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For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life (AP) - Sat, 04 Feb 2012

This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, shows of worker inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed 'friend' from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.


Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site (AP) - Sat, 04 Feb 2012
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.

Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP) - Sat, 04 Feb 2012

A general view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Britain's for-most and largest police serviceFriday, Feb., 3, 2012. Hackers have intercepted a conference call between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Scotland Yard it has emerged . At the heart of the conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was a strategy aimed at bringing down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, which has launched a series of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)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.


Facebook Timeline feature unpopular, especially among Baby Boomers (Yahoo! News) - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
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 …

Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights (Yahoo! News) - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
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. …

NASA Launches Facebook Game to Test Space Program Knowledge (Mashable) - Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Mashable - How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling?

Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel (Reuters) - Sun, 05 Feb 2012
Reuters - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp.

Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP) - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
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.

Android Alternatives to Apple's Siri Personal Assistant (ContributorNetwork) - Sun, 05 Feb 2012
ContributorNetwork - When it was announced in October, one of the headline features of Apple's iPhone 4S was Siri, an "intelligent assistant" which answers spoken questions and takes orders given in natural English. It was less like Google's Voice Actions for Android, an app which understands a limited set of specific commands, and more like the computers on Star Trek.

Glitches plague free Evi app for Android (Appolicious) - Sun, 05 Feb 2012
Appolicious - The free Evi app for Android eluded me for days while I was testing it out. Every time I tried to search using the app, it told me all circuits were busy. But the super friendly voice assured me that they were working to correct the issue in the near future. In this day and age, a few days are a lifetime.

Are Apple, Google and Facebook Natural Monopolies? (ContributorNetwork) - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
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.

TiVo shares appear to be discounted: report (Reuters) - Sun, 05 Feb 2012
Reuters - TiVo Inc is trading at a compelling discount and could be a possible acquisition target by Microsoft or Google, Barron's financial newspaper reported on Sunday.

Canalys: Smartphones outship PCs for first time in 2011. Or did they? (Appolicious) - Sun, 05 Feb 2012
Appolicious - Take a break from Android-iPhone wars for a moment and focus on another battle smartphones vs. PCs.

Going mobile: Travel's eventual high-tech future (Reuters) - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Reuters - Welcome to the airport terminal of the future.

Celebs suit up for DirecTV Beach Bowl (AP) - Sat, 04 Feb 2012

Actor David Arquette arrives at DIRECTV's Sixth Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 at Victory Field in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Nekesa Moody)AP - Deion Sanders said he wasn't worried. Joe Montana went in with his game face on and Jordin Sparks just hoped sand did not end up in her eyes.


WillCall and other iPhone apps are changing the ticket game (Appolicious) - Sun, 05 Feb 2012
Appolicious - The other day, TechCrunch tipped us off to a hot new last-minute ticket-selling app called WillCall. The app currently lets users choose their purchases from a select list of concerts, but will soon expand to include tickets to plays and symphonies as well. WillCall is currently only available in San Francisco but will expand to Los Angeles and New York City in March.

TouchPal Keyboard Tablet tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious) - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Appolicious - The touchscreen keyboard gets an upgrade with TouchPal’s Keyboard for Android tablets. It lets you easily switch between swiping and tapping, as well as gestures to get the most out of your finger follies. This week also brought some big name updates to the Android Market, including special upgrades from McAfee Security and Mint’s personal finance app. Salesforce debuted its Rypple app this week, as did Eventbrite for managing events on-the-go.

Group seeks to save data on Megaupload servers (Reuters) - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Reuters - The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Thursday asked federal prosecutors and lawyers for the Megaupload.com file-sharing service to allow users who uploaded material to retrieve it as long as it was not copyrighted material.