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November 28, 2012, 11:55 AM
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| Martyn Williams / Computerworld: |
Exclusive: Nokia seeks to block sale of some RIM products — Nokia wants a US court to enforce an arbitration agreement that could affect most of RIM's smartphones — Nokia has asked a California court to enforce an arbitration award that would prevent Research In Motion from selling products …
| Tarmo Virki / Reuters: |
BlackBerry maker RIM loses patent dispute with Nokia — (Reuters) - Canada's Research In Motion (RIM) has lost a contract dispute over the use of Nokia patents in a case which could halt sales of its BlackBerry phones if it does not reach a deal to pay royalties to the Finnish company.
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CNET, Inquirer, MobileBurn.com, iDownloadBlog.com, IntoMobile and MobileSyrup.com
| Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog: |
Windows 8 - 40 Million Licenses Sold — As we pass the one month anniversary of the general availability of Windows 8, we are pleased to announce that to-date Microsoft has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses. Tami Reller shared this news with industry and financial analysts …
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GeekWire, Seattle Times, Inquirer, Wired, The Register, Washington Post, ExtremeTech, Ars Technica, TechSpot, MSDN Blogs, Telegraph, Ed Bott, Winsyde, Guardian, PhoneArena, gHacks Technology News, Pocketables, The Age, Neowin, Windows 8 Beta, Softpedia News, Gear Live, Redmond Pie, GamesIndustry International, AllThingsD, WebProNews and SlashGear
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
| BBC: |
‘Piracy’ student Richard O'Dwyer avoids US extradition — Mr O'Dwyer faced a maximum sentence of five years in prison if found guilty in the US — A student facing trial and possible imprisonment in the United States has struck a deal to avoid extradition, the High Court has been told.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows Blue is Microsoft's future low-cost OS with yearly updates — Microsoft is busy preparing its next-generation Windows client, shortly after shipping Windows 8 in October. The Verge has learned from several sources familiar with Microsoft's plans that the company is planning …
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BGR, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, Business Insider, Neowin and Winsyde
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| Loek Essers / Computerworld: |
Apple gets sales ban on some Samsung Galaxy products in the Netherlands — Dutch court bans sale of Samsung products that infringe on an Apple patent on navigating images in a photo gallery — A Dutch court has banned sales of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy products that infringe …
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Marissa Mayer's First Live Interview (Which ATD Had to Virtually Sneak Into): God. Family. Yahoo. — Tonight, new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gave her first public interview since becoming the leader of the troubled Silicon Valley Internet giant. — Not to cranky me, of course …
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Amazon's Maps API now available to all developers, becomes part of Mobile App SDK — Amazon on Tuesday announced the release of its Maps API, now out of beta and integrated into the Amazon Mobile App SDK. The company is pushing for developers to get started using it for Kindle Fire … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's launches ‘Scroogled’ anti-Google Shopping website — Microsoft is launching its latest anti-Google campaign this week. A new Scroogled site has emerged that directly attacks Google's “unfair pay-to-rank shopping practices” says Microsoft. “Simply put, all of their shopping results …
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Microsoft Says It Has Identified Windows Phone Rebooting Issue, Plans Fix for December — Microsoft said it believes it has identified a problem that was causing some Windows Phone 8 devices to reboot without warning. — The company said it hopes to deliver an over-the-air software fix next month.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Yelp CEO: Yep, Google can be pretty evil — Jeremy Stoppelman, speaking during a Business Insider conference, also said doing anything local takes depth and time. — NEW YORK—Sure, Google can be pretty evil, Yelp Chief Executive Jeremy Stoppelman said. — Stoppelman, speaking … Thanks:@lutherlowe
| Gary Marcus / The New Yorker: |
Moral Machines — Google's driver-less cars are already street-legal in three states, California, Florida, and Nevada, and some day similar devices may not just be possible but mandatory. Eventually (though not yet) automated vehicles will be able to drive better, and more safely than you can … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
iPad And Android Tablet Market Share Margin Narrows Much Faster Than Originally Predicted — Apple continued to win out in terms of tablet market share this past quarter, according to the latest figures from ABI Research, with a 55 percent share of all shipments during the period.| Eva Dou / Digits: |
