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Hackers post W.Va. police officers' personal info (AP) AP - Hackers affiliated with the group Anonymous obtained personal information for more than 150 police officers from an old website of the West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association and posted the data online. February 08, 2012 6:02 PM AOL hires chief content officer for troubled Patch (Reuters) Reuters - AOL Inc, which has been investing heavily in content to make up for declining revenue from dial-up Internet access, has hired an executive for the newly created position of chief content officer at its struggling Patch hyperlocal news network. February 08, 2012 2:00 PM Yahoo chairman exits, review drags on (Reuters) Reuters - Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock and three other directors will step down as the struggling company ploughs ahead with an internal overhaul, including discussions on dealing with its stakes in China's Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan. February 08, 2012 1:24 PM French min deletes "stay indoors" tip for homeless (Reuters) Reuters - A French health minister tried to tweet her way out of embarrassing blog advice that homeless people should not go outdoors during the ice-cold snap in Europe. February 08, 2012 12:49 PM Analysis: More than just Great Firewall awaits Facebook in China (Reuters) Reuters - When it comes to China, Facebook should consider itself forewarned. Cracking the world's biggest Internet population might seem an obvious ambition for the social networking giant as it trumpets its global growth before a $5 billion initial public offering, but the chances it will succeed look slim. February 08, 2012 10:13 AM Chairman, 3 others out in Yahoo board shake-up (AP) AP - Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and three longtime board members are stepping down, submitting to the demands of many frustrated shareholders who blame them for contributing to the follies that have dragged down the Internet company's revenue and stock price. February 08, 2012 12:54 AM British Cabinet Warns of Possible Internet Outages During Summer Olympics (Mashable) Mashable - The British Cabinet Office has warned businesses in England that the country may not be able to fully accommodate a surge in Internet use during the 2012 Olympics in London this summer. Businesses have been told that Internet providers may be forced to ration access to the web during certain times of day and service may fall out altogether at other times. February 08, 2012 12:05 AM IMDB "Jane Doe" case gets a court date (Reuters) Reuters - Junie Hoang, the actress suing the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for revealing her age, will see her day -- and perhaps two days -- in court next year. February 07, 2012 11:35 PM Amazon, Viacom close to Web video deal (Reuters) Reuters - Amazon.com Inc is about to announce a Web video deal with Viacom Inc in what sources said was one of the last steps in a plan to launch a standalone subscription service to compete with Netflix Inc. February 07, 2012 10:51 PM Super Bowl XLVI Serves a Record 2.1 Million Live Streams (Mashable) Mashable - More than 2.1 million viewers watched Super Bowl XLVI via live streams. While this paled in comparison to the game's record-breaking 111.3 million broadcast viewers, it still set a viewership record for online sporting streams. NBC tells the Associated Press that the Super Bowl was the "most-watched single-game sports event online." February 07, 2012 10:46 PM

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