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Disruptions: Facebook Users Ask, 'Where's Our Cut?'
Without the free content created by its 850 million users, Facebook would surely not be on the verge of a multibillion-dollar initial public offering.

Opinion: Facebook Is Using You
Whether you can obtain a job, credit or insurance can be based on your digital doppelgänger - and you may never know why you've been turned down.

Opinion: The Death of the Cyberflâneur
Today's Internet is a place for getting things done, pushing aside the cyberflâneur - the heir to the flâneur culture of 19th-century France.

Take This Mitt, and Pass Me the Broadsword
Curt Schilling, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher, left baseball to start 38 Studios, a video game company, maker of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/arts/video-games/curt-schilling-former-red-sox-pitcher-makes-video-games.html?ref=technology" class="elsewhere">Read more »</a>

Digital Domain: Advice for the Ill, and Points for the Doctors
On HealthTap, an interactive Web site, users can ask for medical advice, and doctors can gain whimsical "awards" for their answers. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/business/on-healthtap-advice-for-you-and-points-for-doctors.html?ref=technology" class="elsewhere">Read more »</a>

Slipstream: You've Won a Badge (and Now We Know All About You)
More companies are turning to gamification - offering games that let their customers win points for certain activities - as a way to build both loyalty and a trove of data. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/business/employers-and-brands-use-gaming-to-gauge-engagement.html?ref=technology" class="elsewhere">Read more »</a>

Should Personal Data Be Personal?
How do different nations' laws manage the multinational companies that now govern our digital lives?

Facebook's Sandberg, the $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's No. 2 executive, considers herself a role model for women. But her call isn't simply about mentoring and empowering; it's also a business strategy.

Its Chief's Big Tax Bill May Benefit Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg plans to exercise stock options with an estimated value of $5 billion ahead of Facebook's initial public offering, which will translate into a big tax benefit for the company.

E.U. Presses Google to Delay Privacy Policy Changes
Viviane Reding, the European Union justice commissioner, is pressing Google to halt changes to its privacy policies while the implications for personal data protection are being explored.

A Foot in the Door in Silicon Valley
In Silicon Valley, wearing flashy socks is more than an expression of your personality. It signals that you are part of the in crowd.

Micron Chief Leaves Behind a Stable Company
Steve Appleton was chief executive for 18 years and built an executive team with deep experience working together. Micron's main business of memory chips is poised for an upswing, too, which could help smooth disruptions.

Google's 'Bouncer' Service Aims to Toughen Android Security
Google has released details on a security system it is using to defend the Android app store from software that can harm its users. Called Bouncer, the service analyzes apps for suspicious activity and flags them before they have a chance to get into the store.

Today's Scuttlebot: Sports Sites and Companies Hiding Hacking
The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar news. Friday's selection includes items on federal authorities seizing sports Web sites, large companies that do not admit to the S.E.C. that they have been hacked and cellphone peace in wired subway stations.

Anonymous Says It Knocked Citigroup Sites Offline
Brazilian hackers claimed credit for taking down the Citigroup and Citibank Web sites. A Citigroup spokesman confirmed that its consumer site had experienced a temporary outage but said Citigroup had been able to restore Web site operations within one hour and was continuing to monitor its systems.