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November 6, 2012, 9:40 PM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Xbox Surface: Microsoft's 7-inch gaming tablet — Microsoft's secret project for a mini Xbox — Microsoft is building its own 7-inch gaming tablet. Multiple sources familiar with plans within Redmond have confirmed to The Verge that initial hardware planning for an Xbox Surface is underway.

Mark Hachman / ReadWrite:

A Microsoft ‘Xbox Surface’ Tablet Could Bridge PC-Mobile-Console Gaming

More: Ubergizmo and IntoMobile

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Where to watch the 2012 presidential election live online — Millions of people all over the U.S. will flock to the polls Tuesday to make their vote count; and later, everyone will be glued to the screen to find out how the country has voted. Pretty much all the big news organizations …

More: Poynter, TPM IdeaLab, GeekWire, Los Angeles Times and Wired. See also Mediagazer

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Obama drops by Reddit to ask for an upvote at the polls, says his AMA questions were “not bad” — Today, on election day, the President of the United States — or one of his staff — posted a short note to Reddit, asking for the votes of the users, and pointing them to resources to help them find their polling place.

More: The Verge, Betabeat, Digits, Forbes, Business Insider, VentureBeat and AllThingsD. Tweets: @alexisohanian

Anthony Campisi / NorthJersey.com:

N.J. extends email voting deadline to Friday

More: AllThingsD, Ars Technica, Quartz and Web Host Industry Review

Lauren Goode / AllThingsD:

If You Want to Stay out of Jail, Don't Instagram Your Ballot — A not-so-surprising thing happened this morning: My Instagram feed morphed from photos of dogs, kids, fancy coffees and food porn into a stream of people's voting ballots. — Photo courtesy of Instagram.

More: Pew Internet, Business Week, Gizmodo, Wired, iPhone Alley, PandoDaily, BuzzFeed, SlashGear, Betabeat, Inside Facebook, App Advice, PetaPixel, SiliconBeat and DVICE

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Wisconsin Warns: If You Tweet Photos Of Your Completed Ballot, You Can Go To Jail

More: CNNMoney.com, CNET, ProPublica, MediaShift Idea Lab, Mashable!, The Atlantic Online and Ubergizmo. See also Mediagazer

Bloomberg:

Apple Says Samsung's Galaxy Note, Jelly Bean Infringe Patents — Apple Inc. (AAPL) told a judge that Samsung Electronics Co. (005930)'s Galaxy Note 10.1 device infringes its patents, and sought to add the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system to an existing lawsuit against Samsung in California.

More: MacRumors, The Verge, ZDNet, CNET, BGR, 9to5Google, Macgasm, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, IntoMobile, iDownloadBlog.com and iPhone in Canada Blog

Dana Liebelson / Mother Jones:

Romney-Loving Voting Machine “Recalibrated” and Back Online — An electronic voting machine in Perry County, Pennsylvania, that changed a President Obama vote to one for Mitt Romney is now back online, after officials received a complaint and recalibrated the machine, Mother Jones has confirmed.

More: VentureBeat, Gizmodo, msnbc.com, Betabeat, PC Magazine, Business Insider, Mashable!, Ubergizmo, Network World, Examiner and Errata Security

Jesse Hicks / The Verge:

Feed the machine: America's stumble through a decade of electronic voting

More: ABCNEWS

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Confirmed: Microsoft to retire its Messenger IM service in Q1 2013, moving 100M+ users to Skype in single act — Today Microsoft announced that its Messenger service will be discontinued in the first quarter of 2013. Part of that move is the integration of Messenger's 100 million+ users …

More: GigaOM

Tony Bates / The Big Blog:

Talk to your Messenger Contacts on Skype

Tom Paseka / CloudFlare blog:

Why Google Went Offline Today and a Bit about How the Internet Works — Today, Google's services experienced a limited outage for about 27 minutes over some portions of the Internet. The reason this happened dives into the deep, dark corners of networking.

More: Wired, The Register, Network World and VentureBeat

Reuters:

Exclusive: EU regulators to accept Apple, publishers e-book offer — (Reuters) - EU regulators are set to accept an offer by Apple and four book publishers allowing Amazon and other retailers to sell e-books more cheaply than Apple to end an antitrust investigation and avoid fines, two sources said on Monday.

More: TUAW, Mobile Marketing Watch, Good E-Reader, iPhone Hacks and CNET. See also Mediagazer

Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

Well, It's Becoming Clear That Steve Jobs Was Flat-Out Wrong — An interesting thing has happened in the days since Apple released its new smaller iPad: — Many Apple devotees have said it will become THE iPad, at least in their own personal use. — Why? — Mainly because of weight and size.

More: Daring Fireball, SplatF and The Wirecutter

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Yep, It's Coming: Google Wallet's Help Site Mentions The “Google Wallet Card” — Just in case you needed more proof that the leaked news revealing a forthcoming physical Google Wallet Card is indeed legit, you can just visit Google's own Help section on its Google Wallet website to catch a reference to the yet-to-be announced addition.

