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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_the_hacker_way"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120201/capt.a7a8e9bd9dbe4f9d887830b48e4e4759-a7a8e9bd9dbe4f9d887830b48e4e4759-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=xInPYBnSmRXV.YgAk7jCdA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, shows of worker inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed 'friend' from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.</p><br clear="all"/>

AP - A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it.

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/hacking_fbi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.8828f11fc66f4ea3974bdc9569fd2183-8828f11fc66f4ea3974bdc9569fd2183-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=MZXyVpYLue8p7mBB1wsVpA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A general view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Britain's for-most and largest police serviceFriday, Feb., 3, 2012. Hackers have intercepted a conference call between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Scotland Yard it has emerged . At the heart of the conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was a strategy aimed at bringing down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, which has launched a series of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>

Yahoo! News - The new mandatory Facebook Timeline is a surprisingly controversial feature. You either love it, or you hate it. And according to a new poll, it appears that almost all of you hate it. Overall, only 20% of those surveyed said they liked …

Yahoo! News - While many sports fans are preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl by organizing parties and shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating NFL copyrights. …

Mashable - How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling?

AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.

Reuters - The Super Bowl is still two days away but some advertisers already are looking like winners as their yet-to-be-aired commercials score millions of hits online and rack up pre-game buzz.

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_en_ot/us_super_bowl_beach_bowl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120204/capt.61320c7de3fb4f02a2f9ecf79103a71d-61320c7de3fb4f02a2f9ecf79103a71d-0.jpg?x=110&y=130&q=85&sig=Y6ZuCtksFOrs7CD_9D9AoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Actor David Arquette arrives at DIRECTV's Sixth Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 at Victory Field in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Nekesa Moody)" border="0" /></a>AP - Deion Sanders said he wasn't worried. Joe Montana went in with his game face on and Jordin Sparks just hoped sand did not end up in her eyes.</p><br clear="all"/>

ContributorNetwork - States-side fans of video game consoles, from the first Nintendo Entertainment System to its modern successor the Wii, know what it's like for a game that looks awesome to only come out in Japan.