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	---------------------------------------------------NEWS--------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------Open Source News Blogs--------------------------- Clint Eastwood in 'Super Bowl ads: Winners and losers (second half)' - What better way to recover from the halftime show? More ads that continued to offer little in the way of originality of either strategy or execution. On the other hand, we had Clint Eastwood advertising Chrysler and Detroit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samsung's Bowl ad claims it can help Apple fanboys break free - Samsung's Super Bowl ad--for the Galaxy Note--claims that this is the product that can finally stop Apple fanboys from having to stand in line, waiting for Apple's latest. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Super Bowl ads: Tech winners and losers (first half) - Which tech company had the best first half ad in the Super Bowl? Here's a detailed analysis, written as it happened. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iPad, Kindle Fire are not post-PC, says IDC analyst - Sorry Steve, it's not post-PC, it's PC-plus, says IDC analyst Bob O'Donnell. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aliens crave Earth wives in Chevy Volt Super Bowl ad - In an attempt to suggest that Chevy Volt's technology is more sophisticated than anything in the galaxy, Chevy's Super Bowl ad features aliens who don't just admire the Volt's advanced design. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Women to Facebook: Stop banning our breast-feeding pics - Women around the world, fed up with Facebook's policy of not allowing breast-feeding pictures, are staging protests at Facebook offices and using Facebook to coordinate those efforts. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kia offers 5 hours of Adriana Lima for Super Bowl - How many people will prefer watching 5 hours of model Adriana Lima on YouTube moving very, very slowly to the New York Giants defense moving very, very quickly? Or might people do both? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coke's polar bears ready to talk Super Bowl live online - No, they won't, like Tom Brady, be viewing an illegal streaming site. Instead, Coke is using social media and the Web in order to have its polar bears react to the game as it's in progress. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corning's mind-blowing concept of a glass future - You'll be drooling over the nonstop concept displays and projections in this video by the famous glassmaker. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apple's Siri the butt of Doritos Super Bowl ad - In its Super Bowl spot, Doritos introduces Suzie, a cell phone personal helper with something of a temper. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VW adds a driver's car to the Jetta model range - CNET reviews the 2012 Jetta GLI, a car that gets back what Volkswagen out of the Jetta when it launched the 2011 update. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Woman accused of trying to sell fake Facebook stock - A woman allegedly claims that her daughter knows Mark Zuckerberg and happens to have been given $1 million of Facebook stock. She then allegedly tries to sell that stock. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Should Apple stop holding its big launch events? - The big Apple launch event was made for Steve Jobs. But now that he's not around, should Apple think of a different, more modern way of launching its products? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obama supporters pick Patriots, GOPers go for Giants? - Silicon Valley startup Saygent crunches survey data and finds that picks for the big game may differ by political affiliation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Giants Web site says they've already won Super Bowl - In an interestingly confident mix-up, the New York Giants' Web site not only announces that the team has already won, but offers winners' memorabilia for sale. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Monster's new in-ear headphone dazzle audiophiles? - Monster may have gone too far with the bling factor, but its new Earth Wind &Fire Gratitude in-ear headphones sound sweet. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What if the Vita had an Apple logo instead of Sony's? - CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy looks at Sony's Playstation Vita through Apple goggles. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visualizations take you inside science - The National Science Foundation and the journal Science announce the winners of last year's contest for the best visualizations in science and engineering. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CEO Appleton reflected Micron's high-risk business - The death of Micron Technology's CEO during a solo flight in a hard-to-handle aircraft symbolizes the risky memory chip market that is the company's bread and butter. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Brady: I watched last year's Super Bowl on illegal site - In a news conference, the New England quarterback mentions that while rehabbing last year in Costa Rica, he watched the big game on an illegal site. Is this the final validation for piracy? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------Current Threats--------------------------------- Anti-SOPA forces have ISP snooping bill in their crosshairs - An Internet outcry forced Rep. Lamar Smith to delay a vote on SOPA. Opponents of Smith's ISP snooping bill are hoping they can repeat the process. