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February 9, 2013, 12:10 AM

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Andy Greenberg / Forbes:

Evasi0n Is The Most Popular Jailbreak Ever: Nearly Seven Million iOS Devices Hacked In Four Days — Over the last half a week, Apple has been hit with the largest mass-hacking incident in its history. And the perpetrators were the company's own users. — Nearly seven million iPhone …

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Google's Schmidt to sell roughly 42 percent of stake — (Reuters) - Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is selling roughly 42 percent of his stake in the Internet search company over the coming year, Google announced on Friday. — Schmidt will sell 3.2 million shares of Class …

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Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Some iPhone users are seeing battery drain and overheating issues after upgrading to iOS 6.1 (Updated) — We have started seeing an increase in iPhone issues related to battery life and overheating. All of them seem to be related to users upgrading their devices to iOS 6.1.

More: MacRumors, The Verge, Examiner, AllThingsD, CNET, Guardian, WindowsITPro, Pocket-lint, Forbes, Wired, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, Pocket-lint, PhoneArena, iDownloadBlog.com, MacNN and Electronista. Thanks:@alex

Daniel Trotta / Reuters:

U.S. Secret Service investigates Bush email hacking — (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service is investigating whether former President George H.W. Bush's email was hacked along with other family members and friends, the agency said on Friday. — That probe comes in response to reports …

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Omar Shahine / The Windows Blog:

A billion Office documents on SkyDrive, now with easier collaboration … For those of you who have tried the new Office, you'll know we made it easy to quickly save your documents to SkyDrive and get a link to share with others—earlier today we made it even easier for people to share …

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

As SkyDrive hits 1bn documents, Microsoft now lets you share and edit files in Office Web Apps sans account

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CBS San Francisco:

San Jose Official Backs Plan For New $82M Google Airport — Mineta San Jose International Airport (City of San Jose) — SAN JOSE (CBS SF) - San Jose should accept an offer by a major airport operator to build an $82 million private airport for executives of Google Inc. at Mineta San Jose International Airport, a city official said.

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Nick Taborek / Bloomberg:

Apple IPads Neutered for U.S. Government as CACI Targets Mobile — CACI International Inc. has altered “thousands” of Apple Inc. iPads so they can be used securely by the U.S. government, according to Dan Allen, CACI's chief executive officer. — “It's a neutered iPad,” …

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Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

After 8 Years On The Web, Project Management Platform Basecamp Finally Launches An “Official” iOS App — Basecamp, the project management platform developed by 37 Signals that launched in 2004, is still alive and kicking, which is something of a feat considering how many companies have come and gone in this space over the years.

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Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

4chan creator Chris Poole draws a future where anyone can make art — 4chan creator Chris “moot” Poole spent two years building and refining Canvas, a family-friendly version of the massively successful 4chan, when he realized something was off. “90 percent of our users didn't feel …

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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

AOL's Dial-Up Subscription Business Produces More Than All Of The Company's Profit — AOL just released quasi-profit numbers for each of its divisions for the first time. — As expected, AOL's dial-up subscription business—the business that powered AOL to astounding global success in the 1990s …

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

AOL Q4 2012 Beats The Street On Revenues Of $600M, Showing Its First Revenue Growth In 8 Years

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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

TPB AFK: Watch and Download The Pirate Bay Documentary NOW — The Pirate Bay is one of the best known file-sharing brands and the site has a well-earned place in Internet history. — The BitTorrent site and its founders have been targeted by several court cases over the years …

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Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Four years in the Pirate Bay: director Simon Klose on why file-sharing is still political

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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple hires AMOLED TV Application Expert James (Jueng-Gil) Lee from LG — According to reports originating from OLED-A.org (via OLED-Info), Apple has hired OLED expert Dr. James (Jueng-Gil) Lee. He was previously a senior researcher on LG Display's R&D team and worked on printed AMOLED TVs.

More: OLED Info, AppleInsider, Mobile Marketing Watch, MacRumors, Communications …, GigaOM, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, iClarified, SlashGear, BGR, Macgasm, TUAW and Electronista

Kevin Bostic / AppleInsider:

Home Depot abandoning BlackBerry platform in favor of Apple's iPhone and iOS — EXCLUSIVE: Home improvement retailer Home Depot plans to replace thousands of BlackBerry smartphones issued to its managerial and corporate staffers with versions of Apple's iPhone 4S, AppleInsider has learned.

More: AllThingsD, Macgasm and IntoMobile

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google Drive's Create menu now lets you add and access third-party, Drive-enabled apps — Google on Friday announced a new feature for its Drive service: a significantly revamped Create menu featuring third-party apps. For consumers, the change means Drive-connected apps are easier to access …

More: googledevelopers.blogspot.ca, TechCrunch Japan, TechCrunch, Google Operating System, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Google and WebProNews

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Former Kleiner Perkins Partner, Erly Founder And Hulu CTO Eric Feng Joins Flipboard As CTO — Eric Feng, former Kleiner Perkins partner and Hulu CTO, is joining social magazine app Flipboard's executive team as CTO, running engineering and strategy. — Most recently, Feng was at Airtime …

More: Reuters, San Francisco Chronicle, paidContent and AllThingsD

Don Clark / Digits:

Intel Bets on New-wave Networking with Big Switch — For people who equip and run computer rooms, a trend called software-defined networking has been widely identified as a very big deal. Intel is helping to fund the movement. — The chip giant's venture capital arm on Friday is announcing …

More: Big Switch Networks, Inc., AllThingsD, SiliconANGLE, VatorNews, TechCrunch, ZDNet, ITworld.com and GigaOM

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