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November 28, 2012, 1:40 PM

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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 …

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Ballmer says Windows 8 users ‘get it, and like it’ — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is addressing the company's annual shareholders meeting right now in Bellevue, Wash. He started by talking about the uptake of Windows 8, citing the 40 million licenses sold, and alluding to the early usage patterns that the company reported yesterday.

More: CNET and WMPoweruser

Eva Dou / Digits:

Windows 8 Touchscreen Laptops See Slow Start — One month into the launch of Windows 8, sales are sluggish, say some Asian PC makers - even the ones making the most popular products. — “Demand for Windows 8 is not that good right now,” said Asustek Computer Inc. Chief Financial Officer David Chang.

More: Tech Trader Daily, Business Insider, ZDNet, Gizmodo, TechEye and Computerworld

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 …

More: BGR, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, Neowin, ExtremeTech, gHacks Technology News, WebProNews, Gotta Be Mobile, Techie Buzz, WinBeta, Business Insider and Winsyde

Tweets: @tomwarren and @maryjofoley

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 …

More: GigaOM, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, TechEye, Business Insider, The Register, VentureBeat, BBC, BGR, FierceWireless, FOSS Patents, TechCrunch, Coyote Tracks, Forbes, ITProPortal, TechnoBuffalo and PhoneArena

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.

More: AllThingsD, Forbes, CNET, InvestorPlace, MobileSyrup.com, MobileBurn.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Inquirer and IntoMobile

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.

More: ZDNet, Techdirt, The Register, Ars Technica, TorrentFreak, CNET, Plagiarism Today, PC Pro, ITProPortal, Inquirer, Softpedia News and Guardian. Tweets: @iankatz1000. See also Mediagazer

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 …

More: The Next Web, CNET, Betabeat, BetaNews, GeekWire, 9to5Google, Bing, TechCrunch, Mashable! and WebProNews

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 …

More: TechCrunch, Engadget, Inquirer, The Register, SiliconANGLE, CNET, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, BGR, Tech Trader Daily, Reuters, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, Macgasm and iLounge

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 …

More: Fortune, CNET, SiliconBeat, Fortune, Business Insider, SocialTimes, AdAge and Mashable!. Tweets: @fortunempw. See also Mediagazer

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

Andrew Mason: It Would Be Weird If The Board Wasn't Discussing If I Was The Right Guy For The Job — Yesterday we learned from Kara Swisher and other sources that Groupon CEO Andrew Mason could be on his way out soon. — At our IGNITION conference, Mason spoke with Henry Blodget on the matter.

More: GigaOM, CNET, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Digits, AllThingsD, Business Insider and ValueWalk. Tweets: @hblodget

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Google Acquires Incentive Targeting To Power Super Targeted, Personalized Coupon Programs — Google has just acquired coupon targeting company Incentive Targeting. The acquisition was confirmed in Tweet from Mike Dudas, who is on the team building Google's mobile commerce business.

More: AllThingsD, The Next Web, Xconomy and Understanding Google …. Tweets: @mdudas. Thanks:@chrisvelazco

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.

More: ABI Research, BGR, CNET, Computerworld, AndroidGuys, digitaltrends.com, Patently Apple and Android Community

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 …

More: Search Engine Land, Amazon Mobile App …, TechCrunch, Amazon.com, Computerworld, TUAW, The H, All Points Blog, GadgeTell and WebProNews

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Amazon Web Services cuts S3 prices, knocks old guard rivals — Summary: “We're lowering prices for S3 by 24 percent to 27 percent in all regions,” said Andy Jassy, senior vice president of Amazon Web Services. Jassy also mocked old guard technology rivals, which were seen as cloud washers.

More: TechCrunch, TechCrunch, The Next Web, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Amazon.com and Amazon Web Services Blog

Vibhu Norby / philosophically:

Why We're Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first — There has been much discussion from the venture capitalist angle on the failings of mobile companies, including posts by Fred Wilson and Om Malik. I wanted to share my perspective, having been the co-founder of a mobile-first startup …

Tweets: @davemcclure and @pkedrosky

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

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 …

More: X-bit labs, VentureBeat, Inquirer, AllThingsD, Forbes, Softpedia News, Austin American-Statesman, TechEye and EE Times

Reuters:

Italian tax police probe Google Italy again — (Reuters) - Italian police launched a new tax probe into Google Italy after earlier investigations found the internet company had failed to declare income and still owed sales tax, an economy ministry document showed on Wednesday.

More: Tech Trader Daily

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 …

More: Ars Technica, The Verge, BBC, Reuters, ITProPortal, E Hacking News [ EHN ], ZDNet and Softpedia News

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 …

More: The Mozilla Blog, TechCrunch, WebProNews and Softpedia News

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.

More: Inquirer, Search Engine Land, CNET, TIME, The Register, WebProNews, Reuters, Forbes and Softpedia News

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 …

More: CNN, CNET, Techdirt, digitaltrends.com, OSDir.com, Gizmodo, TechEye, Hillicon Valley, ZDNet, WebProNews and Mashable!

Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

Vimeo launches shiny new iPhone app with faster uploads & better social sharing — Popular video-sharing site Vimeo has re-built its iPhone app with the addition of faster uploading and improved social sharing to Twitter and Facebook, a sign it wants to attract more fun content shot on the fly.

More: Vimeo Staff Blog, CNET, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Gizmodo, TUAW, Mashable!, WebProNews, SlashGear and SocialTimes

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 …

More: InfoWorld and Poynter

Madeline Chambers / Reuters:

German lawmakers condemn Google campaign against copyright law — (Reuters) - Senior German politicians have denounced as propaganda a campaign by Google to mobilize public opinion against proposed legislation to let publishers charge search engines for displaying newspaper articles.

More: Softpedia News

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