Today's Top Technology Headlines
- For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life
Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a "hacker". - Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site
A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous on Saturday said it had attacked the Swedish government's website, bringing it down for periods of time by overloading it with traffic. - Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
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
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 … Continue reading - Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights
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. … Continue reading - Facebook Turns 8, And Together We've Grown
I've been on Facebook for 2,561 days, having joined during the first year of its existence and my first year of college. - EU probes new Google privacy policy
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
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. - Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give
The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though. - Samsung Galaxy Note heads to the U.S. on Feb. 19
As we approach Mobile World Congress 2012, Samsung is making it quite clear that it plans to dominate the mobile scene, though that won’t include the anticipated Galaxy S III debut. However, Samsung could still whet our appetites with the Galaxy S Advance. And while we can expect Android 4.0 tablet upgrades from Samsung later this year, the Galaxy Note will be available in the U.S. at AT&T stores in just a few days. Samsung’s also gaining global appeal with a pink Galaxy S II to be released in the UK just in time for Valentine’s Day. ... - NFL using "social media command center" to manage Super Bowl chatter
Dubbed the “Super Bowl Social Media Command Center” by Raidious CEO Taulbee Jackson, the Indianapolis digital marketing firm will be handling all communication regarding the Super Bowl with 16 full-time employees and 30 volunteers, mostly journalism students from Butler University, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Ball State University. Jackson moved Raidious employees into a brand new office for the event and the employees have provided Super Bowl coverage over social media for 15 hours a day during the past week. ... - Four of the Strangest New Video Game Controllers
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. - Beneath the Surface: How Microsoft is missing the boat on tabletop computing
I spent a good chunk of last Thursday evening playing on a Microsoft Surface table at an AMD event for analysts.I had a ball, and AMD employees shared stories of hours spent gaming on the thing prior to shows and presentations. The system reminded me of how much fun the initial arcade machines were — the ones that predated Atari’s initial successful home gaming system run. - For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a "hacker".
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