Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech stories so far. We’ll cover a few of these throughout the day but feel free to get a head start.
Internet Rallies Behind Egypt In An Attempt To Restore Communication
Link: Techland
Egypt apparently just staged the world’s biggest digital lock-in. Connections are still alive inside the country, but nothing’s getting in or out.
Still Strong: Microsoft Beat Estimates as Quarterly Sales Neared $20 Billion
Link: All Things Digital
Microsoft’s holiday quarter showed better-than-expected returns, with 8 million Xbox 360 Kinect peripherals sold helping to boost revenue.
Kindle Books Now Outselling Paperbacks at Amazon
Link: Mashable
Amazon sells paper books and electronic books. While digital versions of its Kindle books have already surpassed hardcover sales, they just recently blew past paperbacks as well.
Netflix Performance on Top ISP Networks
Link: Netflix Tech Blog
With a business model based largely on streaming high-bitrate, bandwidth-intensive video files, Netflix has gathered plenty of data about which internet service providers perform better than others. Where’s yours on the list?
Celebrating Data Privacy Day
Link: The Official Google Blog
Today’s the fourth annual Data Privacy Day and, as usual, I didn’t even remember to pick up a card. There’s cake in the break room, though.
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Google Helps Digitize Holocaust Archives
Some AT&T Users Get a Second Chance at Unlimited 3G Data
Netflix Tries to Go Social (Again)