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Facebook Inc. was awarded $75,776 in legal fees from a New York man who claims he’s entitled to half of Mark Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar stake in the social network. In a decision Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio in ... - Mădălin Oprea

Microsoft announced a reduction in pricing for its SQL Azure cloud database service. In a Feb. 14 post on the Windows Azure team blog, Steven Martin, general manager of Windows Azure business planning, said to meet evolving customer needs “across both ends of the database size spectrum,” Microsoft has lowered the price of SQL Azure and introduced a 100MB database option. - Mădălin Oprea

Google is willing to pay you for additional tracking of your online habits -- but if you want in on the deal, you'll have to get in line. - Mădălin Oprea

LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD) options traders are the least bearish ever, speculating Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering will keep the stock from falling even as trades at 75 times the valuation of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Puts (LNKD ... - Mădălin Oprea

Chalk this up as another Facebook folly. According to the Lewiston (Maine) Sun Journal, a high school football coach and middle school teacher in Maine resigned this week after he said he accidentally posted a nude photo of himself on his Facebook account ... - Mădălin Oprea

Paul Ceglia's efforts to claim the billions of dollars from Facebook he says he is entitled to are starting to put a dent in his bank account. The New York man, who claims that he has a contract with Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg that ... - Mădălin Oprea

Facebook is updating its Windows Phone app to version 2.3 today with new features, bug fixes, and some redesigned features. It brings Facebook Pages, Groups, the ability to view likes, news feed filters, banner images, and privacy settings for ... - Mădălin Oprea

Microsoft Reduces Pricing for SQL Azure, Offers New 100MB Database Option eWeek Microsoft announced a reduction in pricing for its SQL Azure cloud database services, also introducing a new 100MB database option. Microsoft announced a reduction in pricing for its SQL Azure cloud database service. In a Feb. Microsoft Cuts SQL Azure Storage PricingRedmondmag.com Assessing AzureVirtualization Review (blog) all 4 news articles » - Mădălin Oprea

Rubin's latest post includes full details but remains understandable for any interested user. To start, he points out that there are different ways to attain root privilege on a smartphone. The most common technique involves unlocking the bootloader, but ... - Mădălin Oprea

Twitter Inc. has acknowledged that after mobile users tap the "Find friends" feature on its smartphone app, the company downloads users' entire address book, including names, email addresses and phone numbers, and keeps the data on its servers ... - Mădălin Oprea

Globe and Mail Yahoo-Alibaba talks at an impasse: sources Reuters By Alexei Oreskovic | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Talks between Yahoo Inc and China's Alibaba over the US Internet giant's Asian assets have hit an impasse, throwing their plans for a $17 billion tax-free asset swap into question, according to sources ... Yahoo's Talks With Alibaba and Softbank Said to Have CollapsedNew York Times (blog) Activist shareholder Loeb launches Yahoo proxy fightCNNMoney Yahoo faces investor mutiny as Asia talks unravelCBS News Atlanta Journal Constitution all 378 news articles » - Mădălin Oprea

Yahoo! Sports (blog) Discover Yahoo! With Your Friends Yahoo! Sports (blog) By Greg Wyshynski By Greg Wyshynski | Puck Daddy – 3 hours ago Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. and more » - Mădălin Oprea

Yahoo's hopes for a fresh start under a new CEO faded Tuesday as its closely watched discussions to sell most of its Asian holdings unraveled and a frustrated shareholder announced that he will try to seize four seats on the struggling Internet company's board. - Mădălin Oprea

Twitter stores full iPhone contact list for 18 months, after scan Los Angeles Times Twitter Inc. has acknowledged that after mobile users tap the "Find friends" feature on its smartphone app, the company downloads users' entire address book, including names, email addresses and phone numbers, and keeps the data on its servers for 18 ... and more » - Mădălin Oprea

Yahoo‘s talks to sell back most of its stakes in Alibaba of China and Yahoo Japan to its Asian partners have collapsed, according to people briefed on the matter. The sudden and unexpected development raises new questions about the future of ... - Mădălin Oprea

Yahoo's hopes for a fresh start under a new CEO faded Tuesday as its closely watched discussions to sell most of its Asian holdings unraveled and a frustrated shareholder announced that he will try to seize four seats on the struggling Internet company's ... - Mădălin Oprea

Varied as people's interests may be online, the major search engines say the death of a public figure can be a powerful unifying force. Google ran some numbers at our request and found that on Sunday, the day after Houston's death, searches for "Whitney ... - Mădălin Oprea

