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Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
OMG! Did Google Earth find Atlantis? — Google is officially denying widespread Internet rumors that its Google Earth software located the mythical sunken city of Atlantis off the coast of Africa. Either that, or Google is totally trying to hide something.
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Matthew Moore / Telegraph:
Google Ocean: Has Atlantis been found off Africa? — A “grid of streets” on the seabed at one of the proposed locations of the lost city of Atlantis has been spotted on Google Ocean. — The network of criss-cross lines is 620 miles off the coast of north west Africa near the Canary Islands on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Forget About Those Leaked Downloads, Listen To U2's Entire New Album on MySpace Music — I'm not sure if this was moved up in response to leaked copies of U2's newest album, No Line On The Horizon spreading across the Internet, but the entire the album will be streamed for free at MySpace Music.
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Sydney Morning Herald:
Look who leaked U2's new album — U2 and, inset, the cover of No Line On The Horizon. — Asher Moses — Full CD-quality copies of every song on U2's upcoming album, No Line On The Horizon, have been leaked on to the web after Universal Music Australia accidentally put it up for sale on its online music store two weeks early.
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Why the Smart VCs Are Boarding their Jets — I started my career as a finance reporter covering wonky subjects like banks, bonds and agribusiness. I ended up in Silicon Valley covering tech, because it was the late 1990s, and I was doing what finance reporters are supposed to do: Follow the money.
Adobe:
Buffer overflow issue in versions 9.0 and earlier of Adobe Reader and Acrobat — Vulnerability identifier: APSA09-01 — A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 and earlier versions. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash …
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PC World, TUAW, eWeek, Digital Daily, BetaNews, InformationWeek, Computerworld, Insecure Web, TidBITS, Switched, Obsessable, Download Squad, WebWorkerDaily, Between the Lines, Security Fix and The Register
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BBC:
Hackers target Xbox Live players — Xbox Live is being targeted by malicious hackers selling services that kick players off the network. — The booting services are proving popular with players who want a way to get revenge on those who beat them in an Xbox Live game.
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
A snow leopard on Live.com is causing some to lose their minds — I saw the story once and I thought: Oh, that's kind of funny. I saw it twice and I thought: Hmm. I saw it three times and saw it all over Twitter and thought: This is getting ridiculous. There must be a shortage of stories …
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LiveSide, Beyond Binary, TechFlash, Computerworld Blogs, Cult of Mac, AppScout and Gizmodo
Tim Culpan / Bloomberg:
Asustek May Use Google's Android in Netbooks, in Challenge for Microsoft — Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Asustek Computer Inc., which pioneered the market for sub-$500 laptops, may install Google Inc.'s free Android operating system on its low-cost notebooks, challenging the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software.
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WebProNews, Liliputing, Silicon Alley Insider, VOIP IP Telephony, BloggingStocks, Engadget and GottaBeMobile.com
PC World:
Conficker Worm Gets an Evil Twin — The criminals behind the widespread Conficker worm have released a new version of the malware that could signal a major shift in the way the worm operates. — The new variant, dubbed Conficker B++, was spotted three days ago by SRI International researchers …
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Andrew Nusca / Between the Lines:New Conficker variant looks same, acts differently
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Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:
Test Updates for Windows 7 Beta Users — Starting February 24, we will be releasing up to 5 test updates to PCs running the Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) via Windows Update. These updates allow us to test and verify our ability to deliver and manage the updating of Windows 7.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
The Cable Companies' Evil Plan To Take Down Hulu — Cable companies have watched online video upstarts like Hulu and YouTube take attention away from their most important business — cable TV services — with little response so far. — But in a new effort to keep cable TV subscribers from fleeing …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:Cable providers eye offering TV shows online: report
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, BetaNews, Zatz Not Funny!, paidContent.org and Digits
9 to 5 Mac:
Is the 5 USB Mac Mini a fake? — So, one of our readers, Dave - who happens to be an expert at PCB design, has spent some time looking at the Mac Mini image posted today and he believes it is a fake. There have been many posts around the web on why. — Firstly, the dispersion of artifacts isn't consistant with an unedited image:
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Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Bay Trial Day 5: Peter's “Political Trial” — Friday, the fifth day of the trial and Peter Sunde, aka brokep, is being questioned by the Prosecution. Håkan Roswall started off by asking Peter if he ever had dealings with The Pirate Bay's (TPB) computer systems - Peter said he did, but in a limited fashion.
Cyrus Farivar / PC World:
Microsoft CEO Ballmer Calls on Apple to Be More Open — In what only can possibly be the most recent of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's continuing series of pearls of wisdom, the Rambler from Redmond told a panel at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona earlier this week …
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Robert L. Mitchell / PC World:
Online Dating: Analyzing the Algorithms of Attraction — Just how do eHarmony, Plenty of Fish, True.com and PerfectMatch.com work under the hood? — Recommends — When Joe wanted to find love, he turned to science. — Rather than hang out in bars or hope that random dates worked out …
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch UK:
Mix Twitter and Digg, add jokes, get Popjam — Popjam is a new ‘social humour’ site which has launched using the Twitter ‘friend/follow’ model of social networking. In fact - but for the images of LOLcats and videos - it is so similar to Twitter in appearance and operation that it could be mistaken for a pure Twitter clone.
Lalitesh Katragadda / Google LatLong:
Map Making in your language on your website — Over the last 7 months, map makers around the world have been busy mapping their locales using Google Map Maker. From Chile to Vietnam Google Map Makers added cities, villages, lakes, roads and businesses to the map.
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Google Geo Developers Blog, WebProNews, Search Engine Watch, GPS Obsessed, Search Engine Land and Google Maps Mania, Thanks:atul
Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:
Google shareholders lose that loving feeling — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG.O) is famous for pampering its employees, but some shareholders feel like they're getting a raw deal. — The sore spot became evident after the Web search leader decided last month to reset the price …
Michael E. Driscoll / Data Evolution:
How Google and Facebook are using R — Last night, I moderated our Bay Area R Users Group kick-off event with a panel discussion entitled “The R and Science of Predictive Analytics”, co-located with the Predictive Analytics World conference here in SF. — The panel comprised of four recognized R users from industry:
Elizabeth Woyke / Forbes:
Creating LG's Watch Phone — The company's designers reveal the story behind the eye-catching phone—and why Samsung's earlier design didn't succeed. — Few phones have fired up the public's imagination like LG Electronics' Watch Phone. The device, which packs advanced cellphone features …
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Microsoft, Intel Firings Stir Resentment Over Visas for Foreign Workers — Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.'s plan to eliminate U.S. workers after lobbying for more foreigner visas is stirring resentment among lawmakers and employees. — As many as 5,000 employees are being shown …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Quicken Online Can't Believe Mint Is Doing So Well; Sends Threatening Letter — Intuit, the company behind the well-known Quicken suite of money management software that includes Quicken Online, can't believe how well its competitor Mint is doing. In fact, they were so bewildered …
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