News Bytes for 12/14/2009

Dark Matter particle may have been discovered, using an underground mine physics experiment in Minnesota

Apple expels group of iPhone developers and their 1000 apps from the App Store after reviews scam

DARPA awards project to Texas A&M to study “temporary hibernation” treatment on pigs, for use on future injured soldiers on the battlefield

Russian cybercrook gets 18 months for IRS e-filing scam

TJX card hacker pleads guilty to Heartland Payment Systems breach

LCD maker pleads guilty to price fixing

AT&T promises network improvements, hints at 3G data caps in large cities

Google CEO says privacy doesn’t matter: If you want to keep something private, “maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” This after Google blacklists CNet for violating their CEO’s privacy.

Study finds Americans consume 34GB of information every day

Company trains the autistic to test software

Facebook’s new push for public data runs aground as founders’ pictures are made public and they reconsider

GAO says FCC needs better oversight of the wireless industry42% of people who want to switch carriers don’t switch due to early-termination charges

Method to repair damaged adult nerves discovered

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