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Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.

That means anyone with the right amount of cash will be able to own part of a Silicon Valley icon that quickly transformed from dorm-room startup to cultural touchstone.

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Google's latest attempt to compete with Facebook is its new social network called Google Plus. The launch party was by invitation-only but some how Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg got in.

Now more than 40,000 follow Zuckerberg, making him the most-followed person on Google Plus.

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to appear on Oprah Friday to announce a gift of $100 million for the public schools in Newark, New Jersey.

This announcement coincides with the release of "The Social Network," a blockbuster movie that paints a less than complimentary picture of Zuckerberg as he worked to create Facebook.

The Facebook CEO wrote a long explanation of some recent modifications to the site. But what is he really saying? Here are CNET's not-entirely-serious translations.