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1/27/2012	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.
1/27/2012	Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor (AP)
AP - Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.
1/26/2012	Samsung 4Q profit rises 17 pct on smartphone sales (AP)
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.
1/27/2012	Jobless man builds a house out of $1.82 billion worth of shredded money (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - What would you do with $1.82 billion worth of shredded money? In Ireland, people buildÂ houses out of itÂ â at least that's what Dublin-based artist Frank Buckley did. The unemployed artist originally wanted to create a gallery for his series of …
1/27/2012	Apple CEO responds to allegations of Chinese worker abuse (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Is Apple finally getting tough on their abusive Chinese suppliers? Maybe.Â Intent on stemming the increasing complaints from the public and investors alike,Â Apple CEO Tim Cook fired off an email yesterday to combat claims from "people questioning Apple's values," detailing what …
1/26/2012	Flashpoint Demo Day a Glimpse of How Entrepreneurs' Dreams Come True (Mashable)
Mashable - A gathering of entrepreneurs in the Bay Area on Thursday offered a window into how ambitious techies' visions become reality. It started with a presentation from a go-getter named Adam Ghetti. Dressed casually in a dark tee-shirt, Ghetti stepped to the front a conference room at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz on Thursday afternoon. He launched into an intense, rapid-fire pitch and test drive of his cloud security startup Social Fortress.
1/27/2012	Twitter's new censorship rules face opposition (Reuters)
Reuters - It was only two weeks ago that Twitter was protesting online censorship in the form of anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. Now the social networking site faces a surge of opposition to its own censorship practices.
1/27/2012	Hacker group Anonymous targets Mexican websites (Reuters)
Reuters - The activist hacker group Anonymous attacked three Mexican government websites on Friday in protest at a proposed bill that seeks to toughen local laws about online file-sharing.
1/27/2012	RIM CEO eyes "significant" plans for BlackBerry (Reuters)
Reuters - Research in Motion's Thorsten Heins plans to waste no time in his new job. The BlackBerry maker's chief executive said he will present the board with his plan for company's future in just a matter of weeks.
1/27/2012	Does the new 3G/WiFi PS Vita bundle make 3G worth it? (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - With the North American PS Vita launch coming to a February 22 near you, Sony has unveiled two Vita bundles, hoping to drum up interest in the 3G version.