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October 16, 2012, 8:55 AM
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
First Microsoft Surface ad airs on national TV ahead of October 26th release — Microsoft's first ad for its Surface tablet will start to air on national TV this evening. The software maker will air the ad during Monday Night Football on ESPN. Following the initial Windows 8 TV ads … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Surface RT Priced: 32GB For $499 Without Touch Cover, $599 With; 64GB For $699 — Microsoft today detailed pricing for its Surface tablets, at least those running the scaled down RT version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system designed for use on low-power processors.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft reportedly building 3 to 5 million Surface tablets this quarter — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may not have seemed serious about selling the company's Surface tablets, describing them as “just a design point” that the company “may sell a few million” over the next 12 months …
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BGR, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, CNET, The Next Web, memeburn, Microsoft News, Digits and PhoneArena
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: Apple Nabs Amazon A9 Exec Stasior to Run Siri — But Does Hire Signal a Bigger Move Into Search? — Apple has hired major Amazon exec and prominent search technologist William Stasior to run its Siri unit, according to sources. — At the online retail giant, Stasior has been in charge of A9 …
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| Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: |
Samsung reveals lineup, pricing on Windows 8 hybrids & ultrabooks (photos) — NEW YORK CITY — Korean electronics giant Samsung has been steadily revealing details about its lineup of Windows 8 PCs and tablet hybrids, but tonight we finally have what appears to be the finalized lineup and prices of these new devices.| Sherri L. Smith / LAPTOP Magazine: |
Samsung Windows 8 PCs Will Have Start Menu After All — Itís a case of now you see it, now you don't and now you do again over at Samsung. When we first reported on Samsung's first Windows 8 devices, notably the Series 5 and Series 7 Slate, they featured S Launcher … Thanks:@mspoonauer
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
The $56 Million Man: Yahoo Confirms Hiring of Google's De Castro as COO — Yahoo said today in a regulatory filing that it had hired one of Google's top sales execs, Henrique De Castro, as its COO. — Earlier today, I had reported that CEO Marissa Mayer had been close to nabbing the exec …
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| Carav / Chipworks: |
Inside the Apple Lightning Cable — We couldn't help but notice that there is a lot of speculation and discussion (and frankly, a few wild guesses) concerning the functions of the Apple's new lightning connectors. We don't normally give (a total of five blogs!) this much attention …
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| David Lee: |
Starting v. Building a Company … Fred Wilson has a series of classes on building sustainable companies. His related blog posts highlight the differences for me between “starting” and “building” companies. — It's never been easier to start a company in Silicon Valley and New York.
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple also planning new Mac minis for launch alongside smaller iPad — Alongside the smaller iPad, Apple plans to announce a new version of its Mac mini. Sources say that these Mac minis will come in two standard configurations, with different storage and processor options, and a third model that runs OS X Server.
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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Quick, Hide the BlackBerry, It's Too Uncool — Rachel Crosby speaks about her BlackBerry phone the way someone might speak of an embarrassing relative. — “I'm ashamed of it,” said Ms. Crosby, a Los Angeles sales representative who said she had stopped pulling out her BlackBerry at cocktail parties and conferences.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
European Data Regulators Slam Google Over Privacy Policy: “Too Large” And Users Need More Control (But Not Illegal) — Authorities in Europe today kicked off a fresh wave of scrutiny over Google's privacy policy and called for changes to be made in how Google manages user data, describing Google's scope as “too large”.
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| Ian Paul / PC World: |
Logitech's illuminated Windows 8 keyboard connects to 3 devices at once — Logitech announced on Monday a glowing, Bluetooth keyboard that can connect to as many as three devices simultaneously and switch among them at the press of a button. — You could, for example …
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DailyTech, Inquirer, HotHardware.com News and Gizmodo
| Telegraph: |
Gary McKinnon saved from extradition to US on hacking charges — Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker who has been facing extradition to the US for the past decade, has been given a dramatic reprieve by the Home Secretary. — Gary McKinnon, 46, was accused in 2002 of using his home computer …
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| Sean Buckley / Engadget: |
Xbox 360 Dashboard update hands-on (fall 2012) — Is it Fall again already? Must be time for another Xbox 360 Dashboard update. Ever year Microsoft Drops the console a little bit of code to match the descending leaves, delivering new features, interface tweaks and additional content to hide behind the Xbox Live Gold paywall.
