YouTube phenomenon has girls asking: Am I pretty? (AP)

AP – The young girl shows off her big, comfy koala hat and forms playful hearts with her fingers as she drops the question on YouTube: “Am I pretty or ugly?”

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McCartney to debut new songs live on iTunes stream (AP)

AP – Paul McCartney will debut the songs from his new album “Kisses on the Bottom” in a free live streaming performance on iTunes.

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Hong Kong design student says Jobs tribute not original (Reuters)

Reuters – A Hong Kong design student’s tribute to Steve Jobs that generated a buzz in cyberspace following the death of the co-founder of Apple last week is not original, the teenager said on Monday.

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U.S. order targets WikiLeaks supporter’s mail: report (Reuters)

Reuters – The U.S. government obtained secret court orders to force Google Inc and a small Internet provider to hand over information from email accounts of a WikiLeaks volunteer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

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Sony sinks to $199 mln quarterly loss on disaster (AP)

AP – Sony Corp. sank to a 15.5 billion yen ($199 million) quarterly loss, hurt by the disasters in northeastern Japan, a massive online security breach and plunging TV prices.

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Post-9/11, biggest terror threat is underground (AP)

AP – It’s the morning rush in the Times Square subway station, a routine convergence of humanity and mass transit that makes New York City hum. Mixing seamlessly with subway riders are New York Police Department officers with heavy body armor and high-powered rifles, commanders in blue NYPD polo shirts carrying smart phone-size radiation detectors and a panting police dog named Sabu.

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IMF becomes latest known target of major cyber attack (Reuters)

Reuters – The International Monetary Fund, the intergovernmental group that oversees the global financial system and brings together 187 member nations, has become the latest known target of a significant cyber attack.

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Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage (AP)

AP – Lockheed Martin has admitted it was the recent target of a “significant and tenacious” cyber attack, although the defense contractor and the Department of Homeland Security insist the hack was thwarted before any critical data was stolen. But what about next time? With top-secret military programs at stake, staying a step ahead of ever-evolving cyber spies is not just a task for corporate IT departments, it’s a matter of national security.

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Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5B (AP)

AP – Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker’s 36-year history.

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RIM’s PlayBook hits North American shelves (Reuters)

Reuters – Research In Motion’s PlayBook went on sale in the United States and Canada on Tuesday in a launch the company hopes will win customers away from Apple’s dominant iPad tablet computer.

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