The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger dies Associated Press
Doug Fieger, leader of the power pop band The Knack who sang on the 1979 hit “My Sharona,” died Sunday. He was 57. Fieger, a Detroit-area native, died at his home in Woodland Hills near Los Angeles after battling cancer, according to The Knack’s manager, Jake Hooker. ieger formed The Knack in Los Angeles 1978, and the group quickly became a staple of Sunset Strip rock clubs. A year later he co-wrote and sang lead vocals on “My Sharona.” ieger said the song, with its pounding drums and exuberant vocals, was inspired by a girlfriend of four years.

Sallywood? Saveypood? Conservationists give iconic Hollywood sign a confusing makeover Daily News
Conservationists raced to cover the nine giant letters of the iconic Hollywood sign with a red mesh sign Friday in a dramatic protest of a nearby development. The sign reading “Save the Peak” is part of a campaign to stop construction of four luxury homes in the landmark’s shadow. By lunchtime, they were halfway there. “What’s a ‘Pood,’ and who’s trying to save it?” asked Holly Montgomery, a 44-year-old tourist from Bloomington, Minn., who drove high in the hills hoping to get a photo of the sign that should have included her first name. “I’m just here one day, and this was something I really wanted to do,” she said, deflated. “But I definitely support the cause. This sign is so famous. It represents all the stars and movies we love.”

Spam hits Google Buzz already Techworld
Despite only being launched this week, spammers are already targeting Google Buzz, the search engine’s social network, says Websense. Websense said that when Twitter launched it took a little while before it was targeted by spammers. However, in an indictment of how rapidly spammers are learning to abuse social networks, it took only two days before they started to hit Google Buzz. “It’s worrying that spammers have an improved knowledge of social networks these days that allows them to hit new services like Google Buzz so rapidly,” said Carl Leonard, security research manager at Websense.

Lewd drawing in snow at Parsippany High School gets teens in trouble New Jersey Local News Service
Two out-of-town teenagers were held by police Thursday night after they drew a 25-foot penis in the snow on Parsippany High School’s front lawn, police said. Parsippany Police Officer Steven Miller saw the 17-year-old boys using their feet to outline the lewd image around 11:30 p.m., said Sgt. Yvonne Christiano, a police spokeswoman. Miller caught them soon after they left the school in a vehicle, she said.

Teachers buy computers to avoid tax Copenhagen Post
Up and down the country, employees are facing the harsh realities of the multimedia tax – imposed on those who use work computers, telephones or have a home office paid for by their employer. Now 3,000 teachers in Copenhagen have decided to purchase their work-use laptops from the council to avoid paying the tax which can reach 1,600 kroner annually.

Global carriers team up to create huge, open app store Ars Technica
There’s Apple’s App Store, and then there’s everyone else—or at least until now. That “everyone else” is coming together to create an open platform aimed at delivering apps to all mobile phone users. Twenty-four global carriers have joined the effort, called the Wholesale Applications Community, in an attempt to make it simpler for customers to access software, but also to “unite a fragmented marketplace” that currently exists. Translation: take Apple and its closed App Store down from the number one spot and spread the love around a little bit.

Microsoft CEO Unveils Windows Phone 7 Series Software IDG News Service
Microsoft unveiled the next version of its operating system for mobile phones, Windows Phone 7 Series, featuring a move away from applications and towards functions. “It’s all about the phone and how consumers react to the device,” said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, opening a news conference held outside the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday. Windows Phone 7 Series also marks a move by Microsoft to take greater control of the user interface of its phone software. “We wanted to take greater accountability for the end user experience,” Ballmer said. “We want more consistency in the hardware platform and in the user experience,” he said, while nevertheless saying Microsoft wanted to leave room for hardware partners to innovate.

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