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November 20, 2012, 2:25 PM

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Wall Street Journal:

H-P Claims Fraud at Autonomy — Hewlett-Packard Co. leveled serious accusations Tuesday against a software company it bought last year, saying it would take a $8.8 billion write-down after it claimed Autonomy's leadership misrepresented its performance as the deal was being negotiated.

More: Digits, Betabeat, DealBook, Dealbreaker, SlashGear, Deal Journal and Datamation.com

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

HP Beats Street Amid Sales Declines, Takes $8.8 Billion Charge — Hewlett-Packard's Q4 results just crossed the wires, and they're bad, but not quite as bad as some of the more cynical had expected. — The good news: Earnings per share were $1.16, beating the consensus view of $1.14.

Paul Sandle / Reuters:

Ex-Autonomy CEO “flatly-rejects” HP charges — (Reuters) - Mike Lynch, the former chief executive of Autonomy, on Tuesday “flatly rejected” allegations made by the company's new owner Hewlett Packard regarding “serious accounting improprieties”. — In a brief statement released to Reuters …

More: BetaNews, HP, Business Insider, Associated Press, SlashGear, Quartz and AllThingsD. Tweets: @eldon

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

What Exactly Happened at Autonomy? — Today's bombshell from Hewlett-Packard concerning an $8.8 billion write-down related to Autonomy, the British software firm it acquired in 2011 for $11.7 billion in combined cash and assumed debt, is a little hard to understand. Here's how it breaks down:

More: Business Insider

Ben Rooney / Digits:

Q&A With Autonomy Founder Mike Lynch on H-P Allegations

More: GigaOM, AllThingsD and Computerworld

Scott Austin / Digits:

Leo Apotheker: Due Diligence of Autonomy Was Meticulous

More: VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, Business Insider, TechSpot, BGR and Business Insider

Steven Russolillo / MarketBeat:

H-P Shares Tumble to 10-Year Lows; Analysts Throw in the Towel

More: TechCrunch and Deal Journal

Mari Saito / Reuters:

HTC “happy” with Apple settlement, slams media estimates — (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC Corp is happy with its patent settlement with Apple Inc, but regards media reports on details of the licensing agreement as “outrageous”, chief executive Peter Chou told reporters on Tuesday.

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Google wants to take on Apple with an open AirPlay alternative — Google is working on an open alternative to Apple's AirPlay, and it's hoping to bring a number of device and software vendors on board to provide the industry with an open technology to exchange data between second screens and TV-connected devices.

More: BGR, Gotta Be Mobile, PadGadget, I4U News, Redmond Pie, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Pocket-lint, Macgasm, iPhone Hacks, Evolver.fm, WebProNews, CNET and MacRumors

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

Nokia's Here Maps out now for iOS, the wait for a true Google Maps replacement continues — The perfect iOS maps app is not Here — Nokia's new Here Maps app for iOS has made its way to the App Store today, promising free turn-by-turn voice navigation, public transit information, and rich traffic reports.

Declan McCullagh / CNET:

Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants — Proposed law scheduled for a vote next week originally increased Americans' e-mail privacy. Then law enforcement complained. Now it increases government access to e-mail and other digital files.

More: Forbes, Techdirt, The Verge, DSLreports, Hit & Run, DailyTech, “The Lid” and WebProNews

Tweets: @senatorleahy and @adamserwer

Mat Smith / Engadget:

Skype version 3.0 arrives on Android devices: Microsoft login, refreshed tablet UI (hands-on) — Arriving just after its debut on Windows Phone 8, Skype's updated its Android app, with a focus on improving the tablet experience. Surely thanks to improved Google tablet sales …

More: The Big Blog, CNET, GigaOM, The Next Web, TechCrunch and dailywireless.org

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:

US patent chief to software patent critics: “Give it a rest already” — David Kappos speaks at the Center for American progress in 2010. — Center for American Progress — David Kappos, the head of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, offered a strong defense of software patents …

Kent Walker / Wired:

Google: Don't Let Trolls Exploit Patent System Flaws

Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

New York is beaten by Tel Aviv, LA and Seattle in a new global ranking of the top 20 startup ecosystems — A new report released today by Startup Genome ranks the world's top 20 startup ecosystems. While there's no surprise what comes out on top, the overall list makes for some interesting reading.

More: Xconomy, TechCrunch, Telefonica Digital Hub, BostInno, Reuters, Web 2.0 Asia Blog, dailywireless.org, GigaOM and silicontap.com

Long Zheng / istartedsomething:

Windows 8 UI vision mockups from 2010 — A friend recently forwarded me a MetroTwit for Windows 8 cameo in a UX Week 2012 presentation by Microsoft's Jensen Harris from the Windows design team. Watching through the entire presentation, I noticed that Jensen showed off something I've never seen before …

More: CNET, Ubergizmo, The Verge, WinBeta and Geek News Central

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Promises To Bring December Back To Android 4.2 “Soon” — Google says that it will soon bring December back to Android 4.2. Google's latest version of its mobile operating system shipped with a rather embarrassing oversight: December is missing from the date picker in the People app …

More: Ars Technica, 9to5Google and Google+

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

The Unlocked Galaxy S III Mini Quietly Goes On Sale At Amazon — The Galaxy S Mini didn't make a splash hitting U.S. shelves, but the teacup version of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III has in fact arrived stateside. — Right now, we've noticed that Amazon is selling the handset for 409.95 unlocked.