HTC Calls Up a New Marketing Chief — Embattled smartphone maker HTC Corp. is trying to send a clearer signal to consumers. — The company, which has seen its popularity erode amid stiff competition, is shaking up its marketing. HTC announced Wednesday in a statement that Benjamin Ho …
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| Noel Randewich / Reuters: |
AMD plans to sell Texas campus to raise cash — (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc plans to sell and lease back its Austin, Texas campus to raise cash and fund its chipmaking business as it diversifies beyond the troubled PC industry into new markets. — AMD expects to sell the 58-acre site …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn Launches Ads API, Enabling Custom Tools For Large-Scale Campaigns — LinkedIn is announcing a new Ads API, which could bring more large-scale social marketing campaigns to the professional networking site. — In a blog post that the company plans to publish on its marketing website later today … | Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
Nokia Lumia 920 Review - High Quality But It's Heavy — Both Nokia and Microsoft were once titans in the smartphone world, but the pair have struggled to find favor with consumers, carriers and developers in the iPhone-Android era. Now, the two companies, which have become close partners …
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| Jack Shafer / Reuters: |
Fake press releases are a public service — Yesterday, an enterprising clown used PRWeb to publish a fake press release about the purported purchasing of WiFi provider ICOA by Google for $400 million. The Associated Press, Business Insider, Forbes, Techcrunch and other websites ran stories …
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| Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat: |
Rep. Darrell Issa introduces a 'don't mess with the Internet for two years' bill — If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Yet, when it comes to the Internet, there are plenty of politicians who believe something is broken. — Suffice it to say, the majority of active Internet users …
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CNN, Techdirt, digitaltrends.com, TechEye, OSDir.com, Hillicon Valley, Gizmodo, ZDNet, WebProNews and Mashable!
| Lucian Constantin / Computerworld: |
Samsung printers contain hardcoded backdoor account, US-CERT warns — Hardcoded administrative account in Samsung printers poses security risks — Printers manufactured by Samsung have a backdoor administrator account hard coded in their firmware that could enable attackers to change their configuration …
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US-CERT, CNET, The H Security, Help Net Security, ZDNet, Naked Security, ZDNet, Softpedia News, threatpost, The Register and InfoWorld
| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Hackers steal and publish e-mails from U.N. nuclear agency — The IAEA confirms its servers were breached and a hacking group claims responsibility demanding an investigation into Israel's alleged nuclear proliferation program. — Hackers have made their way into one of the servers …
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BBC, Computerworld, Reuters, ITProPortal, ZDNet and Softpedia News
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Rdio Revamps Its iOS And Android Apps Bringing Improved Looks, Navigation, New Playback Controls & More — Streaming music startup Rdio continues its battle with Spotify, today updating its two flagship mobile applications for iOS and Android. The new apps have been redesigned with a cleaner layout … | Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Telefonica, Mozilla and VCs Still Betting Big on HTML as They Pour $25 Million Into Everything.Me — For Mozilla to be successful with its Firefox OS, it needs a lot of good HTML5 apps and content. — Given that, it is not terribly surprising that Mozilla and carrier partner Telefonica …
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The Mozilla Blog, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, WebProNews and TheDomains.com
| Bloomberg: |
Google Chief Page Said to Meet FTC Over Antitrust Probe — Google Inc. (GOOG) Chief Executive Officer Larry Page met with U.S. Federal Trade Commission officials today in Washington as the agency moves to wrap up its 19-month investigation of the company's business practices, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
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Search Engine Land, TIME, CNET, WebProNews, Reuters, Forbes, 9to5Google, Softpedia News and Hillicon Valley
| Christopher Mims / Quartz: |
Paypal nearly tripled its mobile payment volume on Cyber Monday — People are getting much more used to buying things on their mobile devices, suggest data that PayPal has released. Yesterday, on “Cyber Monday” (the online baby sister of Black Friday, the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush) …
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IBM, The PayPal Blog, The Next Web and I4U News
| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
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