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February 12, 2012, 4:45 AM

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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Apple requests U.S. preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Nexus based on four high-power patents  —  Apple has brought a motion in the United States for a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Nexus, the official Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich") lead device developed by Samsung in close cooperation with Google.
Matt Gemmell:
Hashing for privacy in social apps  —  Three days ago, Arun Thampi blogged about his discovery that the Path social networking app uploads the user's entire iPhone address book to its servers.  There's been extensive industry media coverage of this, and a new version of Path has been released …
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
DEAR TWITTER: Don't Mean To Be Rude, But Maybe It's Time To Hire A Full-Time Product Guy?  —  It's hard to find anyone anywhere who has anything less-than-glowing to say about Jack Dorsey, the entrepreneur who invented Twitter and another red-hot company called Square and is now Twitter's product guru.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Big Cuts at Airy Labs, Ex-Employees Blame Management  —  Airy Labs, an educational gaming startup backed by Google Ventures and others, has eliminated the vast majority of its 20-person staff, leaving only a skeleton crew to keep the company going.  —  That's what I've been told by former employees …
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Reuters:
Protests erupt across Europe against web piracy treaty  —  (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance.
CNN:
Hackers target CIA, Mexican, Alabama websites  —  (CNN) — Websites affiliated with the CIA, Mexico's mining ministry and the state of Alabama were down Friday, allegedly done in by hackers, government officials and a well-known hacking group reported.  —  A message Friday on a Twitter page …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Whale Hunting: Facebook Hooks 1st-Time Buyers With $5 Of Game Credits For $1  —  Only about 5% Facebook gamers pay to play freemium games.  If Facebook could up this percentage, it and its third-party app developers could make a lot more money.  That's the idea behind a new promotion Facebook announced today …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
VEVO CEO Tries To Explain Their Hypocritical Act Of Piracy At Sundance  —  Yesterday I reported on a bizarre incident I witnessed at Sundance last month: VEVO, the music portal owned by some of the biggest record labels in the US, had a pirated NFL playoff game playing on screens throughout its ‘PowerStation’ venue.

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