Techmeme: IBM prepares for end of process shrinks with carbon nanotube transistors (John Timmer/Ars Technica)

October 29, 2012, 5:20 AM

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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.

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Amazon Says Kindle Withstood iPad Mini Assault

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Barnes & Noble's NOOK Simple Touch Glowlight goes on sale in the UK, tablets now available to preorder — Announcing its intention to cross the Atlantic back in August, bookseller Barnes & Noble has today kicked-off its campaign to leverage ereader and ebook sales away from rivals Amazon …

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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Steven Sinofsky on How Windows 8 PCs Deliver Better Value Than Apple — With Windows 8, Steven Sinofsky said that Microsoft and its PC-making partners have found a way to deliver modern computing at a price far less than that fruit-named competitor. — He notes that there are full-featured Windows 8 laptops that sell for $279.

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Laura June / The Verge:

Why is an ebook ever riddled with typos? — Titles on Kindle, iBooks, and similar services have a dirty littlc sccrct — Maybe you've already heard this, but I recently got a Kindle Paperwhite, my first e-reader. This was a big deal for me, and a decision which involved a lot of hand-wringing.

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Roger Cheng / CNET:

Samsung feels the power as Galaxy Note 2 lifts off — The company tells CNET that sales of its flagship Galaxy S III actually rose following the unveiling of the iPhone 5, the latest illustration of its run to the top. — Even Apple's iPhone 5 couldn't slow Samsung Electronics down.

More: The Next Web and Examiner

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Stormy Weather: D: Dive Into Mobile Postponed Due to Hurricane Sandy — It is with great regret that we have to announce that, due to Hurricane Sandy, we are postponing our D: Dive Into Mobile conference, which had been set for tomorrow and Tuesday in New York City.

More: DailyFinance.com, The Next Web, Betabeat, BetaNews, Gizmodo, Mashable!, SiliconBeat, TechCrunch, Examiner, ABCNEWS, AndroidOS.in, Marketing Land and Techie Buzz. Tweets: @mikeisaac

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

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

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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 …

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