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Fingle your friends: The iPad just got too intimate
Here's how to get romantic with you, someone else, and an iPad; Fingle is ready to play.

Facebook could file a $100B IPO next Wednesday
The WSJ reports that Facebook could file to raise as much as $100B next week, and that Morgan Stanley may be its lead underwriter.

Nintendo to rename Wii U?
Rumor has it that Nintendo is considering a name change for its upcoming Wii successor.

Geneva XS review: A Bluetooth take on the old-school travel clock radio
While it's not cheap, the Geneva Sound System Model XS has a great design and is one of the better ultracompact Bluetooth speakers on the market, outperforming the Jawbone Jambox.

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Bus-sized asteroid gives Earth close shave Friday

A small asteroid the size of a city bus zoomed between Earth and the moon's orbit Friday just days after its discovery, but it never posed a threat to our planet, NASA says.


Code-writing 'academy' aims brings computer programming to the masses

Codecademy is the creation of a couple of recent Columbia University grads who describe the Internet as ?an incredible recruiting force for political campaigns or revolutions," suggesting those who know code can change the world.


Get schooled: education apps at your fingertips

We all learn differently, but in this digital day and age, it only makes sense to bring education into the palm of your hand with apps.


Russia postpones two manned launches to International Space Station

Russia will postpone two manned launches to the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical problems during testing, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.


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Activists and bloggers fear Twitter censorship (AP)

This screen shot shows a portion of the Twitter blog post of Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in which the company announced it has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. The additional flexibility is likely to raise fears that Twitter's commitment to free speech may be weakening as the short-messaging company expands into new countries in an attempt to broaden its audience and make more money. But Twitter sees the censorship tool as a way to ensure individual messages, or 'tweets,' remain available to as many people as possible while it navigates a gauntlet of different laws around the world. (AP Photo/Twitter)AP - Bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America said Friday they were afraid that new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, stifling free expression.


Samsung 4Q profit rises 17 pct on smartphone sales (AP)

Shoppers look at Samsung Electronics devices at the company's showroom in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Samsung Electronics Co. reported a 17 percent jump in fourth quarter profit on the strength of sales in flat panels and smartphones even as the company battled claims it had copied Apple's iPhone. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - Samsung Electronics Co. reported a 17 percent jump in fourth quarter profit on the strength of smartphone sales even as the company battled claims it had copied Apple's iPhone.


US cybersecurity efforts trigger privacy concerns (AP)
AP - The federal government's plan to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry is raising concerns that the move will threaten Americans' civil liberties.

Twitter now lets governments decide what content is suitable for their citizens (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Twitter announced a major change to its censorship policy Thursday to allow the social media service to choose which tweets are seen in which countries. Though it has yet to use the ability, Twitter says it can now "reactively withhold content from ?

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Apple grabbed Q4 global smartphone lead, Samsung wins 2011
While the late release of the iPhone 4S likely hampered Apple's record for the year, Samsung soared overall because of its strategy to offer more smartphones with varying price points and...

Windows 7 tablets with 1.5 percent market share and other Microsoft news of the week
New figures on Microsoft's worldwide tablet share, coming changes to Windows 8 mouse navigation and the release of the System Center Advisor service were all in the news this week.

WSJ: Facebook set to declare IPO next week
Facebook could possibly go for a valuation between $75 billion to $100 billion if or when the social network goes public next week.

Groupon purchases Mertago to change social shopping
Groupon has purchased member shopping site Mertado. Will it change our online social shopping behaviour and make us more loyal to the brands we buy from?

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