Jeff Kunins / The Windows Blog:
Windows Live Messenger - a short history  —  Hi, my name is Jeff Kunins, and I am the Group Program Manager (GPM) for social networking across Windows Live.  In other words, I'm totally focused on partnering with and connecting to social networks and other web services that you already love …

Stephanie Pappas / LiveScience:
3-D Movies are Harder to Pirate, for Now  —  James Cameron's 3-D epic Avatar wowed audiences with its immersive special effects, but Hollywood is hoping the technology can do something more: Give film studios breathing room in the fight against movie piracy.

Eliot Van Buskirk / Epicenter:
What Do We Want?  Our Data.  When Do We Want It?  Now!  —  Predictions about the appeal of cloud computing were on the money.  We increasingly share, communicate, socialize and entertain ourselves with software and media on remote servers rather than on our own computers.

Dancho Danchev / Zero Day:
Reports: SQL injection attacks and malware led to most data breaches  —  With millions of personal records and payment card information stolen on a regular basis, several recently released reports independently confirm some of the main sources of breaches.  Not surprisingly, that's not zero day flaws …

Dave Caolo / TUAW:
iPad pre-orders overwhelm Norwegian stores  —  Who's got low expectations for the iPad?  Not the Norwegians, as one local store can't keep up with pre-orders.  —  Late last week, retailer Eplehuset (Apple House) suspended pre-orders all together when they sold out.

Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Court dismisses long-running WGA ‘spyware’ suit vs. Microsoft  —  Three-and-a-half years after the suit was filed, a federal judge in Seattle has dismissed a case that alleged Microsoft's distribution of anti-piracy detection technology to Windows users through its Automatic Update system amounted to spreading spyware.

Simon Walker / AndroidSPIN:
HTC Scorpion Leaked.  Maybe 1.5Ghz Processor.  Android 2.2.  Is it real?  —  Is the HTC / Google Nexus one the king of the crop anymore?  —  Not if the following rumor has any validity.  —  More and more rumors appear everyday about new devices coming from HTC and this latest leaked build file looks …

Ubergizmo:
Hook Your Motorola Droid To USB Printers In The Future?  —  How would you like to be able to hook up a USB printer, or USB flash drive to your Motorola Droid?  That's not possible just yet, but thanks to a couple of folks who were fiddling with the Motorola Droid, it might be possible in the future.

Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Opera Mini for iPhone to be revealed next week, available never  —  Here's a guaranteed way to drum up support for an upcoming press event: claim the impossible.  Opera just announced a press and partner preview of its Opera Mini browser for the iPhone at Mobile World Congress.

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Google makes biggest gain in smartphone market share  —  US mobile users are increasingly getting into text messaging, Internet browsing, and social networks as they continue to shift to more capable devices.  Additionally, Apple's and Google's share of the smartphone market is inching …

Opera Press Room:
Opera Mini for iPhone sneak peek  —  Exclusive press and partner preview at MWC 2010  —  Opera Software, maker of the world's most popular mobile Web browser, plans to reveal Opera Mini for iPhone in an exclusive press and partner preview during the 2010 Mobile World Congress (MWC).