For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life
(AP)
 AP - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.
Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site
(AP)
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)
 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
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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
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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)
Mashable - How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling?
Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel
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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)
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
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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
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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.
Facebook looks to mobile devices for revenue: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Facebook, the social network giant, is set to begin showing advertisements to users on mobile devices before its $5 billion initial public offering, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
TiVo shares appear to be discounted: report
(Reuters)
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)
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)
Reuters - Welcome to the airport terminal of the future.
Celebs suit up for DirecTV Beach Bowl
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 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
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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.
CommVault says will go it alone, despite M&A buzz
(Reuters)
Reuters - CommVault Systems Inc has managed to skirt rampant consolidation in the fast-growing storage software market, and CEO Bob Hammer is planning to keep it that way.
Group seeks to save data on Megaupload servers
(Reuters)
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.
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Facebook challenge: Cashing in on mobile devices
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E-commerce companies see business growth in smaller cities
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ET Wealth: How Pennyful.in is profiting from online shopping and cashback offers
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Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
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Mark Zuckerberg's still the Facebook boss
Since the moment he dropped out of Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg has stayed remarkably focused on two things: Facebook, and being the boss of Facebook.
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Facebook IPO boosts growth of Chinese social networking sites
Facebook's planned IPO will give impetus to China's social networking sites and boost their development, industry leaders here saidFacebook IPO boosts growth of Chinese social networking sites
EU regulators want Google to halt new privacy policy
The move by the EU regulators comes days after the European Commission set out legislative plans to overhaul its 17-year-old data protection rules.EU regulators want Google to halt new privacy policy
Google unveils plans for country-specific content filtering on its blogger
Internet major Google has unveiled plans to make content on its blogger platform selectively available, depending on the local rules of each countryGoogle unveils plans for country-specific content filtering on its blogger
Facebook users in India have doubled in last one year
Social networking site Facebook finds India a major growth market, where the number of users have more than doubled in the past one yearFacebook users in India have doubled in last one year
Google loses appeal in Taiwan over app refund
Taiwan said on Friday it had rejected an appeal by Google against a fine imposed on the US Internet giant.Google loses appeal in Taiwan over app refund
A sobering look at the Facebook IPO
 It's the year's hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients.A sobering look at the Facebook IPO
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