The Department of Justice has approved the sale of more than 6,000 of Nortel Networks Corp.'s highly coveted mobile tech patents to a group of buyers that includes tech giants Apple, Microsoft and Sony, as well as three others. The approval ... - Mădălin Oprea

TIME Angry Birds fly to Facebook NEWS.com.au The new app allows players to compete with their Facebook friends. Pictures: Rovio Entertainment Source: Supplied ANGRY Birds, the most-downloaded mobile app of 2011, has been catapulted to the world of Facebook in a bid by its Finnish maker Rovio to ... Hands On: <cite>Angry Birds</cite> Migrate to FacebookWired News Angry Birds Officially Launches on FacebookPC Magazine 'Angry Birds' arrives on Facebook -- one day earlyFox News PCWorld all 397 news articles » - Mădălin Oprea

Forbes Facebook's first employees to share $23bn Financial Times By Richard Waters in San Francisco Given the scale of the company's success, almost everything about the impending Facebook stock market listing is couched in superlatives. So it is no surprise that the personal wealth about to be showered on its army ... ISS to Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg has too much powerZDNet (blog) Facebook CEO draws fire from critics over company share structureEdmonton Journal (blog) Facebook's $100 Billion Valuation Pretty Much Depends On This One GuySan Francisco Chronicle Huffington Post (blog) -Philadelphia Inquirer -Forbes all 171 news articles » - Mădălin Oprea

Facebook Inc. was awarded $75,776 in legal fees from a New York man who claims he’s entitled to half of Mark Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar stake in the social network. - Mădălin Oprea

As Yahoo struggles to turn itself around, a key stakeholder is waging war to take control of the process. - Mădălin Oprea

Chris Brown has a special Twitter message for those who hated on his Grammy performance: "F___ Off." The hip-hop performer lashed out on his Twitter account, addressing his critics in a series of missives ending with a final "F You." A few minutes later ... - Mădălin Oprea

New York Daily News Sandy shelves Twitter shtick in Mets forecast New York Daily News By Peter Botte / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson says on WFAN Tuesday that he's not making light of the team's finances via his new Twitter account, @MetsGM. Johan Santana last pitched for the Mets on Sept. 2, 2010. and more » - Mădălin Oprea

Didn?t have time to read Facebook?s 150-page prospectus? Katie Mitic, director of platform and mobile marketing, summed up Facebook?s mission, product philosophy and where the company thinks it stands in the market in a 30-minute presentation about lessons learned by the social-networking giant. Mitic, who joined Facebook in 2010, was speaking to women entrepreneurs gathered ... - Mădălin Oprea

Los Angeles Times Facebook Awarded $75777 in Legal Fees From Claimant Ceglia BusinessWeek 14 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. was awarded $75777 in legal fees after a judge ruled that Paul Ceglia ignored a pretrial discovery order to turn over e-mail accounts in his ownership claim against the social network. US Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio ... Facebook awarded $75776 in legal fees in Paul Ceglia caseLos Angeles Times Ceglia ordered to pay Facebook $75000 in legal feesCNET Judge: Paul Ceglia owes Facebook $76000 and countingZDNet (blog) all 6 news articles » - Mădălin Oprea

Twitter Inc. has acknowledged that after mobile users tap the "Find friends" feature on its smartphone app, the company downloads users' entire address book, including names, email addresses and phone numbers, and keeps the data on its servers for 18 months. The company also said it plans to update its apps to clarify that user contacts are being transmitted and stored. - Mădălin Oprea

ITProPortal Microsoft Discusses Windows 8 Accessibility Improvements AnandTech by Andrew Cunningham on 2/14/2012 6:30:00 PM After last week's broad, sweeping post about Windows on ARM, the Building Windows 8 team is back to discussing the nuts and bolts of the operating system - today, Microsoft's Jennifer Norberg discusses ... Microsoft details accessibility features in Windows 8WinBeta Microsoft redesigns its logo for Windows 8Inquirer Windows 8 Dominated Microsoft's WeekeWeek ITProPortal -BetaNews all 166 news articles » - Mădălin Oprea

Facebook Inc. was awarded $75,777 in legal fees after a judge ruled that Paul Ceglia ignored a pretrial discovery order to turn over e-mail accounts in his ownership claim against the social network. - Mădălin Oprea

Yahoo faces investor mutiny as Asia talks unravel Newsday Click here Yahoo faces investor mutiny as Asia talks unravel Originally published: February 14, 2012 5:31 PM Updated: February 14, 2012 7:47 PM By The Associated Press MICHAEL LIEDTKE (AP Technology Writer) (AP) -- Yahoo's hopes for a fresh start under ... and more » - Mădălin Oprea