02/03/2012
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.
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02/03/2012
EU probes new Google privacy policy
(AP)
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.
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02/03/2012
HP awards new CEO Whitman with $16.5M pay package
(AP)
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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02/03/2012
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 ?
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02/03/2012
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. ?
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01/31/2012
NASA Launches Facebook Game to Test Space Program Knowledge
(Mashable)
Mashable - How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling?
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02/03/2012
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.
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02/03/2012
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.
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