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Last Updated: 10:31 pm - All Times in Central Standard Time (GMT+6)

8:36 pm - Anonymous takes aim over Europe's SOPA

CNET - Hackers are attacking sites and looking to expose information on European officials in response to the signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. ACTA critics say it's even worse than the Stop Online Piracy Act floated in the U.S.

8:27 pm - Microsoft's Kelihos botnet suspect says he's innocent

CNET - St. Petersburg, Russia-based Andrey N. Sabelnikov says he is "absolutely not guilty" of participating in the creation of the huge spam network that Microsoft shut down last September.

7:25 pm - Stickman games that shine on iOS

CNET - This week's collection of games relies less on graphics and more on solid gameplay. If you don't mind simple graphics and just want a good pick-up-and-play game, this is your collection.

7:25 pm - Windows 8 stable on ARM, going to developers soon, say sources

CNET - Windows 8 on ARM is coming along nicely, thank you, according to a couple of sources with whom CNET spoke.

7:25 pm - Web video framework company publishes State of HTML5 Video document

Ars Technica - As Flash's ubiquity begins to erode, standards-based Web technologies are going to become the path forward for developers who want to offer a user experience that works across all screens. The HTML5 video element is already wid......

7:17 pm - Symantec Finds Huge Android Malware Infection

CRN - Symantec says a Trojan was downloaded several million times from the Android Market, making it one of the largest Android infections this year.

6:59 pm - Take a tour of BMW's new Mog online music system

CNET - CNET takes a hands-on look at the new Mog online music system in a BMW 650i. Relying on an iPhone, the Mog interface lets the driver choose from 14 million tracks.

6:51 pm - What's a PS Vita game cost? Ask again tomorrow

CNET - The bean counters at Sony need to make up their minds on how they are pricing PS Vita games.

6:51 pm - HP CEO Whitman: Some WebOS People Are Leaving, And That's OK

CRN - HP CEO Meg Whitman says the days of WebOS turmoil are over now that the company is going the open-source route, and HP expects that some WebOS employees will leave.

6:51 pm - AD: Is your Company Losing Money to Expired SSL Certificates?

CRN - Sixty-four percent of Americans are extremely concerned about identity theft. Furthermore, 31% of customers will terminate their relationship with a company following a data breach. Click to learn more about the monetary loss of expired ......

6:49 pm - D-Link HD Media 2000 DIR-827 router review: So many firsts

CNET - The D-Link DIR-827 is a very good true dual-band router that needs a firmware upgrade so it can live up to its potential.

6:41 pm - Hey, AT&T, quit whining!

CNET - Instead of complaining about the FCC's decision to squash the T-Mobile merger and blaming the agency for raising prices, AT&T needs to shut up and move on.

6:30 pm - Google thinks that Google+ is Google. Is it?

CNET - If Google+ and Google search aren't two different things, there's no conflict in emphasizing Google+ in search results. Right?

6:30 pm - Apple eyeing move to 'programmable magnets'?

CNET - Coded magnets could introduce new means of data transfer and user interfaces, indicates patent application uncovered by Patently Apple.

5:59 pm - Jobs e-mail to Schmidt suggests no-poaching deal in play

CNET - A newly unearthed e-mail exchange between Apple's Steve Jobs and Google's Eric Schmidt shows Jobs actively telling Google not to try to hire its employees, resulting in the firing of at least one recruiter.

5:44 pm - Hang your smartphone nearly anywhere with Bondi

CNET - This cute, bendy little guy works not only as a smartphone hanger-upper, but also a stand, a charging base, and even a doorstop.

5:42 pm - FBI seeks Big Brother-'Minority Report' hybrid

Infoworld - Recognizing just how powerful a tool social-networking sites have become in orchestrating protests, rallies, and riots in the United States and beyond, the FBI is in the early stages of designing a complex system for monitoring tweets, Facebook stat......

5:15 pm - Will the Nintendo Network...work?

CNET - Nintendo says it's streamlining its online experience across multiple platforms. Here's what the company needs to do for it to work.

5:15 pm - Kingdoms of Amalur's "Online Pass" continues a slippery slope for used games

Ars Technica - Review copies of Electronic Arts's Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning are starting to reach critics, who have made a surprising collective discovery: an insert containing a code to download a "House of Valor" content pack......

5:12 pm - It's official: Motorola Droid Razr Maxx runs forever

CNET - We clocked Motorola's new Droid Razr Maxx to serve up a fantastic 19 hours and 47 minutes of video playback.

5:01 pm - Alcatel-Lucent Names New Enterprise President

CRN - The moves indicates a changing of the guard at the top of Alcatel-Lucent's enterprise business unit.

4:58 pm - PlayStation Vita will launch with 8GB card for limited time

CNET - Sony announces the "Launch Bundle" version of its PlayStation Vita, which will include a 8GB card and free game for the same price as the 3G/Wi-Fi model.

4:52 pm - The world's first computer password? It was useless, too

Ars Technica - If you’re like most people, you’re annoyed by passwords. You’ve got dozens to remember — some of them tortuously complex — and on any given day, as you read e-mails, send tweets, and or......

4:40 pm - Sony's lovely Xperia S may land on AT&T soon

CNET - Beautifully crafted and artfully sculpted, Sony's Xperia S was one of the slickest smartphones we saw at CES 2012. Now it looks like it could arrive on AT&T.

4:30 pm - EU Commission: Go ahead, Sony, own 'Sony Ericsson'

CNET - The European Commission OKs Sony's buyout of the Sony Ericsson brand, bringing us one step closer to Sony-branded mobile phones.

4:00 pm - Salesforce.com customers say new analytics should be included in core fees

Infoworld - Salesforce.com customers are sounding off about the fact that an upcoming Analytics Edition of the CRM (customer relationship management) software will have an additional price tag, saying that the functionality it includes should be part of their ba......

3:54 pm - Kinect coming to laptops? Why?

CNET - Microsoft's Kinect motion control technology might be on laptops sooner than you think. Whether it makes sense...well, that's another story.

3:53 pm - Samsung Smartphones Outsell iPhones In 2011

CRN - Despite the introduction of its new iPhone 4S, Apple took the runner-up spot in smartphone sales last year while Samsung came out on top.

3:50 pm - How the craziest f#@!ing "theory of everything" got published and promoted

Ars Technica - Physicists have been working for decades on a "theory of everything," one that unites quantum mechanics and relativity. Apparently, they were being too modest. Yesterday saw publication of a press release claiming a bi......