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For Facebook ‘Hacker Way’ is way of life (AP)

AP – Facebook’s billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.

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Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs (AP)

AP – Facebook’s long-awaited IPO filing lifted the stocks of many Internet companies, including recent laggards Zynga and Groupon. But analysts said the halo effect may fade, because some companies basking in Facebook’s glow just aren’t as financially sound as the world’s largest social network.

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Sony’s Hirai to replace Stringer as CEO in April (AP)

AP – Sony Corp. announced Wednesday that Kazuo Hirai, who leads the company’s core consumer products business, will replace Howard Stringer as CEO and president effective April 1, as the electronics and entertainment company desperately tries to engineer a turnaround.

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Tech companies team up to combat email scams (AP)

AP – Google, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing.

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British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe (AP)

AP – The criminal investigation into British tabloid skullduggery turned full force on a second Rupert Murdoch publication Saturday, with the arrest of four current and former journalists from The Sun on suspicion of bribing police.

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Facebook IPO could value it among top companies (AP)

AP – When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald’s, Amazon.com and Bank of America.

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Nokia loss tempered by Windows phone launch (AP)

AP – Mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. on Thursday posted a fourth-quarter net loss of euro1.07 billion ($1.38 billion) as sales slumped 21 percent even as the company’s first Windows smartphones hit markets in Europe and Asia.

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Facebook forces Timeline; tips to hide users’ past (AP)

AP – Facebook will start requiring people to switch to a new profile format known as Timeline, making photos, links and personal musings from the past much easier to find.

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High court: warrant needed for GPS tracking (AP)

AP – The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must get a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects.

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INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fight (AP)

AP – Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmaneuvered the entertainment industry and other old guard business interests, leaving them bitter and befuddled.

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