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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Syria Rebels Find Skype Useful, but Dangers Lurk — In a demonstration of their growing sophistication and organization, Syrian rebels responded to a nationwide shutdown of the Internet by turning to satellite technology to coordinate within the country and to communicate with outside activists.

More: The Verge. Tweets: @crispinburke and @dberlind. See also Mediagazer

CNN:

Internet, phone services back online for much of Syria

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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

In a blow to Android, judge says Moto patents can't get injunctions — Motorola can't use standard-based patents to enjoin Microsoft's Xbox. — flickr / Tsahi Levent-Levi — The Seattle federal judge who recently oversaw a two-week trial between Microsoft and Motorola …

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Tom Bergin / Reuters:

EBay's double tax base prompts calls for investigation — (Reuters) - Britain and Germany may have missed out on a combined $1 billion in sales tax since online marketplace eBay picked a tiny Luxembourg office as its base for EU sales, a shift that lawmakers say should now be investigated.

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

If Samsung doesn't supply Apple's processors, who will? — Switching foundries isn't easy, says an analyst. It's going to take years and cost billions. — FORTUNE — Samsung, believe it or not, is still the sole supplier of the processors that run every iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that Apple (AAPL) sells.

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Brad Molen / Engadget:

HTC confirms the Windows Phone 8S will not be coming to the US — The HTC Windows Phone 8S was announced as a lower-end alternative to its bigger brother, the flagship Windows Phone 8X, but the company has remained relatively quiet about it since. While we're still awaiting official details …

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Damaster / LiveSide.net:

Exclusive: Microsoft bringing cloud music player to SkyDrive.com — Rumors about Microsoft bringing a cloud music playing to SkyDrive had been floating around for a long time. Back in May 2011 when Microsoft first announced Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango”, we reported on some indications that …

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Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:

Lessons from the Groupon disaster: Maybe international can wait — When people say “Go big or go home” they're rarely actually thinking they'll have to go home. If they actually saw that as a real risk, they'd probably go at least slightly smaller. — I've long said that the growth of Groupon …

Tweets: @stevecase

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

iFixit iMac teardown reveals dual mics, difficult RAM upgrades & glued on LCD — While we had some pictures of a brief teardown earlier this week, iFixit has now completed its ritual teardown of the new 21.5″ iMac that officially went on sale on Friday.

More: iFixit, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, The Verge, iphoneincanada.ca, iClarified, TechCrunch, Business Insider, MacRumors and Engadget

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

Father Of Raided 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl Settles Case For 300 Euros — After being accused of illicit file-sharing earlier in the year a man from Finland was presented with an unsettling letter. — Anti-piracy group CIAPC (known locally as TTVK) said they'd tracked the man's Internet account …

More: BBC and Inquirer

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Dwolla Launches Guest Checkout Option For Merchants, Allows Shoppers To Pay With Dwolla Without Signing Up — Online and mobile digital cash network Dwolla is breaking down one of the barriers to entry to using its service with today's introduction of a new “guest checkout” feature for online merchants.

More: Dwolla Blog, BetaKit, InformationWeek, Fast Company, WebProNews, The Next Web and ProgrammableWeb

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

R.I.P. Frothy Times, A Return To Normalcy — Whatever it is, it is palpable. A sort of buzz in the Valley that all is not well, and a slight nervousness among entrepreneurs, investors and startup employees as they flit about their day-to-day. We may not be in the middle …

More: Darren Herman and Business Insider. Tweets: @daveg and @robhof

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Microsoft continues Windows Phone Store expansion with 42 new markets, bringing total to 113 — Microsoft on Friday announced a slew of updates to its Windows Phone Dev Center and Windows Phone Store. The biggest is the expansion of the Windows Phone Store to 42 new markets, bringing the total to 113.

More: The Windows Blog, Neowin, msdn.microsoft.com, PhoneArena, SlashGear, WinBeta, WindowsObserver.com and WMPoweruser. Thanks:@alex

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