Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
(AP)
AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.
Stunning Red Aurora Captured Alex Cherney, a software developer and self-described hobbyist astronomer based near Melbourne, captured a series of stunning Aurora Australis over the Mornington peninsula in Australia. “It was my first visual aurora,” he told ABCNews.com. “I was surprised, myself, when I saw it. I didn’t think it would be...
  Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights
(Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - While many sports fans are preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl by organizing parties and shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating NFL copyrights. … Watch: Quadrantid Meteors Shower the Sky Stargazers see debris from extinct comet over the Northern Hemisphere.
  Watch: SOPA Backlash Causes Web Blackouts Google and other sites protest anti-piracy laws with new look.
  First Earth-Size Planets Found in Space Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope say they have found two planets orbiting a distant star -- and say the planets are the first ever that are the size of Earth or smaller. That could be critical in the search for extraterrestrial life.
 
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