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In a note to clients — as reported by “Barron’s (http://macte.ch/VWdxU) — Sanford Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi mulled over what he considers the most likely prospects for Apple‘s Maiden, North Carolina-based data center, which may go live this spring.

Adobe has announced the Adobe Pass service, a new authentication solution that enables pay TV subscribers to access premium content from virtually any Internet-connected device.

Four U.S. Senators are calling for Apple and other purveyors of smartphone software to ban apps — such as Phantom Alert, Fuzz Alert Pro and Checkpointer — that would help motorists identify and avoid drunk driving checkpoints, reports “The Huffington Post” (http://macte.ch/lKzSy).

Democrats Chuck Schumer, Frank Lautenberg, Tom Udall and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday issued a letter to Scott Forstall, Apple’s senior vice president of iPhone They also sent identical letters to Google and RIM executives.

Skipscreen (http://www.skipscreen.com) is a new Firefox extension that skips ads on sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload, Mediafire. There’s also a new companion app for Mac users, Download Songs (http://godownloadsongs.com) that’s based on a similar premise. 

Google became the world’s most valuable brand this year based on Brand Finance’s (http://www.brandfinance.com) rankings of the most valuable 500 brands across the globe. Apple ranks eighth on the list.

Per Brand Finance, the top 10 most valuable brands and their value are: Google (US$44.29 billion), Microsoft ($42.80 billion), Wal-Mart ($36.22 billion), IBM ($36.15 billion), Vodafone ($30.67 billion), Bank of America ($30.61 billion), General Electric ($30.50 billion), Apple ($29.54 billion), Wells Fargo ($28.94 billion), and AT&T ($28.88 billion).