Friday, February 3, 2012

Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)

Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)

Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:04 PM PST

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.

EU probes new Google privacy policy (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 08:53 AM PST

AP - The European Union's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn't break the bloc's data protection laws.

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

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:30 PM PST

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.

Facebook Timeline feature unpopular, especially among Baby Boomers (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:15 PM PST

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)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:08 PM PST

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. …

Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:28 PM PST

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.

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

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:30 PM PST

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.

Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way ... In Japan (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:28 PM PST

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.

Android lead smartphone platform in 2011, will be used by government (Appolicious)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:12 PM PST

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.

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

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:22 PM PST

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.

The Super Bowl: The most DVR’d, and DVR-proof, broadcast on TV (The Cutline)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:00 PM PST

The Cutline - More than 111 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots on Sundayâ€"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 [...]

How to keep Angry Birds downloads flowing? Add KISS (Appolicious)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 11:35 AM PST

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.

Going mobile: Travel's eventual high-tech future (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:50 AM PST

Reuters - Welcome to the airport terminal of the future.

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

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 05:58 PM PST

The wreckage of the small plane flown by Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton is seen after crashing at Boise airport, February 3, 2012. The 51-year old Appleton, a three-decade industry veteran who performed stunts at airshows, died after the small plane he was piloting crashed in Boise, Idaho, where the chipmaker is headquartered. REUTERS/Brian Losness (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS DISASTER SOCIETY)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.

TouchPal Keyboard Tablet tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 04:30 AM PST

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.
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