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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research said on Wednesday the growth opportunity for its Office software division is better than it was seven years ago, because the company is positioned to expand into new business areas.

MySpace has refused to act on demands from eight US states that it hand over user data which they say will help catch predatory paedophiles.

Analysis The world just got a little scarier for social network providers. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just determined that Roommates.com - a networking site for people looking for, well, roommates - did not deserve immunity under Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act for information that users of the site provide on questionnaires during registration.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Video-sharing Web site YouTube has agreed to block four clips Thailand says insulted its revered king, the latest twist in a spat that has stirred fierce debate about freedom of expression on the Internet.

LAS VEGAS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - MySpace, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., has reached a preliminary deal to acquire Photobucket, the world's top photo-sharing site, for around $250 million in cash, a source familiar with the deal said on Monday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. said on Thursday it will launch a video-sharing site in Japan on Friday, marking the electronics and entertainment firm's first step towards challenging Google Inc.'s YouTube service.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp.'s MySpace social network plans to test a service on Thursday that scours the Web for news stories and lets users rate them, aiming to attract more advertisers to the Rupert Murdoch-controlled company.

It seems likely that Thursday marked the largest proliferation of email virus attacks in more than a year, according to security company Postini.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook, which has enjoyed explosive growth relative to rival social networking sites since a membership crisis six months ago, is set to unveil new features on Wednesday that mark its progress from a dating site for college kids into a mainstream network tool.

SHANGHAI, April 10 (Reuters) - Yahoo China on Tuesday launched a new blogging and networking service, in a move aimed at diversifying its revenue streams as it steps up expansion in the world's second-largest Web market by subscriber numbers. The Yahoo Space (i.yahoo.com.cn and club.yahoo.com.cn) service includes blogging, photo gallery, online networking and other interactive functions for Yahoo users, Yahoo China said in a statement in response to a Reuters enquiry.