Today’s Hot Topic: Facebook has been awarded a patent for dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network – is this a sign of trouble ahead?

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• BBC Technology News: Tiny ear listens to hidden worlds
• CNN Tech: Palm hurt by smartphone outlook
• Sky News: Miliband Falls Prey To MP Twitter Sex Scam
• Telegraph:
• Financial Times: Google hits back over algorithm dispute
• Guardian: How Sir Tim Berners-Lee cut the Gordian Knot of HTML5
• The Wall Street Journal: Microsoft Battles Cyber Criminals
• Times Online: Now Google is Goliath it really must grow up
• BusinessWeek: Nokia Plots Its Comeback Plan
• Reuters: Pixi discounts seen hurting Palm profits

 

• Computing: Skype withdraws support for Windows Mobile
• Computer Weekly: Privacy considerations for location-based services
• The Register: O2 intros ‘light use’ mobile broadband deal
• IT Pro: So you’ve been hacked, now what?
• Silicon.com: Offshoring: Should the government send IT work abroad?
• CNET News: Microsoft takes off gloves against Google
• Huffington Post:
• PC World: Does Facebook’s Newsfeed Patent Threaten Social Media?

 

• Wired: Targeted Audio Ads: Coming to a Cellphone Near You
• Engadget: Dell Mini 5 to be the vanguard of ‘a family of tablets’
• The Gadget Show: Pentax X90 makes zoom epic
• New Scientist: Greener gadget designs

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