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13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display confirmed for Apple event — Alongside the smaller iPad, Apple will debut a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, according to a consistently reliable source at a high-profile U.S. retailer. — This new 13-inch MacBook Pro with a Retina Display …
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft To Compete Against Spotify With Xbox Music, Available Soon On Xbox, Windows 8, And Windows Phone Devices — Microsoft will soon become the next player to enter the streaming music business, with a service that will see it competing against the likes of Spotify and Rdio.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Xbox Music not available on Windows Phone 7 or Windows 7 — Legacy Zune support continues for existing users — Microsoft took the wraps off its Xbox Music service today, with free streaming on Windows 8-based PCs and tablets. However, Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 users will not be able to access the new service.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Softbank Confirms It Is Buying 70% Of Sprint For $20.1B — Softbank has confirmed the news that it is buying Sprint, the third-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., for $20.1 billion (¥1.571 trillion). The announcement comes just ahead of Sprint holding a conference call to also announce the news.
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Google ‘to be told to unravel privacy policy’ — French data protection commissioner's ruling that web giant must separate user data could have global impact, say sources — Google will be told on Tuesday to unravel the controversial changes introduced in March to its European privacy policy, legal sources have told the Guardian.| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Amazon in talks to buy Texas Instruments' smartphone & tablet OMAP chip activity: Report — Texas Instruments (TI), which recently announced that it will wind down its operations in smartphone and tablet oriented OMAP chips and instead focus on embedded platforms, is engaged in 'advanced negotiations … | Brooke Crothers / CNET: |
Samsung official cites serious chip rift with Apple — report — Samsung has probably been the largest single component supplier to Apple and has collaborated with Apple on chip development. That relationship may be coming to an end, according to a report.| Nathan / The eBook Reader Blog: |
Amazon Quietly Discontinues the Kindle DX — About a week ago I posted about how Amazon had cut the price of the Kindle DX from $379 to $299. As expected it was indeed a final sale to eliminate stock, because the Kindle DX is no longer available for purchase from Amazon; it's only being sold used through third party merchants.
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| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
Zynga Files Suit Against Former Staffer, Claiming Theft of Trade Secrets — Following the departure of several high-level employees, Zynga is striking back by filing a lawsuit against one of its former general managers, alleging “the wholesale theft of some of its most sensitive and commercially valuable data.”| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Raspberry Pi Mini Computer Now Shipping With RAM Upgraded To 512MB (From 256MB); Same Tiny $35 Price-Tag — The Raspberry Pi mini computer just got a RAM upgrade - from 256MB to 512MB — but the $35 price-tag is staying the same. Eben Upton, chip design and founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation …
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
UrbanSitter Raises $6M To Harness The Power Of Social Recommendations In Child Care — UrbanSitter, an online service for parents and sitters to connect, has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Canaan Partners with First Round Capital, Menlo Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners and several angels participating.
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
State-Sponsored Malware ‘Flame’ Has Smaller, More Devious Cousin — Graph showing the geographical location of machines infected with miniFlame. Courtesy of Kaspersky Lab — Researchers have uncovered new nation-state espionage malware that has ties to two previous espionage tools known …
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