* 在近几天举行的秘密谈判中，马克•扎克伯格和Instagram公司的首席执行官凯文•希斯特罗姆这两位公司创始人都对外抛出了各种天文数字，包括Facebook高达1,040亿美元的潜在市值。至于Facebook公司本身，它可能将于5月17日正式上市。【《纽约时报》（The New York Times）/科技博客TechCrunch】

    * 一场甲骨文公司（Oracle）和谷歌公司之间的诉讼大战已经拉开大幕，甲骨文宣称后者流行的安卓操作系统侵犯了自己的几项专利和版权。【美国有线电视网财经频道（CNNMoney）】

    * Ebay最新一季的销售和利润双双超过了分析人士的预测。销售收入与上一财季相比增长了29%，达到近33亿美元。【彭博社（Bloomberg）】

    * 据报道，一些重量级人物正投资支持一个新项目。这个项目据说将“创造一个新产业，重新定义‘自然资源’”。导演詹姆斯•卡梅隆和谷歌公司高管拉里•佩奇及埃里克•施密特也在赞助者之列。难道这个新产业就是去小行星采矿吗？（科技新闻网站The Verge）

    * 蒂姆•库克，风险投资家马克•安德森以及Facebook公司首席运营官谢丽尔•桑德伯格共同荣登《时代》杂志（Time）本年度“100位最具影响力人物榜”。【《财富》杂志（Fortune）】

    * 租车应用Uber正在芝加哥市测试价格较低的出租车叫车服务应用。（科技博客TechCrunch）

    * 科技初创企业需要一种“新鲜典范”。【《大西洋月刊》（The Atlantic）】

    * 一句话趣味新闻：2010年全年，视频游戏机在闲置时的耗电量占其总耗电量的近70%。（科技新闻网站The Verge）

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    * During several days of secret negotiations between Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, both founders tossed around numbers, including a potential value of $104 billion for Facebook. As for the social network itself, the company may go public on May 17. (The New York Times and TechCrunch)

    * A court battle between Oracle (ORCL) and Google (GOOG) has begun, with the former claiming the latter's popular Android operating system infringes on several patents and copyrights. (CNNMoney)

    * Ebay's (EBAY) latest quarterly sales and profits topped analyst estimates, with revenues climbing 29% to nearly $3.3 billion compared with the quarter before. (Bloomberg)

    * Director James Cameron and Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt are among several backers who are reportedly behind a new project that will "create a new industry and a new definition of 'natural resources.'" Could that new industry be asteroid mining? (The Verge)

    * Tim Cook, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg made Time magazine's "100 Most Influential" list this year. (Fortune)

    * Black car app Uber is testing out lower-priced taxi options in Chicago. (TechCrunch)

    * Why we need a "fresh paradigm" for tech start-ups. (The Atlantic)

    * Fun factoid: Video game consoles consumed nearly 70% of their energy in 2010 while idle. (The Verge)