Leah Pearlman / Facebook Blog:
“I like this”  —  There’s a lot of content my friends have shared on Facebook that’s pretty awesome.  For instance, in the last few days I’ve seen photos from a friend’s wedding, an article about U.S. President Obama’s ongoing transition and status updates from a friend traveling in India.

Alana Semuels / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Dalai Lama imposter escorted from Twitter [UPDATED]  —  The real Dalai Lama, who does not have a Twitter account.  (Photo: Christophe Simon / AFP/Getty Images)  —  Updated 4:43 p.m.: @OHHDL is back on Twitter, but it’s now labeled as “the UNOFFICIAL Twitter page of His Holiness the Dalai […]

Clay Shirky:
Why Small Payments Won’t Save Publishers  —  With continued turmoil in the advertising market, people who work at newspapers and magazines are wondering if micropayments will save them, with recent speculation in this direction by David Sarno of the LA Times, David Carr of the NY Times, and Walter Isaacson in Time magazine.

Will Leitch / New York Magazine:
How Tweet It Is  —  Sure, the Twitter guys still have no idea how to make money off their fabulous invention.  But for now they are living in a dreamworld of infinite possibilities, maybe the last one on Earth.  —  In case you don’t remember the precise details of […]

Unu / HackersBlog:
[Hacked]Bitdefender (Portugal) exposes sensitive customer data  —  Articol scris atat in limba romana cat si in engleza.  Already reported to bitdefender hq.  —  Later edit: bitdefender.pt is just a reseller for bitdefender products  —  It seems Kaspersky aren’t the only ones who need to secure their database.

PC Pro:
Firefox exec: we don’t want to be bundled with Windows  —  Firefox architect Mike Connor says he doesn’t want the browser bundled with Windows, whilst launching a scathing attack on rival Opera’s tactics.  —  Microsoft could be forced to bundle rival browsers with Windows …

Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Archos to release Android phone / tablet  —  We’re guessing we’ll hear more about this at MWC, but TI just let loose a press release crowing about Archos’s use of the OMAP3 processor in an upcoming “Internet Media Tablet” that runs on Android and also doubles as a phone.

Bryan Mawhinney / Google Mobile Blog:
Google Sync Beta for iPhone, WinMo and SyncML Phones  —  One of the hardest parts about switching phones is getting your address book and calendar to your new device.  We’re making that process a little easier by releasing a beta version of Google Sync for the iPhone and Windows […]

Eric Krangel / Silicon Alley Insider:
Microsoft’s Price For New Windows Mobile Backup: Free (MSFT)  —  Not a huge surprise: Microsoft (MSFT), whose Windows Mobile operatring system has been lagging compared to offerings from Apple (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM), and now Google (GOOG) as well, is set to introduce its own “app store” for […]

Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
The iPhone Becomes a Web Server  —  When those Apple advertisements tout “there’s an app for just about anything,” they aren’t kidding.  The latest example?  A new iPhone application which just debuted in Japan’s App Store transforms the handheld into a full-blown web server.