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02/04/2012 08:12 AM
For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life (AP)
AP - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.
02/04/2012 06:18 AM
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.
02/03/2012 09:04 PM
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.
02/03/2012 03:15 PM
Facebook Timeline feature unpopular, especially among Baby Boomers (Yahoo! News)
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 …
02/03/2012 03:08 PM
Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights (Yahoo! News)
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. …
01/31/2012 03:45 PM
NASA Launches Facebook Game to Test Space Program Knowledge (Mashable)
Mashable - How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling?
02/03/2012 03:28 PM
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.
02/03/2012 01:30 PM
Star Wars, Ferris Bueller drive Super Bowl ad buzz (Reuters)
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.
02/04/2012 01:11 PM
Celebs suit up for DirecTV Beach Bowl (AP)
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.
02/03/2012 12:28 PM
Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way ... In Japan (ContributorNetwork)
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.
Technology
02/04/2012 06:25 AM
20 Million Years Later, Russians Work To Drill Into Lake
Russian researchers in Antarctica are on the verge of piercing a hole through two miles of ice into an ancient lake, untouched by the light of day for some 20 million years. But it'll be a delicate process to break through without disturbing the pristine waters. Guest host David Green speaks with Antarctic researcher John Priscu about the process.
02/03/2012 12:00 PM
Facebook's IPO And The Average Investor
The social network filed to go public earlier this week and is hoping to raise $5 billion in a huge IPO. The markets are buzzing, but what might it mean for an individual investor? Melissa Block gets the story on how high profile IPOs work from Dennis Berman, Marketplace editor at The Wall Street Journal.
02/03/2012 09:47 AM
How Did That Ad Make You Feel? Ask A Computer
Rosalind Picard specializes in something called affective computing. She designs technology that can measure and communicate human emotion. Her work started with autistic children, and from there, she moved on to using computers to assess people's emotional connections to brands.
02/03/2012 10:00 AM
Drone Technology Reaches New Heights
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are replacing boots on the ground in some wars. Commercially, UAVs are being used for things like crop-dusting and flood mapping. Experts discuss advances in drone technology and how to address legal and privacy concerns that stem from their use.
02/03/2012 12:16 AM
Facebook's Early Investors May Have Much To Like
An IPO filing provides a window into wealth. In the case of Facebook, the wealth will likely be enormous and spread across hundreds if not thousands of early investors and employees. The number of millionaires and billionaires in Silicon Valley grew noticeably Wednesday.
Yahoo! News: Internet News
02/03/2012 09:04 PM
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.
02/03/2012 03:28 PM
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.
02/03/2012 01:30 PM
Star Wars, Ferris Bueller drive Super Bowl ad buzz (Reuters)
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.
02/03/2012 01:27 PM
Cuban blogger says government bars trip to Brazil (Reuters)
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.
02/03/2012 11:28 AM
Anonymous publishes FBI call on hacking (Reuters)
Reuters - Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking.
msnbc.com: Innovation
02/03/2012 12:34 PM
Video: Be mesmerized by the future of glass
Corning, the company known for its innovation in glass, has just put out another mesmerizing video exploring how its interactive display technology could mate with the computers and gadgets of the tomorrow.
02/03/2012 12:17 PM
Future drones may fly like butterflies
High-speed video cameras are allowing university researchers to document how butterflies gracefully flutter through the air. The U.S. military funded findings may lead to more agile insect-sized drones sent to spy on enemies.
02/03/2012 03:15 PM
Special Forces seek to halt copter crashes
Deadly helicopter crashes have killed dozens of U.S. Special Forces operators who flew risky missions to hunt insurgents and terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001. Now the U.S. military is looking to equip its elite warriors' helicopters with airborne laser mapping capable of seeing through fog and dust to find safe landing zones.
02/03/2012 10:01 AM
Sphero, the robotic ball, to blast (virtual) meteors
Fans of Sphero, the robotic ball that you control with your smartphone, will soon be able to use the ball to navigate fields of flying space rocks as they blast them apart with an anti-matter cannon, the makers of the gadget entice on their website.
02/03/2012 11:20 AM
Latest robots eat — and poop — to power up
Today's robots that fly, jump or roll around must refuel or recharge as does any gadget that runs out of energy. Tomorrow's new generation of self-sustaining robots might keep going nearly forever by grazing on dead insects, rotting plant matter or even human waste.
Yahoo! News: Gadgets & Personal Technology
02/04/2012 01:11 PM
Celebs suit up for DirecTV Beach Bowl (AP)
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.
02/04/2012 10:12 AM
Four of the Strangest New Video Game Controllers (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Back when home video games were still new, every new console's controller was an experiment. And before people settled on things like the Atari 2600's joystick and the Nintendo Entertainment System's gamepad, which influenced everything that came after them, they tried out some ... unusual form factors. Like the Fairchild Channel F's hybrid paddle-joystick, or the Mattel Intellivision's disc-and-touchpad arrangement.
02/03/2012 12:28 PM
Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way ... In Japan (ContributorNetwork)
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.
02/03/2012 12:00 PM
The Super Bowl: The most DVR’d, and DVR-proof, broadcast on TV (The Cutline)
The Cutline - More than 111 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots on Sundayâroughly 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 [...]
02/03/2012 04:41 AM
Sprint investors in purgatory until 2013 (Reuters)
Reuters - Sprint Nextel , like its bigger rivals, is expected to report a steep decline in fourth-quarter profit margins due to its launch of the costly Apple Inc iPhone.
Yahoo! News: Software News
02/03/2012 04:30 AM
TouchPal Keyboard Tablet tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)
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.
02/02/2012 04:50 PM
Google tightens security in Android app store (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.
02/02/2012 08:06 AM
Man indicted on software copyright charge arrested (AP)
AP - Federal prosecutors say a former Baltimore man has been arrested in the U.S. after fleeing to Pakistan before he was indicted on a software copyright infringement charge.
02/02/2012 05:54 AM
More than 50 percent of Facebook’s monthly active users are on mobile apps (Appolicious)
Appolicious - We already knew Facebook’s various mobile apps were popular, be they on Apple’s iPhone or iPad, on devices running Google’s Android operating system, or even on BlackBerry devices and feature phones.
02/01/2012 04:32 PM
AVG Technologies prices at $16/share: source (Reuters)
Reuters - Anti-virus software maker AVG Technologies NV priced its initial public offering at $16 per share, at the low end of the expected range, according to a market source.