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November 18, 2012, 4:40 PM

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Ben Gilbert / Engadget:
Nintendo Wii U review  —  Nintendo's new console is an anomaly in the game console ecosystem, but not for Nintendo.  The company that — in just the last decade — popularized stylus-powered gaming, microphone-powered gaming and motion-based gaming, is once again pushing game control inputs forward.
Damon Krukowski / Pitchfork:
Making Cents  —  I'm sure each generation of musicians feels they've lived through a time of tremendous change, but the shifts I've witnessed in my relatively short music career— from morphing formats to dissolving business models— do seem extraordinary.  The first album I made was originally released …
Christopher Mims / Quartz:
Spotify's plan for rescuing the music industry: let it fall apart first  —  Spotify, the music-streaming service, just scored a $100 million round of financing.  That values the company at $3 billion—but Daniel Ek, its founder, probably isn't all that hung up on the fact that he's now the head …
More: TechCrunch
Steven Scheer / Reuters:
Israeli government websites under mass hacking attack  —  (Reuters) - More than 44 million hacking attempts have been made on Israeli government web sites since Wednesday when Israel began its Gaza air strikes, the government said on Sunday.  —  Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz …
More: CNET
Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
When the Nerds Go Marching In  —  How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama's reelection  —  Three members of Obama's tech team, from left to right: Harper Reed, Dylan Richard, and Mark Trammell (Photo by Daniel X. O'Neil).
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Megaupload Search Warrant Requests Ignored Massive Non-Infringing Use  —  In the wake of the January shutdown of Megaupload, many of the site's legitimate users complained that their personal files had been lost.  —  Among these users are many people in the U.S. military who used the site to share pictures and videos with family.
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Apple's iMessage service is currently suffering from systemic downtime  —  If you are an iMessage user, TNW has bad news: the service is currently suffering from downtime that appears to be more than a little widespread.  —  According to a very quick perusal of Twitter …
More: The VergeTweets: @9to5mac

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