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February 16, 2013, 10:05 PM

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Facebook Security / Facebook:

Protecting People On Facebook — Facebook, like every significant internet service, is frequently targeted by those who want to disrupt or access our data and infrastructure. As such, we invest heavily in preventing, detecting, and responding to threats that target our infrastructure …

More: Softpedia News, Naked Security, The Register, NYT Bits, AllThingsD, ITProPortal, Guardian, ABCNEWS, ITworld.com, Ubergizmo, ReadWrite, PC Magazine, BBC, BuzzFeed, CNBC, Techie Buzz, VentureBeat, Betabeat, Neowin, Gizmodo, nbcnews.com, Mashable! and WebProNews

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook's Never Had A Big User Data Breach, But May Never Recover When It Does — It's not if, but when. Between crooks, hackers and foreign governments, Facebook probably can't avoid a serious user data breach forever. When it happens, Facebook may never be able to quiet fears that “personal data isn't safe there.”

More: Softpedia News

Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:

Facebook computers compromised by zero-day Java exploit

More: The Verge, Engadget, CNET, Bloomberg, ZDNet, SocialTimes, Forbes, Business Insider, Digits, Electronista, Inside Facebook, Daily Dot, Marketing Land, GigaOM, digitaltrends.com, Los Angeles Times, The Next Web and AllFacebook. Tweets: @jwherrman

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft job postings confirm more about Windows and Windows Phone Blue — Summary: A new Microsoft job posting verifies that Windows Blue will include user experience improvements, not just under-the-covers interface tweaks. Bonus: There's a reference to ‘Windows Phone Blue’ on Microsoft's job site, too.

More: The Verge, PhoneArena, Neowin, WinBeta and WMPoweruser

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google:

To get products into more hands, Google will open its own stores by the end of the year — An extremely reliable source has confirmed to us that Google is in the process of building stand-alone retail stores in the U.S. and hopes to have the first flagship Google Stores open for the holidays in major metropolitan areas.

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

When Mayer Called Yahoo's Mobile Revenue “Nascent,” She Wasn't Kidding (And Here's the Actual Number She Left Out) — On Yahoo's recent fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Marissa Mayer called the company's mobile efforts a “nascent source of revenue,” a theme she reiterated in her appearance earlier …

More: Marketing Land and ECPM BLOG. Tweets: @gsterling

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

You're not gonna Like it: Facebook's new search struggles with the real world — Mark Zuckerberg needs to rethink Likes before Graph Search can shine — One week ago, I received a Facebook message from my friend David. “SUPER random question, but do you know a girl from Michigan whose name is Lauren and lives in Boston?” he asked.

More: Beyond Search and Digits

John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

Apple's Podcast Disaster — Is the company that basically invented the podcast putting it out to pasture? — Apple's podcast app is, without a doubt, the worst iOS app it's ever made. Others have been poorly received or largely ignored, but this is unprecedented: With nearly 6,000 ratings …

Tweets: @pkafka and @panzer

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Mega update: Dotcom's service now accepts Bitcoin, will expand into email, chat, voice, video, and mobile — Kim Dotcom knows how to stir up a storm on Twitter. On Saturday, he announced Bitcoin support for his cloud storage service and also sent out a slew of tweets suggesting Mega …

More: The Verge and SlashGear. Tweets: @kimdotcom and @kimdotcom

Katia Moskvitch / BBC:

Taiwan Easycard: Risks and rewards of your life on one card — Beep, and a smart card gets you on a bus. — Beep, and the same card opens your office door. Beep, and you buy your coffee at a corner shop. Beep, you pay for parking, open the exit gate. Beep, check out a library book. — Beep.

Paul Marks / New Scientist:

The computer that never crashes — A revolutionary new computer based on the apparent chaos of nature can reprogram itself if it finds a fault — OUT of chaos, comes order. A computer that mimics the apparent randomness found in nature can instantly recover from crashes by repairing corrupted data.

More: Engadget, Business Insider, DailyTech, ITProPortal, The Verge, Softpedia News, TechSpot and Gizmodo

Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:

How Nest's Control Freaks Reinvented the Thermostat — Two men who created the iPod and iPhone founded Nest and injected new technology into the humble thermostat. Now they have their sights on the rest of your house. — With computing and design savvy, Matt Rogers (left) …

More: MacDailyNews. Tweets: @nest. Thanks:@tsimonite

Wall Street Journal:

Next Sony PlayStation to Stream Games — Sony Corp. is planning to offer technology to stream games to its next videogame console, people familiar with the company's plans say, alongside other enhancements to bolster its position in the market. — The new technology, to be unveiled Wednesday along …

More: PC Magazine, CNET, Redmond Pie, ITProPortal, EGMNOW, GSMArena Blog, Pocket-lint, The Next Web, Joystiq, Business Insider, SlashGear, The Verge and Polygon. Tweets: @aegies

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