More: Wired, Android Police, GadgeTell, The Verge, SlashGear, AndroidGuys, PhoneArena, Pocketables and Gotta Be Mobile

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Makes Its New Search Results Design Without Sidebar Official, Gives Results “More Breathing Room” — Earlier today, we noticed that Google was showing an increasing number of its users a new search results page with more whitespace and without a sidebar.

More: CNET, Engadget, The Verge, VentureBeat, Search Engine Land, The Next Web and Inside Search. Thanks:@thatdrew

Marguerite Reardon / CNET:

AT&T to pay feds $700,000 to settle overcharging dispute — The Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday it has reached a $700,000 settlement with AT&T over claims that the carrier overcharged wireless data customers. — AT&T has agreed to pay $700,000 to the federal government …

More: The Verge and Ars Technica

Kip Kniskern / LiveSide.net:

Is “Cloud TV” coming to Microsoft? — Microsoft has made a number of moves recently to bring its devices and services into the living room, extending and expanding its Xbox offerings to far more than hard core gamers (although this is somewhat of a banner day for those gamers with tonight's release of Halo 4) …

More: The Next Web, digitaltrends.com, CNET, Gotta Be Mobile, The Verge, WinBeta, SlashGear, TechSpot and Engadget

Jake Smith / 9to5Mac:

Apple loses $368.2 million lawsuit to patent holding company VirnetX in E. Texas court ruling — According to Bloomberg, Cupertino, Calif. based Apple has lost a lawsuit against VirnetX in a Texas courtroom late this evening and has been ordered to pay $368.2 million in damages.

More: AllThingsD and AppleInsider. Tweets: @bloombergwest and @markgurman

Horace Dediu / asymco:

The late smartphone adopter paradox — comScore reports that US smartphone penetration has decisively crossed over 50% in August. This should not come as a surprise as the penetration rate has been very linear. — Now that we've crossed this milestone, the thing to watch is the conversion rate …

More: Business Insider

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Google co-founder Sergey Brin takes to Google+ to call for an end to party politics on election eve — On the eve of the US presidential election, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has taken quite the political stand on his Google+ account by pleading for the winner to withdraw …

More: Google+, The Register, Business Insider, CNET, TechCrunch, 9to5Google and Digits

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Amazon Offers $7.99 Monthly Subscription To Amazon Prime [Update: Amazon Confirms It's Only A Test] — Amazon is now offering users a monthly option for its Amazon Prime service, priced at $7.99 per month, as an alternative to the $79/yearly subscription. It's the same service as before …

More: Examiner, Engadget, GeekWire, Hacking NetFlix, VentureBeat, Geekosystem, Softpedia News, digitaltrends.com, The Seattle Times, PC Magazine, Neowin, CNNMoney.com and Bloomberg. See also Mediagazer

Suzanne Barlyn / Reuters:

Morgan Stanley tries to halt investor's Facebook arbitration — (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley is trying to halt a securities arbitration case filed by a Facebook investor who blames the firm and other companies for $1.9 million in damages stemming from the social media giant's botched initial public offering.

More: Business Insider, Gizmodo, CNET and AllFacebook

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Here's How Bravo's “Silicon Valley” Stars Pitch Start-Up Investors (Slides) — While Americans geared up for Election Day coverage on Monday evening, much of Silicon Valley was glued to a different channel. — It was the premiere of “Start-Ups: Silicon Valley,” the Bravo-produced reality show …

More: The Seattle Times, Business Insider, The Technology Chronicles, Betabeat, GeekWire and PE Hub Blog

Daniel Cooper / Engadget:

AT&T prices Lumia 920 and 8GB HTC 8X at $100, Lumia 820 at $50, Nokias due on Friday — AT&T is finally spilling the beans on how much its Windows Phone 8 handsets will set you back if you plump for a two-year deal. Nokia's Lumia 920 costs $99.99, $50 less than previously speculated, and will come with a free wireless charging plate.

Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table:

Why Silicon Valley and Hollywood Don't Get Each Other and Who Will Win the Future — For the past three years I have been pounding the table as loud as I can about the future opportunities in digital video. The concise guide is here. — My narrative has stayed pretty simple:

Thanks:@pkedrosky

Samad Rizvi / The Pixar Times:

Pixar Names Building After Steve Jobs — Steve Jobs is often associated with Apple, but many often forgot that the visionary played a large role in the creation of Pixar. He financed the work at the studio long before it became profitable, pouring millions of his own money into keeping Pixar afloat …

More: The Verge and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @ijunns

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google releases Chrome 23: the last major browser finally gets Do Not Track support — Google today released Chrome version 23.0.1271.64 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can update to the latest release now using the browser's built-in silent updater, or you can download it directly from google.com/chrome.

More: BetaNews, BGR, Google Chrome Blog, The Register, The Verge, Google Chrome Releases, 9to5Google, Engadget, GadgeTell and TechCrunch. Thanks:@alex

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