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Anonymous Lashes Out in Wake of Megaupload Shutdown
Revamped Signup Process Shoves New Gmail Users Into Google+
SOPA Backpedaling Has InfoSec Boffins Breathing Easier
Windows 8 Secure Boot - or How MS Is Riling Up the Linux Masses
Numberlys: A Top-Shelf App for Kids, Though a Bit Overhyped
In Search of the App That Could Save the World
McAfee Supplies Antidote for Tainted SaaS Security
Quantum Tech Could Secure the Cloud Through 'Blind' Data Processing
Facebook Gets App-Happy

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SOPA Shellacked, PIPA Plastered (12:36 minutes)
In this episode: SOPA and PIPA lose significant support in congress
following a day of Internet protests that included site blackouts,
information campaigns and millions of petitioners; Apple dips its toes
into textbooks with new apps and tools; Jerry Yang exits Yahoo, giving
up his seat on the board of the company he helped found; Netflix
shareholders file a class-action suit accusing the company's executives
of withholding information; hackers steal info on 24 million Zappos
customers.
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Today's Story Highlights

Anonymous Lashes Out in Wake of Megaupload Shutdown
The hacker group Anonymous has reportedly launched a series of attacks
that shut down major websites in retaliation against the U.S. Department
of Justice's actions against the site Megaupload. The attacks have been
ongoing since Thursday, and various Web users who clicked on certain
links may have been tricked into becoming accomplices.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74247.html

Revamped Signup Process Shoves New Gmail Users Into Google+
Google is incorporating its social network, Google+, in just about every
part of its online empire -- including, most recently, its Gmail system.
Now, new users who want a Gmail account must also sign up for Google+.
It's not necessarily a novel move for Google. The company has been
integrating its products for years, from Picasa to YouTube to Blogger to
perhaps its most popular productivity tool, Gmail.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74246.html

SOPA Backpedaling Has InfoSec Boffins Breathing Easier
As far as SOPA's critics are concerned, "if something works, break it"
seemed to be the motto of the U.S. Congress last week as it rushed to
pass a controversial bill that security experts maintained could throw a
bomb into the gearbox of the Internet.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74244.html

Windows 8 Secure Boot - or How MS Is Riling Up the Linux Masses
What a difference a week makes. It was just the other day that Linux
bloggers were celebrating the news from researcher Net Applications that
desktop Linux had surged in popularity in recent months. Now, the mood
in the blogosphere has plummeted once again as a result of the latest
developments on the Windows 8 front.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74240.html

Numberlys: A Top-Shelf App for Kids, Though a Bit Overhyped
I must admit, I felt a bit duped by the description of the Numberlys app
after I bought, downloaded and launched the app. I was expecting
something bigger and longer that would appeal more to adults. Something
gorgeous, imaginative and slightly dystopian, with an uplifting ending.
What I got was something gorgeous, imaginative and slightly dystopian
with an uplifting ending. Just not something huge.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74232.html

In Search of the App That Could Save the World
I'm a moderate Republican, which means that if I actually think about
platforms, Obama, as a moderate Democrat, is closer to where I am than
any of the folks running in my own party. What absolutely flabbergasts
me is that these candidates don't seem to realize there is something
called "the Internet."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74231.html

McAfee Supplies Antidote for Tainted SaaS Security
Security vendor McAfee, which is now owned by Intel, is rolling out a
patch for three flaws in its Endpoint Protection Software as a Service
offering. All three flaws are in ActiveX controls. One tricks the
control into executing commands supplied by an attacker, the second lets
attackers write to files on disk, and the third lets attackers execute
code with user privileges, McAfee said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74242.html

Quantum Tech Could Secure the Cloud Through 'Blind' Data Processing
Researchers led by the University of Vienna's Stefanie Barz have
demonstrated the possibility of using quantum computing to
unconditionally secure cloud computing. The scientists' work, written up
in the journal Science, essentially demonstrates double-blind
cryptography.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74235.html

Facebook Gets App-Happy
Do you like to garden? Share coupons? How about bike riding? If so,
there's an app for that -- on Facebook, that is -- or soon will be. As
promised at last year's f8 developer conference, Facebook rolled out
about 60 new apps to be used on its site this week. They are designed
for users to express more precisely how they are interacting with
content on Facebook.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74236.html

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