The StarPhoenix - Technology

• The Pirate Bay sends 3D ship to Canada
  Popular bit torrent site the Pirate Bay is now allowing its users to download the plans for physical goods. One of the first recipients of a 3D object downloaded from the site is Toronto's Charles Randall.
  
  
• East and West clash on cyber cold war
  The gulf between western states and China and Russia is growing wider as the two clash on how to deal with recent hacks.
  
  
• Super Bowl smashed Twitter record
  Twitter said users were firing off a record 10,000 tweets per second in the final three minutes of the Super Bowl.
  
  
• Amateur Apple analysts outsmart Wall Street
  While Wall Street analysts' forecasts for Apple's revenue and earnings per share were off by an average of 21 per cent in the latest quarter, amateur analysts missed by just 10 per cent, according to the Fortune data.
  
  
• Anonymous's antiracist campaign angers Canadians
  Calgarians whose names have been connected to neo-Nazi and white-supremacist groups are angry that their personal identification has been published on the Internet.
  
  
• Anonymous releases alleged FBI-Scotland Yard conference call
  Hacker group Anonymous has released a recording of what appears to be a conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard held last month to discuss operations against the group.
  
  
• Gmail Man spoofs Google privacy
  Microsoft has released an attack ad featuring a character named Gmail Man which mocks Google's privacy policies. The ad is one of a string of attacks, including a widely circulated newspaper ad.
  
  
• Why Facebook stock may be wrong for you
  It's the year's hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients.
  
  
• Longtime users feel no "Facebook fatigue"
  A recent survey shows that people who have used the social networking site over a long period - since its founding in 2004, say - show no sign that they are tired of posting pictures, updating weekend plans or just relaying random thoughts.
  
  
• EU wants Google to halt privacy changes
  A group of European regulators has written to Google Inc calling on it to halt the introduction of its new privacy policy, saying it needs to investigate whether the proposals sufficiently protect users' personal data.