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Reuters - Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison said on Saturday he expected Sun Microsystems, the unprofitable hardware maker that he bought last month for $7.5 billion, to be making a profit soon. - [Read more]

AP - Facebook users have been complaining about problems at the social media site. - [Read more]

AFP - Chinese educational institutions named in connection with cyber-attacks on Google have denied involvement, state media said Saturday, as differences festered between Beijing and the Internet giant.

PC World - It appears Apple is embarking on a new anti-smut crusade to rid its iPhone App Store of "overtly sexual content." According to news reports, the targets of Apples ire include relatively tame adult fare, many of which manage to incorporate the word "boob" into their titles. - [Read more]

AP - A suburban Philadelphia school district accused of secretly switching on laptop computer webcams inside students homes says it never used webcam images to monitor or discipline students and believes one of its administrators has been "unfairly portrayed and unjustly attacked."

AP - Two prominent schools in China dispute allegations that hacking attacks on Google and other firms originated from them, a report said Saturday. - [Read more]

PC World - Samsung is a company more commonly associated with HDTVs and smartphones, but the companys camera announcements at PMA 2010 in Anaheim made it clear that theyre very serious about cameras. - [Read more]

AFP - No matter which captivating film wins the Oscar for visual effects at next months Academy Awards ceremony, software savants at Autodesk will be taking a bow.

PC World - 4G wireless--which operates at speeds up to 10 times greater than todays 3G networks--could become a reality for many businesses over the coming year. Sprint, the current 4G leader, says it will introduce its first 4G smartphone before mid-year. - [Read more]

Macworld.com - Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 Series this week (still haven’t lost your signature touch, Microsoft!) and the Macalope’s reaction may shock Macworld’s more sensitive readers! Viewer discretion is advised! And did you know that Steve Jobs doesn’t like Flash?! Oh, the Macalope’s stars and garters! - [Read more]

PC World - Macworld contributor Kirk McElhearn is suffering from a massive case of what I call "Google remorse," and hes not alone. McElhearns column, "Why Im Dropping Google," is part of a much larger backlash Im seeing against the search giant. - [Read more]

InfoWorld - Rhomobile unveiled this week an upgrade to Rhodes, its open source framework for building native applications for multiple smartphone platforms. - [Read more]

Macworld.com - Apple CEO Steve Jobs, author J.K. Rowling, former Vice President Al Gore, entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nintendo Entertainment general manager Shigeru Miyamoto all have something in common—and I’m not talking about the size of their disposable incomes. - [Read more]

AFP - An Al-Qaeda cyber-offensive is a real and growing threat, even though Osama bin Ladens shadowy group has yet to show a true capability, experts said.

AP - The Internet attacks that may end up driving Google Inc. out of China originated from two prominent schools in the country, according to a story published late Thursday.

AP - U.S. and European regulators have cleared the long-discussed Internet search partnership between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., enabling the rivals to form a tag team as they try to mount a more serious challenge to Google Inc.

AP - Security experts have found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies. The unusual thing about the incident is not that it happened but that it was discovered, and it is a reminder of the dangers of having computers with sensitive data connected to the open Internet. - [Read more]

AP - Google revved up its Internet advertising sales to quintuple its fourth-quarter profit. It also delivered double-digit revenue growth for the first time in a year.

Reuters - Google Incs fourth-quarter revenue grew 17 percent, beating Wall Street expectations, as advertisers and Web surfers turned to the Internet search engine during the holiday shopping season.

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday urged China to investigate cyber intrusions that led Google to threaten to pull out of that country — and challenged Beijing to openly publish its findings.