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Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Amazon goes on the offensive. Mocks Apple and compares Kindle Fire HD to iPad Mini on its homepage. — It has only been a few days since Apple announced its new iPad mini tablet device and Amazon has decided to put a damper on the iPad mini's introduction to the world.

More: Computerworld, AllThingsD, The Verge, TUAW, CNET, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, TechCrunch, PadGadget, iMore, SlashGear, GeekWire, DisplayBlog, iPhone in Canada Blog, App Advice, PhoneArena, AndroidOS.in, 9to5Mac, iClarified, Business Insider and AllThingsD

Tweets: @asymco, @jeffblagdon, @rblevin, @gsterling, @chrispirillo and @dannysullivan

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

iPad Mini Ship Times Now At Two Weeks For All Wi-Fi Models

More: CNET, BGR, AppleInsider and Fortune

Kellex / Droid Life:

32GB Nexus 7 Goes on Display at Office Depot for $249, 16GB Drops to $199 — Not that we weren't fully expecting this to happen, but in case you needed one last ounce of proof that the 32GB Nexus 7 was arriving for $249 and the 16GB version was dropping to $199, we have it for you.

More: CNET, Engadget, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, BetaNews, CNET, IntoMobile, Phones Review, Tech Shout!, Android Police, Softpedia News, The Next Web, SlashGear, Talk Android and PhoneArena

Sam Byford / The Verge:

Microsoft releases Windows Phone 8 syncing app for Windows 8 and RT — With less than 24 hours to go until Microsoft takes the covers off Windows Phone 8 once and for all, the company has released a companion app in the Windows Store that'll work in tandem with the new devices.

More: CNET, Inquirer, TechCrunch, LiveSide.net, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, Gotta Be Mobile, Tech Shout!, IntoMobile, Engadget, The Next Web, WMPoweruser, Softpedia News, Engadget, PhoneArena, Phones Review, WinBeta and Neowin

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

How a Supreme Court ruling may stop you from reselling just about anything — On Monday, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that pits a major textbook publisher against Supap Kirtsaeng, a student-entrepreneur who built a small business importing and selling textbooks.

More: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Forbes and 1001 Noisy Cameras

Tweets: @michael_pokocky and @jtron9k

Charlie Osborne / CNET:

New York Times, Wall Street Journal shed paywalls for Hurricane Sandy — As people go online to get more information on Hurricane Sandy, news outlets are responding by making their content free. — Two major publications have stripped away their paywalls to give consumers unfettered access …

More: PC Magazine, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Mashable!, Poynter and The Verge. Tweets: @nytjim. See also Mediagazer

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Stormy Weather: D: Dive Into Mobile Postponed Due to Hurricane Sandy

More: The Register, IntoMobile, DailyFinance.com, Betabeat, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, Mashable!, BetaNews, SiliconBeat, Examiner and TechCrunch. Tweets: @mikeisaac. See also Mediagazer

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Facebook Gift Event Also Gets Blown Out of NYC by Hurricane Sandy

More: VentureBeat and PC Magazine

Thomas Ricker / The Verge:

Steve Jobs's yacht makes its first appearance (video) — Christened “Venus” after the Roman goddess of love and beauty — Steve Jobs's yacht is making what looks to be its first public appearance in the Dutch city of Aalsmeer, a bit more than one year after his death.

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Amazon sues former Amazon Web Services sales chief over his new job at Google — Amazon.com has filed suit against Daniel Powers, the former vice president in charge of global sales for Amazon Web Services — alleging that his new job as Google's director of cloud platform sales violates …

More: ZDNet, Business Insider, GigaOM and AllThingsD. Thanks:@johnhcook

Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

After Google Glass: The Content of Our Augmented-Reality Future — The new Google FieldTrip app probes the question: What digital information do you want to see overlaid on the physical world? — A book in The Future. — It is The Future. You wake up at dawn and fumble on the bedstand for your (Google) Glass.

More: GigaOM. Tweets: @alexismadrigal. See also Mediagazer

Ben Worthen / Wall Street Journal:

Windows 8 Success Hinges on $10 Component — The success of Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system may hinge...on hinges. — Hardware companies are grappling with the fact that the Windows 8 software has a touch-oriented user interface. That means not simply adding touch screens …

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Steven Sinofsky on How Windows 8 PCs Deliver Better Value Than Apple

More: AllThingsD, Hal's (Im)Perfect Vision, Marketing Land, ZDNet, iClarified, T3 News and Neowin. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Jeremy Wagstaff / Reuters:

Analysis: E-readers grapple with a future on the shelf — (Reuters) - Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. — Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices …

Tweets: @hemiv8

Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:

Advertisers Refine Mobile Pitches for Phones and Tablets — SAN FRANCISCO — Say you are in a strange city and need a hotel for the night. You pull out your phone, search for hotels on Google and see a nearby one listed at the top of the rankings, with a little phone icon that says, “Call.”

Tweets: @blearz and @jbchan

John Timmer / Ars Technica:

IBM prepares for end of process shrinks with carbon nanotube transistors — Carbon nanotubes sit on top of features etched in silicon. — IBM Research — The shrinking size of features on modern processors is slowly approaching a limit where the wiring on chips will only be a few atoms across.

More: IBM, ZDNet, NYT Bits, Web 2.0 Asia Blog, Slashdot, GigaOM, PC Magazine, Engadget, Mashable!, CNET and VentureBeat

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