A US federal judge has today delayed ruling on whether to throw out a lawsuit filed against the founder of Facebook.com.

A US federal judge has delayed ruling on whether to throw out a lawsuit filed against the founder of Facebook.com, saying he needed more information about allegations that Mark Zuckerberg stole the ideas of the creators of a rival social networking website.

The owners of a rival social networking website are trying to shut down Facebook, claiming the founder stole their ideas while they were students at Harvard.