More: PC Magazine, Business Insider, GadgeTell, Gotta Be Mobile, TechnoBuffalo, PhoneArena, CNET and iFans

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Starts Letting iOS Users Auto-Upload All Their Snapshots With Photo Sync — It's not just for Android anymore. Facebook has figured out how to enable background auto-uploads and is now testing Photo Sync with a few iOS users. A tipster got us a screenshot and Facebook confirms iOS Photo Sync …

More: digitaltrends.com, GadgeTell, VentureBeat, TechnoBuffalo, CNET, Softpedia News, iPhone, everythingiCafe, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, WebProNews, Gizmodo, TUAW and iPhone Hacks. Thanks:@ryanlawler

David Meyer / GigaOM:

Why big data could sink Europe's ‘right to be forgotten’ — Europe's proposed ‘right to be forgotten’ has been the subject of intense debate, with many people arguing it's simply not practical in the age of the internet for any data to be reliably expunged from history. — Well, add another voice to that mix.

More: The Next Web, ENISA, Help Net Security, TechnoLlama and Softpedia News

Owen Thomas / Business Insider:

Color, The $41 Million App, Really Is Shutting Down Now — Color, a startup which raised $41 million for a photo-sharing service, only to be racked by executive turmoil and consumer anomie, is shutting down its app, the company just announced via its website.

More: Betabeat, VatorNews, Mobile Marketing Watch, PetaPixel, FierceMobileContent News, TechCrunch, Mashable!, everythingiCafe, memeburn, PC Magazine, WebProNews, CNET and The Verge

Gizmodo:

All the Black Friday Deals: 2012 — It's the biggest shopping day of the year. There are tons of deals—and not-really-deals—out there. So we combed through every one we could find, and ranked them all. Here's your Ultimate Black Friday guide: happy hunting.

More: The Verge, CNET, The Verge, The Verge, PC World, Marketing Pilgrim, BGR, LAPTOP Magazine, TIME, TUAW, SlashGear, ABCNEWS and The Verge

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Storify's beautiful new site brings user profiles, focus on search, media and major events — Today, the social media aggregation service Storify launches a new version of its site that focuses on fronting user-created media and content, as well as a more prominent search function.

More: AllThingsD and TechCrunch. Thanks:@forrestkoba. See also Mediagazer

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Amazon Offers ‘Amazon Pages’ For Brands To Customize With Their Own URLs, And ‘Amazon Posts’ For Social Media Marketing — Just in time for the holiday shopping blitz, it looks like Amazon is opening a new chapter in its role as an online marketplace for third-parties to sell their goods.

More: SocialTimes, WebProNews and TheDomains.com. Thanks:@romaindillet

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

No Apple TV Until November 2013, Says Analyst Gene Munster — If Apple does release an all-in-one television, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster thinks it comes out in November of 2013. — This is big change in Munster's thinking. Earlier this year Munster was calling for Apple to announce …

More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, TechnoBuffalo, Apple Bitch, App Advice and iPhone Hacks

Tweets: @markgurman and @reckless

Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:

Twitter Restores @NYTOnIt Parody Account — Twitter has restored popular New York Times parody account @NYTOnIt after it was taken offline for about 12 hours beginning Tuesday night. The account was suspended after The Times filed a trademark complaint against its owner — who is …

More: CNET, Guardian, TechCrunch, Poynter, AllThingsD, Daily Dot and Betabeat. See also Mediagazer

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

President Obama Chats About Kim Dotcom — President Obama arrived at the East Asia Summit in Cambodia yesterday to discuss key issues with other world leaders. — While the criminal case against Megaupload and Kim Dotcom are not listed on the agenda, the topic was brought …

More: Stuff.co.nz, CNET and Softpedia News. Tweets: @kimdotcom

Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:

Jail Looms for Man Who Revealed AT&T Leaked iPad User E-Mails — Jail Looms for Man Who Revealed AT&T Leaked iPad User E-Mails — The case highlights a troubling disconnect between online life and the rule of the law. — AT&T screwed up in 2010, serving up the e-mail addresses …

More: everythingiCafe and TechNewsDaily.com. Tweets: @anonymousirc

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Ahead Of ITU Summit, Google Wants You To Help Preserve A Free And Open Internet With New Campaign — Today, Google announced a new initiative to support an open and free Internet called “Take Action.” The company has set up a website with materials to help educate you on what your rights …

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