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EU officials want Google to suspend privacy policy change - Despite request, Google tells concerned European Union advisers that it will stick to its March 1 date for privacy policy modifications. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anonymous hacks lawyers for Marine accused of Iraq massacre - Hackers follow release of recording of FBI call on Anonymous with attack on lawyers in an Iraq massacre case. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Facebook users polled 'unlike' new Timeline feature - A whopping 70 percent of Facebook users surveyed by SodaHead voted thumbs down on the social network's now mandatory Timeline feature. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google's response on new privacy policy ticks off congresswoman - At a hearing in the House over the search giant's new privacy policy, subcommittee Chairwoman Mary Bono Mack expresses frustration over what she sees as Google's lack of clarity in answering questions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google's response on new privacy policy ticks off Congress - At a hearing in the House over the search giant's new privacy policy, subcommittee Chairwoman Mary Bono Mack expresses frustration over what she sees as Google's lack of clarity in answering questions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anonymous claims to have snooped FBI cybercrime call - Activist groups record call apparently between U.S. and U.K. law enforcement officials over cybercrime cases and individuals. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anonymous: We snooped an FBI cybercrime call - Hacktivist group says it recorded a call apparently between U.S. and U.K. law enforcement officials over cybercrime cases and individuals. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mystery and mayhem surrounding MegaUpload (roundup) - Hackers down government and entertainment Web sites after piracy arrest of people including Kim DotCom connected with the hosting site. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kelihos botnet makes a comeback - New variants resurrect the malware four months after Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab took down the original, which was capable of sending nearly 4 billion spam e-mails each day. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feds seize illegal sports-streaming sites - Just in time for Super Bowl Sunday, the federal agents announce they have seized and shuttered 307 Web sites that either live-streamed sports or sold fake NFL paraphernalia. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teen finds bugs in Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft code - Bug hunter credited with finding bugs in software from big tech firms is Norwegian teen. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to identify fake Facebook accounts - Barracuda Networks releasesa study that helps identify fake Facebook accounts. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security concerns on Apple's FileVault decryption via FireWire - Since the news of Passware being able to decrypt FileVault over FireWire connections, Mac users might be concerned about the integrity of the security on their computers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google now scanning Android apps for malware - New service scans apps for malicious code or behavior and bounces them if they are suspect. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hackers stole data from VeriSign in 2010 - VeriSign discloses in quarterly SEC filing that hackers stole data in successful attacks, but doesn't say what data was stolen. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HTC patching Wi-Fi password leak on several smartphones - Certain HTC smartphones may expose Wi-Fi passwords due to a bug. The company is addressing the problem through a regular update and a manual patch. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cocoon now sheathes you in IE, too - Cocoon extends its protective casing for you and your Internet habits to Internet Explorer users in a new beta. Along with IP address masking and anonymous browsing, you get secure Wi-Fi, e-mail on-the-fly, and antivirus scanning. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileVault 2 easily decrypted, warns Passware - Apple's FileVault 2 whole-disk encryption can be unencrypted within an hour, according to encryption and password-recovery company Passware. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dubious Android apps may not be malware--just ads - Verizon-affiliated ICSA Labs steps into the controversy over Android apps that Symantec identified as malware. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How Republican opposition derailed SOPA and Protect IP - SOPA and Protect IP Act have finally splintered a Democrat-Republican alliance in favor of expanding copyright law that's been in place since the 1990s. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WikiLeaks buying boat to move servers offshore? - According to a report, WikiLeaks investors are working to acquire a boat to house the controversial site's servers and keep Julian Assange safe from prosecution. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google gets bad buzz, and Microsoft pounces--sort of - Microsoft aims to exploit uneasiness over Google's new privacy steps by talking up its own services--but hasn't offered much but spin so far. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft playing up bad buzz about Google to reel in users - The company is taking advantage of some of the concerns over Google's new privacy policy to convince people to use its own products and services. