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Facebook's Success: Real Names Only
Facebook, which filed for an IPO this week, says it has been a success largely because it requires people to use their real names online and thus be more civil to each other. No anonymous flaming allowed. Can it last?
Source: ABC

Fun and Play Are Key to Survival for Bears, Dogs, Humans, Birds and Maybe Even Ants
Hungry wild polar bear prefers playing with a chained sled dog to eating it. It sounds like a paradox. How could play ? defined as ?apparently purposeless activity that?s fun to do and pleasurable? ? be vital for grim survival in such an often random...
Source: ABC

Watch: Steve Jobs Action Figure Unveiled
Unauthorized Apple co-founder doll goes on sale in February.
Source: ABC

Watch: Quadrantid Meteors Shower the Sky
Stargazers see debris from extinct comet over the Northern Hemisphere.
Source: ABC

The Geek Squad helps you back up, clean up, and upgrade
Wireless not connecting? Computer takes forever to shut down? Trying to sell an old laptop? You've got the tech questions, the Geek Squad has tech answers.
Source: FOX

First 'vampire' bat fly fossil discovered
A one-of-a-kind fossil shows that so-called bat flies ? tiny vampire insects that survive on the blood of bats ? have been parasitizing the winged mammals and spreading bat malaria for at least 20 million years, scientists report in a pair of studies Friday.
Source: FOX

Apple releases major security update for OS X
Apple has rolled out a big batch of security fixes for several of its popular software products and components, including the Mac OS X 10.7 Lion operating system.
Source: FOX

Citi hit in Brazilian hacker attack; bank says no data breach
A computer hacker group on Friday continued a wave of attacks against Brazilian financial websites, hampering the sites of CitigroupInc. and other prominent institutions.
Source: FOX

Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site
A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it.
Source: FOX

How to watch the Super Bowl on your smartphone
Let the game begin?on your smartphone! The best way to experience the Super Bowl is right in the palm of your hand.
Source: FOX