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Feb 13 2009 10:41am EDT

First Bytes: Microsoft, iPhone, Pakistan's Black Market, Aliens

Microsoft hired a former Wal-Mart exec to helm the opening of their own brick and mortar retail stores to compete with Apple's shiny, sleek, genius-bar emporiums. (Wall Street Journal)

If that doesn't help its sales, maybe Microsoft will be able to capitalize on the Taliban's recent endorsement of the iPhone. (Valleywag, Al Jazeera English)

Military laptops were discovered for sale on Pakistan's black market, just $650 with a little haggling. (Wired, GlobalPost)

The techno world awarded $1 million prize to help scientists search for aliens in outer space. (Wall Street Journal)

When the clocks strikes 3:31 PST today, or 1234567890 o'clock in computer-geek time, Unix nerds everywhere will rejoice. (CNET)

This just in: Technology has killed romance. Valentine's Day texts, anyone? (The Telegraph)

Open-government activists make federal court records available for free online. (New York Times)

by Alexandra Fenwick


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