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Swedish high court scuttles Pirate Bay appeal - Three of the men who founded The Pirate Bay have found out that the Sweden Supreme Court will not hear their appeal of fines and jail sentences imposed on them in 2010. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------Security------------------------------------- Clint Eastwood in 'Super Bowl ads: Winners and losers (second half)' - What better way to recover from the halftime show? More ads that continued to offer little in the way of originality of either strategy or execution. On the other hand, we had Clint Eastwood advertising Chrysler and Detroit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samsung's Bowl ad claims it can help Apple fanboys break free - Samsung's Super Bowl ad--for the Galaxy Note--claims that this is the product that can finally stop Apple fanboys from having to stand in line, waiting for Apple's latest. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Super Bowl ads: Tech winners and losers (first half) - Which tech company had the best first half ad in the Super Bowl? Here's a detailed analysis, written as it happened. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iPad, Kindle Fire are not post-PC, says IDC analyst - Sorry Steve, it's not post-PC, it's PC-plus, says IDC analyst Bob O'Donnell. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aliens crave Earth wives in Chevy Volt Super Bowl ad - In an attempt to suggest that Chevy Volt's technology is more sophisticated than anything in the galaxy, Chevy's Super Bowl ad features aliens who don't just admire the Volt's advanced design. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Women to Facebook: Stop banning our breast-feeding pics - Women around the world, fed up with Facebook's policy of not allowing breast-feeding pictures, are staging protests at Facebook offices and using Facebook to coordinate those efforts. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kia offers 5 hours of Adriana Lima for Super Bowl - How many people will prefer watching 5 hours of model Adriana Lima on YouTube moving very, very slowly to the New York Giants defense moving very, very quickly? Or might people do both? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coke's polar bears ready to talk Super Bowl live online - No, they won't, like Tom Brady, be viewing an illegal streaming site. Instead, Coke is using social media and the Web in order to have its polar bears react to the game as it's in progress. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corning's mind-blowing concept of a glass future - You'll be drooling over the nonstop concept displays and projections in this video by the famous glassmaker. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apple's Siri the butt of Doritos Super Bowl ad - In its Super Bowl spot, Doritos introduces Suzie, a cell phone personal helper with something of a temper. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VW adds a driver's car to the Jetta model range - CNET reviews the 2012 Jetta GLI, a car that gets back what Volkswagen out of the Jetta when it launched the 2011 update. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Woman accused of trying to sell fake Facebook stock - A woman allegedly claims that her daughter knows Mark Zuckerberg and happens to have been given $1 million of Facebook stock. She then allegedly tries to sell that stock. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Should Apple stop holding its big launch events? - The big Apple launch event was made for Steve Jobs. But now that he's not around, should Apple think of a different, more modern way of launching its products? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obama supporters pick Patriots, GOPers go for Giants? - Silicon Valley startup Saygent crunches survey data and finds that picks for the big game may differ by political affiliation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Giants Web site says they've already won Super Bowl - In an interestingly confident mix-up, the New York Giants' Web site not only announces that the team has already won, but offers winners' memorabilia for sale. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Monster's new in-ear headphone dazzle audiophiles? - Monster may have gone too far with the bling factor, but its new Earth Wind &Fire Gratitude in-ear headphones sound sweet. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What if the Vita had an Apple logo instead of Sony's? - CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy looks at Sony's Playstation Vita through Apple goggles. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visualizations take you inside science - The National Science Foundation and the journal Science announce the winners of last year's contest for the best visualizations in science and engineering. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CEO Appleton reflected Micron's high-risk business - The death of Micron Technology's CEO during a solo flight in a hard-to-handle aircraft symbolizes the risky memory chip market that is the company's bread and butter. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Brady: I watched last year's Super Bowl on illegal site - In a news conference, the New England quarterback mentions that while rehabbing last year in Costa Rica, he watched the big game on an illegal site. Is this the final validation for piracy? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------