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7:40 PM ET, February 5, 2011

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Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Hackers Penetrate Nasdaq Computers  —  Hackers have repeatedly penetrated the computer network of the company that runs the Nasdaq Stock Market during the past year, and federal investigators are trying to identify the perpetrators and their purpose, according to people familiar with the matter.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Survey: 44% of Verizon Android users likely to switch to iPhone on Day One  —  For Blackberry users it's 66%, and nearly a quarter are willing to stand in line to get one  —  We're not familiar with the work of uSamp, a high-tech online research firm based in Los Angeles …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Turning The Tables On The Google Toolbar & Disclosure Claims  —  Part of this week's debate over whether Microsoft's Bing search engine is learning from Google involves data that Bing gathers through Microsoft's Internet Explorer.  Google has suggested Microsoft isn't giving fair disclosure.
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
E-Readers Catch Younger Eyes, and Find Room in the Backpack  —  Something extraordinary happened after Eliana Litos received an e-reader for a Hanukkah gift in December.  —  “Some weeks I completely forgot about TV,” said Eliana, 11.  “I went two weeks with only watching one show, or no shows at all.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:
Payback: Upset Ex-Girlfriend Spams Boyfriend In Google Images  —  Upset boyfriends and girlfriends are nothing new.  There are plenty of stories of girlfriends getting back at their ex-boyfriends for mistreatment and visa versa.  But in the age where Google ranks supreme …
Reuters:
Nokia likely to sack several executives: report  —  (Reuters) - The world's biggest cellphone maker Nokia is likely to sack several executive board members in a management shake-up, a German weekly reported.  —  As rival companies have been eating into Nokia's market share …
Judson Berger / Fox News:
U.S. Government Slips Through China Internet Censors With New Technology  —  The U.S. government has figured out how to bust through Internet censorship filters in order to deliver news and other vital information via e-mail to people in countries like China, according to a recent report.
Discussion: Neowin.net and Slashdot
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Why Some Twitter Posts Catch On, and Some Don't  —  AMID the talk last week of a Facebook revolution across the Middle East, Americans and other English speakers took to Twitter — to post about their love lives.  —  Hashtags — the community-driven shorthand used to identify conversation themes …
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple rumored to hold “small event” in March to usher in new iPad  —  Apple may be planning a smaller than usual event to introduce its second-generation iPad as early as next month, according to a scant report, as rumors that the new device will include NFC technology persist.
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Jeremy Horwitz / iLounge:
New iPad details: RFID/NFC add-ons, carbon body, 7" iPad still in works
Kamal Ahmed / Telegraph:
Google's Eric Schmidt predicts the future of computing - and he plans to be involved  —  Eric Schmidt explains the changes at the top of Google and his vision of what the world of computing will look like in 50 years' time.  —  In the days when Eric Schmidt first starting getting excited by computers …
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Daily Wait  —  I've been reading The Daily each day since its debut Wednesday.  Three days, three issues.  My opinion of it has declined each day.  Until I see an updated version of the app, I'm done with it.  I noticed yesterday that it took way too long to load the day's new issue.
 
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Naked Security / Sophos:
New Android Market web store could open backdoor for phone hackers
Greg Sandoval / Media Maverick:
Netflix rises as studios' DVD money plunges
Discussion: parislemon
Byron Acohido / USA Today:
Survey: 32% admit mooching neighbor's Wi-Fi
Rodney H. Brown / Mass High Tech:
MocoSpace looking to buy MySpace
 Earlier Items: 
DSLreports:
Verizon Tells Us New Throttling Isn't Implemented Yet …
Discussion: Electronista
Louis Gray:
Yahoo! Hires Hotmail Vet to Manage Mail, Flickr, More
Discussion: Engadget, Thanks:jesse
Brian Barrett / Gizmodo:
The Xoom Super Bowl Ad: 1984 Meets 2011
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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