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For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life (AP)

2 hours 9 min ago

AP - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.


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Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site (AP)

4 hours 3 min ago
AP - A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it.
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The sweetest mobile apps available for Valentine’s Day (Appolicious)

4 hours 22 min ago
Appolicious - Many of us carry on love affairs with our smartphones and tablet devices, and it is now also possible to find and nurture love with mobile applications. Whether you are looking to find a mate with similar interests in your vicinity, are in the early stages of courtship, or want to spoil your partner with flowers and chocolate this Valentine’s Day, we have some recommendations that will warm your heart.
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Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)

13 hours 18 min ago

AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.


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Micron CEO dies in plane crash, industry stunned (Reuters)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:58pm

Reuters - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.


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HP awards new CEO Whitman with $16.5M pay package (AP)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:30pm
AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. ushered in Meg Whitman as its CEO with a $16.5 million compensation package that hinges on the one-time politician's ability to lift the stumbling technology company's stock price during the next two years.
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Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:28pm
AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.
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Micron CEO dies in plane crash, industry stunned (Reuters)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:27pm

Reuters - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.


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Are Apple, Google and Facebook Natural Monopolies? (ContributorNetwork)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:22pm
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | They may not be the power company, but you won't find too many threats to their dominance. All three are not only at the top of their game, they have few, if any, competitors. And the law helps keep newbies out of the market.
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Facebook Timeline feature unpopular, especially among Baby Boomers (Yahoo! News)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:15pm
Yahoo! News - The new mandatory Facebook Timeline is a surprisingly controversial feature. You either love it, or you hate it. And according to a new poll, it appears that almost all of you hate it. Overall, only 20% of those surveyed said they liked …
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Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights (Yahoo! News)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:08pm
Yahoo! News - While many sports fans are preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl by organizing parties and shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating NFL copyrights. …
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Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 4:04pm

AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.


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Star Wars, Ferris Bueller drive Super Bowl ad buzz (Reuters)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 3:30pm
Reuters - The Super Bowl is still two days away but some advertisers already are looking like winners as their yet-to-be-aired commercials score millions of hits online and rack up pre-game buzz.
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Facebook's high tax rate likely to drop (Reuters)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 3:28pm
Reuters - Facebook, the social network giant on the verge of a huge initial public stock offering, pays an unusually high tax rate, but that is likely to change soon, analysts said.
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Cuban blogger says government bars trip to Brazil (Reuters)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 3:27pm
Reuters - The Cuban government has denied a request by dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez to travel to Brazil, her 19th failed effort to obtain a permit to leave the country, she said on Friday.
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Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way ... In Japan (ContributorNetwork)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 2:28pm
ContributorNetwork - States-side fans of video game consoles, from the first Nintendo Entertainment System to its modern successor the Wii, know what it's like for a game that looks awesome to only come out in Japan.
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Android lead smartphone platform in 2011, will be used by government (Appolicious)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 2:12pm
Appolicious - Android got some good news this week. Firstly, numbers released by comScore suggest the platform grew in the fourth quarter of 2011 in the U.S. Secondly, the U.S. government has decided to use Android devices as secure phones.
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The Super Bowl: The most DVR’d, and DVR-proof, broadcast on TV (The Cutline)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 2:00pm
The Cutline - More than 111 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots on Sunday—roughly a third of the U.S. population and the largest television audience in television history. And virtually all of those viewers will be watching it live. "Live sports is the most DVR-proof programming [...]
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How to keep Angry Birds downloads flowing? Add KISS (Appolicious)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 1:35pm
Appolicious - Rovio Mobile has done a pretty impressive job of leveraging the runaway success of the game Angry Birds into a huge multimedia brand. But like Beanie Babies, Furbies and Tamagatchis before it, one figures that eventually, Angry Birds will lose steam and disappear into the annals of toy history.
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Anonymous hack an anti-hacking FBI call; takes down the Boston PD (Yahoo! News)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:21pm
Yahoo! News - Whether you agree with the tactics of hacker group Anonymous or not, you have to admit they have a good sense of irony. Earlier today, the group hacked an FBI conference call about ... the threat posed by Anonymous. News of the hack …
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