipping product,'" an insider tells the New York Times . "If someone buys a fancy car and posts a picture of it, they get ridiculed and berated." More»

Google, Yandex lead the way, but Facebook will trounce them

(AP) - Facebook hopes to raise as much as $13.6 billion in an initial public offering of stock, probably in mid-May. It would be the largest IPO ever for an Internet company. Here are the top 10, according to Renaissance Capital, an IPO investment adviser:

1. Google: $1.67 billion, 2004
2. Yandex NV (Russian search engine), $1.3 billion, 2011
3. Infonet Services Corp (now part of BT Group PLC), $1.08 billion, 1999
4. Shanda Games, $1.04 billion, 2009
5. Zynga, $1 billion, 2011
6. Giant Interactive Group, $887 million, 2007
7. Renren, $743 million, 2011
8. Groupon, $700 million, 2011
9. Orbitz, $510 million, 2007
10. BarnesandNoble.com, $450 million, 1999