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12:00 PM ET, December 4, 2011

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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Apple licensed iOS scrolling patent to Nokia and IBM, offered license to Samsung  —  Until now, it's been assumed that Apple's paying absolute hardball in its various patent lawsuits around the world — that the company has no interest in licensing its patents, especially patents that cover fundamental parts of iOS.
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Dan Levine / Reuters:
Judge rejects Apple bid to halt Galaxy sales  —  (Reuters) - Apple failed to convince a U.S. judge to block Samsung Electronics from selling some Galaxy smartphones and tablets in the U.S. market, depriving the iPhone and iPad maker of crucial leverage in a global patent battle between the two companies.
Artem Russakovskii / Android Police:
Google Employees Are Receiving Ice Cream Sandwich OTAs On Their Nexus S Phones - Dogfooding Has Begun  —  Google has started the dogfooding process of testing the Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” update for the Nexus S, according to one of Google employees Adel Saoud.
Ed Bott / The Ed Bott Report Blog:
Firefox faces uncertain future as Google deal apparently ends  —  Summary: It hasn't been a good year for Firefox.  Mozilla has lost share to Google, it's lost the loyalty of enterprise customers, and it's lost key talent.  And a deal with Google that supplied 84% of its revenue last year was scheduled to end in November.
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Sarah Frier / Business Week:
Mozilla's Catch-Up Strategy for Mobile
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Laurie Segall / CNN Money:
Facebook buys Gowalla  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Facebook has acquired location sharing service Gowalla for an undisclosed sum, according to a source close to Gowalla.  —  Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  —  Most of Gowalla's employees, including founder Josh Williams …
Anton Shilov / X-bit labs:
Intel Schedules Core i 3000 “Ivy Bridge” Desktop Processors Launch to Q2 2012  —  Intel Details First Breed of Desktop Core i “Ivy Bridge” Chips: Specifications Unleashed  —  Intel Corp. has notified its partners about its decision to introduce of its next-generation code-named Ivy Bridge processors in the second quarter of 2012.
Susanna Kim / ABC News:
Tech Firm Implements Employee ‘Zero Email’ Policy  —  You've got mail-not.  Employees of tech company Atos will be banned from sending emails under the company's new “zero email” policy.  —  CEO Thierry Breton of the French information technology company said only 10 percent …
The Economic Times:
Facebook to hire thousands of employees over next year  —  NEW YORK: Facebook has said it plans to hire thousands of employees over the next year and add an engineering team to its office in New York.  —  “We will hire as many high quality engineers as we can here in New York,” …
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:
SAP to Buy SuccessFactors for $3.4 Billion  —  SAP of Germany announced plans on Saturday to buy SuccessFactors, a Web-based enterprise software company, for $40 a share, or $3.4 billion.  —  The all-cash transaction, which is expected to close early next year, offers SuccessFactors' shareholders …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Considering Building Huge New Data Center in Oregon  —  OregonLive.com reports that Apple is currently deciding whether to commit to building a major new data center in Prineville, Oregon that would complement its newly-opened facility in Maiden, North Carolina.
 
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Bill Powell / Fortune:
The war over Kai-fu Lee's biography
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Silk, iPad, Galaxy comparison
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