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| Kevin J. O'Brien / New York Times: |
Americans Paying More for LTE Service — BERLIN — Does LTE, the superfast wireless service based on Long Term Evolution technology, cost too much in the United States? A recent study by the research arm of the GSM Association, a group based in London that represents mobile operators, suggests that may be the case.
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| David Beren / TmoNews: |
MetroPCS Shareholders File Suit To Block Deutsche Telekom Merger — According to a brand new lawsuit filed in Dallas, Texas, the merger between T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS is “cheating shareholders” through a “drastically undervalued” merger. Under the agreed upon terms of the deal … | Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
Google TV finally gets added to a TV set-top box... in Korea — Google has sealed its first set-top box deal for its Google TV platform: Customers of South Korea's LG UPlus IPTV subscription service can now chose to get a Google TV-powered set-top box instead of their plain old cable box.
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The Official Google TV Blog, ZDNet, CNET, The Next Web, SlashGear and Engadget
| Serena Saitto / Bloomberg: |
Sprint Said Not to Plan Clearwire Takeover After Softbank Deal — Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), which agreed to sell a 70 percent stake to Softbank Corp. (9984) for $20.1 billion, has no immediate plans to take over Clearwire Corp. (CLWR), said people with direct knowledge of the situation.| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
File-Sharers Buy 30% More Music Than Non-P2P Peers — The major music labels have a clear stance on online piracy, as the following quote from the RIAA illustrates. — “While downloading one song may not feel that serious of a crime, the accumulative impact of millions of songs downloaded illegally …
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Gizmodo, Media Piracy, BGR, ringtonia.com, VentureBeat, Pocket-lint, Geek.com, TechSpot, SlashGear and The Next Web
| Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM: |
Apple's new iPod touch takes a step back: No light sensor — After raving about my new iPod touch last week, I've continued to happily use the device; until this weekend, that is. I actually thought my iPod touch was broken, in fact. Turns out that the device is just fine and functioning as it should.
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Ars Technica, App Advice, iMore.com, iDownloadBlog.com, The Verge, Macgasm and Pocketnow
| Ben Gilbert / Engadget: |
Xbox: The new face of ‘entertainment’ at Microsoft, beyond just video games — The most striking takeaway from a recent meeting I had with Xbox Music GM Jerry Johnson wasn't the Spotify-like service he was in New York City to show off, but rather what he said about a much larger internal change at Microsoft.| Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
| Tim Cushing / Techdirt: |
Textbook Publisher Pearson Takes Down 1.5 Million Teacher And Student Blogs With A Single DMCA Notice — If there's one thing we've seen plenty of here at Techdirt, it's the damage a single DMCA takedown notice can do. From shuttering a legitimate ebook lending site to removing negative reviews … | Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Google Amps Up Personal Search to Combine Gmail, Calendar, Drive and More — Google is slowly but surely combining its various products so that users can find all their stuff in one place. — Starting today, Gmail users will be able to search across their mail, contacts … | Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft's Windows 8 a Turnoff for Some Corporate Users — Microsoft Corp. has made big changes to its familiar Windows operating system to stay relevant amid booming sales of mobile devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPad. But some corporate customers worry Microsoft has made its workplace workhorse too unfamiliar.
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| Mark Hearn / Engadget: |
Adobe Reader for iOS and Android updated with cloud storage support — On Monday, Adobe dropped details for an update to its iOS and Android versions of Reader. The most noteworthy enhancement here is the introduction of cloud file storage with Acrobat.com, which allows users to view …
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Reader Mobile, Electronista and Pocket-lint
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