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CBC.ca

Zuckerberg's 2012 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billion Register If all goes according to plan, Facebook founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's share of the profit in his company's upcoming initial public offering will result in him facing a tax bill of around $1.5bn for 2012. What's more, the Financial Times ... Facebook Readies IPO FilingWall Street Journal Zuckerberg May Sell $1.67B in Facebook StockBloomberg Wealthy Investors Shrug at Facebook IPOBusinessWeek New York Times -Washington Post -CNET all 8,130 news articles »

Globe and Mail

Why Facebook may not be a wise investment Washington Post Facebook officially filed its IPO on Wednesday. The initial public offering is expected sometime in May and will value Facebook at $75 billion to $100 billion. The company generated $3.7 billion in 2011 revenue. As strong as this figure sounds at first ... IPO Euphoria, Without Much MemoryNew York Times Advice to new Facebook millionaires: take a breathReuters Google, Facebook Fierce Tech Rivalry Looms: 10 Reasons WhyeWeek BusinessWeek -Wall Street Journal -PC Magazine all 282 news articles »

Forbes

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Goes Public on Parenting Forbes Would it surprise you to hear that a future CEO had the following background? She enjoyed weekly manicures with her mother starting at age four, spent her days playing princess dress-up, was not regularly around professional women, and was not told she ... The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on MessageNew York Times Facebook COO Poised to Enter Billionaire Boys ClubThe Atlantic Wire Facebook board of directors lacks diversityWashington Post all 32 news articles »

News Quench

Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Details Leak News Quench Rumors surfaced this week concerning Microsoft's upcoming mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8. The rumors come from a leaked video featuring Joe Belfiore, a Microsoft senior vice president and manager of the Windows Phone project, and include a ... Microsoft testing Skype Windows Phone client, expected at MWCThe Verge Windows Phone 8: Great, But Still Too Late?PC Magazine Amazon's Latest Hire Could Mean More Apps For KindleGizmodo IntoMobile -Tom's Guide -Mashable all 94 news articles »

Telegraph.co.uk

Does Mars have life? New study says it's unlikely on the surface The State Column If there is life on Mars it is likely it is found far under the surface of the arid Red Planet, according to a study released Friday. A research team led by London's Imperial College has concluded that the surface of Mars has been arid for hundreds of ... Space voyages shouldn't become politically incorrectmsnbc.com Life on Mars? Not on the surfaceTG Daily Mars too dry for lifeTelegraph.co.uk Discovery News -RedOrbit -UPI.com all 39 news articles »

Fox News

Russian scientists eye mission to moon this decade Fox News Russia's space agency and training center for cosmonauts is launching a campaign to choose a new team of cosmonauts to train for a special mission, most likely for the moon this decade, Pravda.ru reported The selection is open to any Russian citizen ... Phobos-Grunt Falls From the Sky. Tim Worstall Not BlamedForbes Russia to Build Astrology Labs on the Moon by 2020DBKP - Death By 1000 Papercuts Is Russia's Space Program Viable?Voice of America Science AAAS -EE Times -UPI.com all 56 news articles »

Outcome Magazine

Anonymous attacks 2 Swedish Web sites Outcome Magazine STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 4 (UPI) — The online vigilante group Anonymous said it brought down two Swedish government Web sites Saturday to protest laws aimed at Internet piracy. The Local reported that anyone trying to access the sites got a short ... Hackers Apparently Hit Swedish Government SiteABC News Hackers mount Swedish government cyber attackThe Local.se Swedish group linked to Anonymous claims cyber attack against government websiteWashington Post all 152 news articles »

Digitaltrends.com

Smartphone sales exceed those of PCs for first time, Apple smashes record Digitaltrends.com Smartphone shipments beat those of PCs for the first time ever in 2011, with 73 million more units being sold. Strong sales of Apple's iPhone played a significant role and helped the company to break the record for the number of phones shipped in a ... Report: Smartphone Shipments Overtake PCs in 2011PC Magazine Smartphone shipments outpaced PCs in 2011 for first timeComputerworld Canalys crowns Apple top Smartphone vendor in 2011 as iPad surges past PC growthApple Insider CNET -Register -Mashable all 54 news articles »

Fox News

Weekly Wrap: Lion bugs, iBooks Author, Final Cut Pro X Macworld by Lex Friedman, Macworld.com Once a week, we gather together to recap the best stories published on Macworld over the past seven days. This week, those include software updates from Apple—and the problems that go along with them—tips on using your Mac ... Snow Leopard update wreaks havoc on Rosetta, luddite users contemplate running ...Engadget Security Update 2012-001 Kills Rosetta AppsTidBITS Apple releases major security update for OS XFox News eWeek -CNET -The Verge all 121 news articles »

The State Column

NASA's 'blue marble' photo sets record on Flickr The State Column NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has released another stunning image of Earth, the second such photo to come out of the US space agency this week. Responding to popular demand, the US space agency released its second 2012 version of the famous “Blue ... Blue Marble MojoDiscovery News Spectacular High-Res Image of Earth: The Other SideWired News Second 'Blue Marble' NASA sat pic apes Apollo 17's stunnerRegister USA TODAY -CBS News -Christian Science Monitor all 70 news articles »