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January 27, 2012, 6:01 PM

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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Readies IPO Filing for Next Week  —  Facebook Inc. could file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week and is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter for its IPO, said people familiar with the matter.  —  Facebook could file papers for the IPO …
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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Tim Cook responds to claims of factory worker mistreatment: “We care about every worker in our supply chain”  —  This morning, The New York Times published a lengthy report with details about the harsh conditions of working in the factories of an Apple parts supplier or Apple product manufacturer.
Matt Hickey / The Daily:
Microsoft's latest home for Kinect technology: portable computers  —  Microsoft's drive to integrate Kinect technology into a wide array of products is not slowing.  —  A few weeks ago at CES, the company announced a desktop version of the Kinect, but it also seems the boys and girls in Redmond …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How Siri is ruining your cellphone service  —  Like a few million other people this past holiday season, we bought an iPhone 4S, with its much-hyped Siri feature.  The vocal interface allows users to speak all kinds of commands into the phone ("What's the weather in San Francisco?") and get answers from a sultry-voiced robot/concierge.
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
For $2 a Star, a Retailer Gets 5-Star Reviews  —  Agencies like the Federal Trade Commission have been trying to crack down on online product reviews that do not disclose the connection between a merchant and the person doling out the praise.  —  Big Victory on Internet Buoys Lobby
John P. Holdren / The White House:
CTO Aneesh Chopra Stepping Down  —  When President Obama came into office in January 2009, the Administration found a Federal government relying too heavily on 20th century technology.  On his first day on the job, the President created the position of “Chief Technology Officer” …
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple introduces us to the Wild World of Coded Magnets  —  Once in a while we're treated to new Apple invention that virtually contains a new self-contained world of possibilities and vocabulary to enrich it.  It comes out of the blue and feeds our need for meaty new technology brimming with potential.
More: PC Magazine, Macgasm and BGR
Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:
Page Rage Escalates As Google Cancels Twitter Android Meeting  —  We've heard from insiders that Google's PR strategy to the Don't Be Evil toolbar bombshell- which exposed just how much the search giant is meddling with search results- is just to stay quiet until it blows over.
Direct2Dell:
Weekly Recap: Dell in the News - January 27 edition  —  Welcome to the latest edition of the Weekly Recap, your guide to the week's Dell-related news and happenings.  —  Story of the Week  —  Dell Sees ‘Healthy Signs’ of Demand in European Business Sector Bloomberg - January 25, 2012
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Diane Bartz / Reuters:
U.S. government invalidates potent Rambus patent  —  (Reuters) - The last of three patents that tech licensing company Rambus (RMBS.O) used to win infringement lawsuits against Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N) and others has been declared invalid, according to legal documents.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Copyright Industry Calls For Broad Search Engine Censorship  —  It's no secret that the entertainment industries believe search engines are not delivering enough when it comes to protecting copyright works.  Just last month, the RIAA and IFPI accused Google of massively profiting from piracy …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Dear Google: Crappy Results Like This Don't Give The Impression You Care About Search  —  The debate about what should — and shouldn't — show in a Google search result for “santorum” has been well-documented, at this point.  But I'd like to use this now famous search to illustrate something else …

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Channel 9:
GoingNative 2012 Full Schedule (Sold Out, But Will Stream Live!)  —  We are sold out!  But have no fear: The entire event will stream live and be available on demand shortly after the show ends.
Cloud Foundry:
Multi-Language, Multi-Framework, what about Multi-Cloud?  —  Previously, developers had to put a lot of energy into preserving choice across operating systems and minimizing hard dependencies on specific operating systems.
SoftLayer Blog:
Up Close and Personal: Intel Xeon E7-4850  —  Last year, we announced that we would be the first provider to offer the Intel E7-4800 series server.  This bad boy has record-breaking compute power …
Direct2Dell:
Weekly Recap: Dell in the News - January 27 edition  —  Welcome to the latest edition of the Weekly Recap, your guide to the week's Dell-related news and happenings.  —  Story of the Week
TechFreedom:
Who Really Stopped SOPA, and Why?  —  I split my time these days between Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill, and last week was a very good week to be in Washington.  In the fall, I witnessed the beginnings …

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