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Pre-caffeine tech: Internet attacks, Neil Gaiman tattoo! 

via io9.com
via io9.com

Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today.

Social media sites and blogs are freaking out after eagle-eyed viewers spotted a surprise cameo in a Chinese TV documentary about the country's police force: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his now-wife, Priscilla Chan

(Speaking of Facebook, looks like that long-rumored Facebook phone is on like Donkey Kong.)

Everyone else is freaking out about this  16-year-old in Germany who reportedly filled in a gap in Isaac Newton's formulas for the physics of falling objects, but physicists are reserving judgment until they've seen the proof.

Meanwhile, a powerful 'Flame' cyber weapon found in Middle East is most complex piece of malicious software discovered to date, according to this security researcher.

This dad who created a fake porn profile for a school administrator he believed confiscated his son's iPod was found guilty of felony charges and may face jail time

Speaking of attacks, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Reddit, Cheezburger and a bunch of other sites launched the Internet Defense League

Freaked out about radioactive tuna? In Japan, you'll soon be able to get a smartphones with a radiation detector. The phones, which go on sale this summer, can also keep track of each location a user tests for radiation levels

Rumor has it Skype may get in-game integration in the next generation Xbox

Oh! Oh! It's Manhattanhenge today, when the sun lines up with the city's street grid!

In closing, Neil Gaiman wrote a poem for some fan's giant back tattoo

— compiled by Helen A.S. Popkin, who invites you to join her on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.

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