A Microsoft Santa Claus bot created to talk to children took on a curriculum of its own this week when it began saying, “It’s fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else…,” Network World reported.

London - U.K.-based social network Bebo announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Microsoft to integrate the company's instant messaging service into its network in the fall. The deal is Microsoft's first for instant messaging with a social network, and will allow Bebo's 36 million users to display Windows Live Messenger, IM with friends from directly within Bebo, and import and export the contacts between the services.