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November 21, 2012, 3:20 PM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft ‘Xbox TV’ device due in 2013 with casual gaming and streaming — A set-top box to compete with Apple TV and others — Microsoft is building an Xbox set-top box. Multiple sources familiar with Redmond's plans have confirmed to The Verge that the company plans to introduce …

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Tweets: @mattbuchanan, @tcarmody and @pkafka

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.

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 …

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Kim Yoo-chul / The Korea Times:

‘No iPhone without Samsung patents’ — The chief executive of Samsung Electronics has expressed confidence about the ongoing patent battle with Apple, saying that no smartpohone can exist without patents from Korea's technology giants. — “The truth never lies.

More: BGR, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, CNET, Android Authority, iphoneincanada.ca and Mac Weekend

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 …

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Karen Gullo / Bloomberg:

FBI Said to Be Looking Into HP's Allegations on Autonomy

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In Hewlett's Claims About Autonomy, Legal Costs Could Pile Up

Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:

FCC chairman backs Dish Network plan to compete with wireless giants — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday proposed to greenlight Dish Network's long-fought plan to create a wireless service that would compete with those of giants AT&T and Verizon Wireless.

More: Tech Trader Daily, PC Magazine, CNET, PhoneArena, The Register, Phone Scoop, MobileBurn.com, GigaOM and dailywireless.org

Mike Dano / FierceWireless:

Dish blasts FCC's rules for its AWS-4 spectrum

More: Reuters and SlashGear

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.

More: Techdirt, Search Engine Land, The Verge, CNET, Softpedia News, Datamation.com and WebProNews

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Asks Users If It Can Abolish Their Right To Vote On Future Site Governance Changes — Today Facebook will send its largest email blast to date, informing all 1 billion users that it's proposing to modify the site's governance structure and remove the ability for users to vote on changes.

More: CNET, Facebook Newsroom, PC Magazine, AllFacebook, VentureBeat, Betabeat and ZDNet

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Facebook to share data with Instagram, loosen email rules

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 …

More: USA Today, AllThingsD, Mac Weekend, SiliconANGLE, SlashGear, BGR, TUAW, PC Magazine, The Register, AppleInsider, Computerworld, Ubergizmo and CNET

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Ray of Hope? Carriers Seem to Like BlackBerry 10.

More: The Verge, BGR, NYT Bits and The Next Web

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

With Site Badges Debut, “Mobile First” Instagram Is Catching Up to the Web — Building on the momentum of its Web profiles launch earlier this month, Instagram announced Wednesday the rollout of badges, small icons that users can post to promote their Instagram pages. — They'll certainly look familiar.

More: GigaOM, TechCrunch, CNET, Engadget, Marketing Land, Mashable! and WebProNews

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.

Stephen Hall / WindowsWave:

Security Hole Allows Pirates to Get a Legitimate Windows 8 Activation for Free — A new security hole has been discovered in Microsoft's product activation process that allows pirates to get a free legitimate activation of Windows 8 using the current Windows Media Center upgrade promotion.

More: PC Magazine, TechSpot, The Verge, CNET, VentureBeat, Neowin, gHacks Technology News, SlashGear, WindowsClub News and Gizmodo. Thanks:@steqheu

Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:

Checking In on Foursquare's Valuation — Facebook's IPO, Flattening Valuations Put Hurdles Before Social Media Startups — Some social media startups are finding investors a lot less friendly in the wake of Facebook Inc.'s messy initial public offering. — A few months before Facebook went public …

More: Mobile Marketing Watch, GigaOM, Business Insider and FierceMobileContent News

Dave Herman / Hulu Blog:

Hulu Plus Launching on Nintendo Wii U with Integrated Second Screen Experience — At Hulu's development center in Seattle, we spend our time focusing on making the Hulu Plus living room experience delightful for our subscribers. With our latest innovation, we've teamed up with Nintendo …

More: GeekWire, PC Magazine, VatorNews, AllThingsD, CNET, SocialTimes, Geek.com, Cinema Blend Games, WebProNews, TechCrunch, SlashGear, VentureBeat, The Next Web and Polygon

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.

More: CNET, Forbes, InvestorPlace, Ubergizmo, DailyTech, iPhone Hacks and iFans

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

BlackJet, the Uber for private air travel, is now live — BlackJet, the Uber for private air travel, founded by the co-founder of Uber, is now live. If you managed to score an invite, and have the cash - you bastard - you can now “book seats, manage [...] travel and invite [...] friends.”

Tweets: @blackjet

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 a two-year contract. For those who need a spec refresh, the DNA features a 5-inch, 1080p 441PPI display, which seemed a little …

More: TechCrunch, BGR, IntoMobile, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, Gotta Be Mobile, Softpedia News, Droid Life, SlashGear and Android Police

Julian Pecquet / Hillicon Valley:

Report: French officials accuse US of hacking Sarkozy's computers — The United States used U.S.-Israeli spy software to hack into the French presidential office earlier this year, the French cyberwarfare agency has concluded, according to the newsmagazine l'Express.

More: Help Net Security, The Verge, BBC, CNET, SiliconANGLE, Naked Security, SecurityWeek, Betabeat, Computer Business Review, The Atlantic Online, SlashGear and The Register. Tweets: @dmitricyber

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Evernote Outlines Its Roadmap To “Fix” And Improve Skitch 2.0 For Mac — At first, the marriage between Skitch and Evernote looked like a perfect match, but after Evernote launched the completely redesigned Skitch 2. for Mac, the company faced quite a bit of backlash as the new version …

More: The Verge, The Next Web, TUAW, MacStories and Evernote Blogcast

Andrew Roberts / Bloomberg:

Bionic Mannequins Spy on Shoppers to Boost Luxury Sales — Store mannequins are meant to catch your eye. Soon you may catch theirs. — Benetton Group SpA is among fashion brands deploying mannequins equipped with technology used to identify criminals at airports to watch over shoppers in their stores.

More: Globe and Mail, PSFK and digitaltrends.com

Kashmir Hill / Forbes:

Google's Eric Schmidt Tells Parents To ‘Have Online Talk Before Sex Talk’ With Kids. Survey Suggests Many Do. — “We need to fight for our privacy or we will lose it,” said Google chairman Eric Schmidt to Reuters in a recent on-camera chat. “[All of the user generated material on the web] …

More: Pew Internet and Pocket-lint

Richard Shim / DisplaySearch Blog:

Black Friday: Catalyst for Tablets to Far Surpass Notebook Shipments in North America — This year's Black Friday is expected to be the catalyst for tablets to pass notebook shipments for the first time in North America, a trend which we expect to continue for the foreseeable future.

More: Tech Trader Daily, PC Magazine, TechSpot, LAPTOP Magazine, The Tech Report and FierceWireless

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