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Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:04:08 +0000

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

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Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:28:56 +0000

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

publisher — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:39 +0000

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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Cuban blogger says government bars trip to Brazil (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:27:32 +0000

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.

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Anonymous publishes FBI call on hacking (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:16 +0000

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.

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Google tightens security in Android app store (Reuters)

creative — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:50:25 +0000

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.

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Senate passes insider trading ban (AP)

publisher — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:39:16 +0000

AP – Sagging approval ratings brought Democrats and Republicans together Thursday, as the Senate passed a bill to explicitly prevent members of Congress, their top aides and administration officials from using non-public information for insider trading. New disclosure requirements will require public reports online within 30 days of buying and selling stock.

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Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs (AP)

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:45:28 +0000

AP – Facebook’s long-awaited IPO filing lifted the stocks of many Internet companies, including recent laggards Zynga and Groupon. But analysts said the halo effect may fade, because some companies basking in Facebook’s glow just aren’t as financially sound as the world’s largest social network.

AOL’s Huff Post to launch live streaming network (AP)

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:38:59 +0000

AP – AOL and the Huffington Post are launching a live video network that aims to combine broadcast news with social media.

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U.S. shuts 16 sports piracy websites pre-Super Bowl (Reuters)

publisher — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:03:20 +0000

Reuters – Three days before Super Bowl XLVI, U.S. prosecutors said they seized 16 websites that illegally streamed live sports and pay-per-view events over the Internet, and charged a Michigan man with running nine of those websites.