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November 2, 2012, 8:05 AM
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Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Tests Smartphone With Asia Suppliers  —  TAIPEI—Microsoft Corp. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test its own smartphone design, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting the computer-software giant is increasingly adopting a variation of a business model favored …
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Apple's reformed ‘apology’ to Samsung makes an appearance in UK newspapers  —  Coming a day after it the company was reprimanded for its “non-compliant” apology on its website, stating Samsung did not infringe on its products, Apple has today published its first newspaper adverts, as required by the UK court of appeal.
David Ruddock / Android Police:
Introducing: The Physical Google Wallet Card - Coming Soon To Google Wallet, And More New Features  —  We just had a bomb dropped on us by an anonymous tipster, courtesy of a leaked version of the Google Wallet app - and it was hiding some pretty amazing secrets.  Let's cut to the chase: physical Google Wallet card.
iFixit:
iPad 4 Teardown  —  We got our hands on the fourth generation of iPad; we shall call it iPad 4.  The iPad 4 is kind of like a fourth book added on to a trilogy: its release was a bit sudden and unexpected, but it's a part of the group, nonetheless.  This fourth iteration of iPad shares a lot …
Thuy Ong / Reuters:
Apple rolls out iPad mini in Asia to shorter lines  —  (Reuters) - Apple fans lined up in several Asian cities to get their hands on the iPad mini on Friday, but the device, priced above rival gadgets from Google and Amazon.com, attracted smaller crowds than at the company's previous global rollouts.
Sara Forden / Bloomberg:
FTC Staff Said to Formally Recommend Google Patent Suit  —  Google Inc. (GOOG) should be sued by the Federal Trade Commission for trying to block competitors' access to key smartphone-technology patents in violation of antitrust law, the agency's staff told commissioners in a formal recommendation …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Megaupload Publishes Deal to Counter U.S. Extortion Claims  —  Last month Megaupload filed a renewed request to dismiss the indictment against it, until the U.S. Government finds a way to properly serve the company.  —  Megaupload's legal team reiterated that the company's due process is at stake.
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
What's new in iOS 6.1 beta: Maps bugs reporting, lockscreen music, more  —  Apple just released a beta version of iOS 6.1 to developers, following the public release of iOS 6.0.1.  We get mostly expected fixes in 6.0.1, but we are already started discovering new features in the 6.1 beta.
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Apple releases iOS 6.0.1, bringing fix for iPhone 5 OTA updates, keyboard glitches, WiFi performance and more
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Facebook disables URL login shortcut after Google search exposes potential security flaw  —  A security hole has been discovered that allows anyone to see the email addresses corresponding to seemingly over a million Facebook accounts.  Worse yet, some appear to be accessible without even entering a password.
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Nokia Lumia 920 review  —  Will Nokia's third attempt at launching a premiere Windows Phone finally be the home run it needs?  The Nokia Lumia 920 is the company's third attempt at launching the definitive Windows Phone.  In April, Nokia and Microsoft tried to convince the world that the Lumia 900 …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
BitTorrent Pirate Ordered to Pay $1.5 Million Damages For Sharing 10 Movies  —  Since early 2010, hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. have been sued for downloading and sharing copyrighted content on BitTorrent.  —  Nearly all of these cases end up dismissed or settled …
Kellex / Droid Life:
Google Now has a Built-in Pedometer - Tracks Miles Walked and Biked From Each Month  —  Last night, and possibly because the month of October came to a close, Google Now started showing a new card to a number of our readers.  That new card is a pedometer that has been tracking their steps …
More: Engadget and PhoneArena
Timothy Prickett Morgan / The Register:
Amazon fattens up EC2 compute cloud, chops prices  —  Embiggened CPU and memory, but EBS storage only  —  Cloud computing juggernaut Amazon Web Services has cut prices and fattened up its offerings.  —  AWS was founded to sell raw compute and storage like any other kind of retail item …
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Misconfigured Apache sites expose user passwords, other private data  —  A publicly viewable server status on one site exposes user passwords to the world.  —  More than 2,000 websites—some operated by Fortune 500 companies, game sites, and retail outlets—are exposing system status information …
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook brings keyword search to App Center  —  Facebook is rolling out search for App Center, allowing users to not only find apps by name but also by keyword such as “cars” or “fitness.”  —  This change will help users better navigate App Center, which previously offered filters by category but no direct search.
More: VentureBeat and AllFacebook.  Thanks:@malliegator
Matt McGee / Search Engine Land:
Apple Maps Sees Its First International Territorial Dispute As Korea Protests Island Naming  —  From the it-had-to-happen-sooner-or-later department: Apple is in the midst of its first international territorial dispute over its new Apple Maps product.  —  As the Korea Times reports …

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Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian streaming service JioCinema launches an ad-free subscription plan with the lowest tier costing $0.35/month for a single device, undercutting rivals

Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
Memo: Boston public radio station WBUR CEO Margaret Low says 31 employees, or ~14% of its staff, are leaving, with 24 of them taking a voluntary buyout

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