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Opinion: Will Windows on ARM challenge the iPad where Android has failed? (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends - WOA sounds like what you might tell a horse when you want it to stop, but it’s also the working acronym for Windows on ARM, which Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky recently detailed in a revealing blog post. I’m clearly going to have some fun with the acronym, but the new details of the operating system have some pretty heavy implications, too.There really are some little nuggets in Steven’s Blog post that suggest this could be a game changer on a lot of fronts.It might even make tablets as we know them obsolete.

Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry (AP)

AP - Britain's biggest-selling tabloid newspaper was fighting to contain the damage after five of its employees were arrested Saturday in an inquiry into the alleged payment of bribes to police and other officials, detectives and the newspaper's parent company said.

High hopes for HTC Android devices at Mobile World Congress 2012 (Appolicious)

Appolicious - HTC’s been in a tough spot this past year, losing ground to other Android device makers like Samsung. But this year’s Mobile World Congress could start to turn things around for the handset maker, with word of four new device launches at the Barcelona event, held later this month. It’s likely we’ll see the HTC Edge quad-core phone revealed at MWC, giving HTC its first “first” since the debut of the HTC Dream. ...

Norwegians seek A-ha! moment in North Korean music (AP)

AP - An arts festival in northern Norway is offering a rare glimpse into North Korean culture this weekend, including performances by musicians whose accordion version of A-ha's megahit "Take on Me" has become an online sensation.

Viral video: Father shoots daughter's laptop after she whines about parents on Facebook (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends - Racking up over 3.5 million views on YouTube over the last 48 hours, a North Carolina man named Tommy Jordan, father of a fifteen-year old teenage girl named Hannah, decided to respond to his daughter’s complaints about their family life. His daughter posted a lengthy rant about her parents on Facebook and attempted to hide the post with the privacy settings Facebook provides for all users. However, her father somehow ended up with a copy to her diatribe and decided to film a video response called “Facebook Parenting: For the troubled teen�. He had recently spent over $100 as well as several hours of his time upgrading her laptop, thus the actions on the video were very much an emotional response to what he perceived was a lack of gratitude on her part.

iPads for the US Air Force? 18,000 may soon be purchased (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends - When it comes to purchasing equipment, most military machines around the world will spend their time leafing through catalogs packed with bullets and bombs. The US Air Force (USAF), however, is also taking a close look at something else—Apple’s iPad.

First public photos of Blue Ivy Carter go online (AP)

AP - She's been a sensation since she's been born, and now Blue Ivy has made her public debut.

Netflix settlement trims 14 pct off 4Q earnings (AP)

AP - Netflix pressed the rewind button on its fourth-quarter earnings after settling allegations that the video subscription service violated a consumer-privacy law.

Google Wallet a security risk: researchers (Reuters)

Reuters - Security researchers said they found a vulnerability in the Google Inc mobile payments platform which is currently available in phones sold by Sprint Nextel Corp.

7 Marketing Lessons From RIM's Failures (Mashable)

Mashable - Alex Goldfayn is CEO of the Evangelist Marketing Institute. His new book is called Evangelist Marketing: What Apple, Amazon and Netflix Understand About Their Customers (That Your Company Probably Doesn't).