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November 21, 2012, 11:45 AM
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Peter Burrows / Bloomberg:
Jobs's Spaceship-Like Apple Offices to Arrive Later Than Planned  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) said the construction of a new spaceship-like headquarters with a circular design in Cupertino, California, won't be completed until mid-2016, later than originally projected, as the company revises its plans.
Michael J. de la Merced / DealBook:
Deloitte Denies Knowledge of Fraud at Autonomy  —  Deloitte is finally speaking up about Autonomy P.L.C. — and the accounting firm says it knew nothing about potential fraud at its onetime client.  —  The statement by Deloitte comes after Autonomy's parent, Hewlett-Packard …
More: Bloomberg
Karen Gullo / Bloomberg:
FBI Said to Be Looking Into HP's Allegations on Autonomy  —  The FBI, responding to an inquiry by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is looking into Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ)'s allegations of accounting improprieties at its Autonomy Corp. unit, a person familiar with the matter said.
Jonathan Weil / Bloomberg:
Hewlett-Packard's Explanation Just Makes No Sense
Bloomberg:
U.S. Said to Waver on Antitrust Case Against Google  —  Google Inc. (GOOG) may skirt the most serious antitrust allegations under investigation by the U.S. as regulators waver on whether they can prove consumers are hurt by the way the company ranks its search results, three people familiar with the matter said.
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
AT&T Seems to Be Extending FaceTime-Over-Cellular to All Customers  —  AT&T appears to be quietly extending FaceTime-Over-Cellular capabilities to all their iPhone customers.  Earlier this month, AT&T announced that they would allow any customer “with an LTE device” on a “tiered data plan” to use iOS 6's FaceTime over Cellular feature.
Will Connors / Digits:
NTSB May Drop BlackBerrys for iPhones, Citing Reliability  —  Research In Motion Ltd. may be losing another U.S. government customer, but this time the reason isn't fickle employees who prefer to carry around an iPhone.  —  The National Transportation Safety Board said it's looking to switch …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Ray of Hope?  Carriers Seem to Like BlackBerry 10.  —  The tide of negative sentiment that dragged shares of Research In Motion deep into the mud and kept them there for well over a year is letting up ahead of the launch of the company's new BlackBerry 10 operating system.  Why?
Tammy Parker / Fierce Broadband Wireless:
T-Mobile exec: iPhone isn't worth sacrifices  —  T-Mobile USA has lost customers because it does not carry Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone, but the company is not willing to make major sacrifices to add the device to its portfolio, said a T-Mobile executive.  —  “Make no mistake about it: We would love to carry the iPhone.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Apple has solved its iPhone 5 supply problems - just in time  —  Ship times hit 2 weeks Tuesday and a spot check found it at 9 out of 10 of Apple stores  —  FORTUNE — Despite stock-outs, production hiccups and Foxconn worker unrest, it looks like Apple (AAPL) will have an iPhone 5 available …
Mike Dano / FierceWireless:
Dish blasts FCC's rules for its AWS-4 spectrum  —  The FCC is moving forward with rules that will allow Dish Network to build an LTE Advanced mobile network in its MSS spectrum.  However, the agency's proposal will include technical rules that could affect up to 5 MHz of Dish's spectrum.
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Hacker Found Guilty of Breaching AT&T Site to Obtain iPad Customer Data  —  A hacker charged with federal crimes for obtaining the personal data of more than 100,000 iPad owners from AT&T's website was found guilty on Tuesday.  —  Andrew Auernheimer, 26, of Fayetteville, Arkansas …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn Experiencing Extended Outage  —  LinkedIn has confirmed its experiencing an outage this morning, according to reports on Twitter, sites like DownRightNow.com and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com, and our own tests.  The outage seems to have started around 25 minutes ago …
Nielsen Wire:
U.S. Kids Continue to Look Forward to “iHoliday”  —  When it comes to devices, kids' holiday wish lists are simple this year.  The most-wanted gifts are predominantly from one company—Apple.  According to a recent Nielsen study, Apple's popularity leading up to the holiday season continues …
Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
New York City replaces 250 public pay phones with iPad-like screens  —  In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the humble phone booth took on renewed importance as cut-off New Yorkers used pay phones to connect with each other in an emergency.  Now, this quaint but reliable form of public technology is getting a major facelift.
Larry Downes / CNET:
Russians back down from leaked U.N. Internet proposal  —  Following the disclosure by CNET of a secret proposal to transfer Internet governance to the U.N., the Russian Federation has revised its plan, toning down the language but not the thrust of the document.
Humayun Khan / BetaKit:
biNu Raises $4.3M, Adds biNu Credits to Monetize Cloud Platform for Feature Phones  —  Mobile phone adoption has grown to six billion people globally, with five billion users still in emerging markets, according to a study by the World Bank.  Out of that number, only 38 percent are smartphones …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Facebook confirms it is testing Upcoming Events and Recently Released Albums in the News Feed  —  Facebook is testing at least two new features in its News Feed: Upcoming Events and Recently Released Albums, though it won't go into detail on either of them.  “We're always testing new features,” a Facebook spokesperson told TNW.
Jake Smith / 9to5Google:
HTC DROID DNA now available from Verizon for $199  —  We loved it.  You might too.  Today, the HTC DROID DNA is officially available from Verizon Wireless for $199 on two-year contract.  For those that need a spec refresh, the DNA features a 5-inch, 1080p 441PPI display that seemed a little …
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Axios:
Sources: Paramount seeks a business-side counterpart to Bari Weiss, implying she would oversee editorial across CBS News and CNN if Paramount's WBD deal closes

Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
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Peter Chapman / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA launches a probe into Paramount's $110B acquisition of WBD, and sets an initial ruling deadline on August 7; the EU has already set a July 7 deadline

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