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September 4, 2012, 8:15 AM

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Josh Ong / The Next Web:
AntiSec hackers leak 1,000,001 Apple device IDs allegedly obtained from FBI breach  —  The AntiSec hacking group claims to have released a set of more than 1 million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) obtained from breaching the FBI.  The group claims to have over 12 million IDs …
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
BBC allows mobile iPlayer downloads  —  Development means viewers will be able to watch on-demand programmes on iPads and iPhones while abroad  —  Viewers will now be able to watch the latest series of Doctor Who and other BBC favourites while travelling and on holiday abroad …
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
How much does an artist make from a single stream of a song on iTunes Match and Spotify?  —  Streaming, subscription-based music is the future.  We've been hearing that claim for years now although it always seems to be right on the cusp of happening.  It's a dream for consumers, really …
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
How The Telecom Company Free Disrupted The Mobile Landscape In France  —  Imagine a mobile phone plan, such as the one from Free in France, with unlimited talk, unlimited SMS and MMS messages, tethering and, even more important, unlimited data with a speed reduction after 3 GB.
Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Firefox OS Marketplace leaks in current form, shows shopping Gecko-style  —  Mozilla has been seeding Firefox OS to eager developers for some time.  However, we've largely been denied a peek at how the developer's own take on a mobile app store will play out on an actual device.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Exclusive: Nokia Lumia 920 to include wireless charging, 32GB storage, and 8-megapixel camera  —  Nokia will introduce its latest Lumia 920 handset at a special event with Microsoft on Wednesday September 5th, we have learned.  Images of the Lumia 920 leaked last week and we have been able to confirm them with multiple sources.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Play It Again, Sam?  Nokia Launches Free Music Streaming Service In U.S.  —  Nokia didn't fare so well with its mobile music service called Ovi Music, later rebranded to Nokia Music.  Now it's remixing that track and launching a free music streaming service in the U.S. as part of its redoubled strategy to go for more users in America.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Tesco Buys E-bookseller Mobcast For $7.2 million As It Squares Up To Amazon And B&N In The UK  —  Another development in the UK market for e-readers, tablets and e-books as Amazon and Barnes & Noble move closer to launching more of their services and devices in the UK and Europe …

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