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Facebook’s eagerly awaited IPO reportedly set for May

In the most specific prediction yet of Facebook's looming IPO, AllThingsD is reporting the Menlo Park-based social media giant plans to go public in the third week of May. It's expected to be one of the largest tech IPOs Read More →

Zappos’ data breached as hackers make waves worldwide

It's been a hackalicious weekend: • Amazon-owned online retailer Zappos and its discount site, 6pm.com, are warning its 24 million customers to change their passwords after a data breach exposed personal information. In an email to customers Sunday, Zappos said some Read More →

Quoted: White House comes out against SOPA

“We will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.” -- White House statement detailing its concerns with the Stop Online Piracy Act. In a blog post Read More →

Off topic: Romney the serial killer, future of ‘Walking Dead,’ Chinese superbuilders and, of course, 49ers highlights

Stephen Colbert's first attack ad is up, and it calls Mitt Romney a serial killer (as long as corporations are people...). Six things we learned about upcoming episodes of "The Walking Dead" (hurry up and add Read More →

Worldly problems for Google, Apple, more

We've been writing about Google's problems and battles practically all week, might as well end the week with more. Apple and other tech giants — they have problems, too, around the world. • First, we're off to Read More →

Post-holiday report on video games: EA shares sink, Zynga rises

A day after an NPD report that video game sales — of hardware, software and accessories — fell 21 percent in December from the year-ago period, big industry players are taking a beating in the stock markets. Shares of Read More →

Quoted: SOPA author digs in

"It is amazing to me that the opponents apparently don't want to protect American consumers and businesses." — Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, on those who dare to oppose SOPA. Smith wrote the Stop Online Piracy Act, the proposed copyright Read More →

Off topic: a number a day, books come alive, pay-scale index, Friday the 13th

Today's number is 438, which is a Smith number. Learn more about 438 and other numbers at NumberADay. The Joy of Books, a colorful stop-motion animation. (via Brain Pickings) The PayScale Index Read More →

Battles galore: Google vs. (insert party here), plus other tech fights

This roundup may seem like it's Google vs. the world — the Silicon Valley probably feels that way sometimes — but we've thrown in a couple of other notable disputes for good measure. • On one side of the Read More →

ARM wrestling: Intel finally putting up a fight in mobile

Take the news about a couple of reports that PC shipments fell in the quarter that included the holiday shopping season, and a big-picture look at Intel's showing at CES this week. Add them up, and Read More →
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