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Google Revenues Sheltered in No-Tax Bermuda Soar to $10 Billion — Google Inc. (GOOG) avoided about $2 billion in worldwide income taxes in 2011 by shifting $9.8 billion in revenues into a Bermuda shell company, almost double the total from three years before, filings show.
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| Katherine Rushton / Telegraph: |
Dell founder ‘turned down Autonomy’ — Billionaire entrepreneur Michael Dell has revealed that Autonomy was offered to him before it was bought by Hewlett-Packard, but that he rejected the British software firm because it was “overwhelmingly obvious” that it was overpriced.| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Gmail, other Google services go down for many, repeated Chrome crashes seen by signed-in users — Google's Gmail product is currently down for the count on the web, though the service itself appears to be up. We've confirmed that the Gmail site is down for Apps and regular users of the mail service.
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Samsung hints it is announcing ‘something new’ at CES in January; could it be the Galaxy S4? — It's less than seven months since Samsung released the Galaxy S3, its flagship smartphone, in May, but already it appears that the Korean electronics giant is getting ready to unveil its sequel … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
25-GPU cluster cracks every standard Windows password in < 6 hours — Welcome to Radeon City, population: 8. It's one of five servers that make up a high-performance password-cracking cluster. — Jeremi Gosney — A password-cracking expert has unveiled a computer cluster … | New York Times: |
Bloomberg Weighs Making Bid for The Financial Times — Not long ago, The Financial Times would have been the crown jewel of any media company, instantly conferring prestige and influence on its owner. Now, given the likely bidders, one of the world's most respected and distinctive financial newspapers …
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Motorola to exit South Korea in 2013, as Google restructuring claims another 500+ jobs — Motorola Mobility is to close down almost all of its operations in South Korea next year as its reorganization under the ownership of Google continues. The phone maker will keep 10 percent of its local R&D staff …
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| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Facebook data suggests Microsoft has sold 4.2 million Windows Phone handsets since October — It was big news when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told the world that Windows Phone devices were selling at four times their rate from 2011. That, along with several other positive factors … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Australian Police Warn Against Use of Apple Maps Due to Safety Concerns — Police in Victoria, Australia issued a warning to motorists this weekend regarding Apple Maps after several travelers became stranded in the Murray-Sunset National Park trying to reach the city of Mildura using Apple's directions.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Silicon nanophotonics: IBM's light chips could save data centers from bandwidth traffic jams — IBM is announcing today it has created breakthrough silicon nanophotonics chips, or those that can use traditional silicon technology and laser light to transfer data at extremely high speeds.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
BBM 7 leaves beta, brings WiFi voice calls into the mix (video) — RIM moves quickly: it was just a few weeks ago that BlackBerry Messenger 7 was in beta, and today we're seeing a finished version roll out to BlackBerry App World. As we saw in mid-November, the revamp lets chatters switch … | Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
The enduring Apple TV Fantasy — We all want TV Done Right, free of the Soviet Era set-top box, UI and opaque contracts. We imagine Apple will put all the pieces together. But what's desirable and “obvious” might not be so simple or soon... “When I go into my living room and turn on the TV … | Zach Epstein / BGR: |
RIM teases BlackBerry 10 launch with image of first BB10 smartphone — Hoping to keep interest levels up before its big January 30th launch, Research In Motion (RIMM) has started to tease its own “laptop-killing” BlackBerry 10-powered smartphone on its official website.
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| Matthew Lynley / Digits: |
Wayfair Raises $36 Million in Search of Home Decor Dominance — Wayfair, a Boston-based network of retail sites that focuses on home decor, has raised $36 million in its second round of funding amid rapid expansion of its third retail branch: a flash-sales site called Joss & Main.| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Five Years In And Profitable, Gilt Refocuses On New Leadership, An IPO In 2013 And More — Alexandra Wilkis Wilson walked into famed celebrity designer Zac Posen's showroom in November 2007 prepared to give the pitch of her life. The Gilt co-founder was attempting to sell Posen and his team … | Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Nike to kick off a Nike+ startup accelerator in March 2013, powered by TechStars — Well, this is interesting: apparently TechStars delivers its acceleration programs out-of-the-shoebox these days. — TechStars has teamed up with sports footwear and apparel giant Nike to power …
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Tech guru McAfee's legal appeals win him respite in Guatemala — (Reuters) - U.S. software pioneer John McAfee, facing deportation from Guatemala to Belize to answer questions over the death of a neighbor, has bought himself some time with legal appeals, the Guatemalan government said on Sunday.| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Confirmed: Effective Immediately, Say Goodbye to Instagram Photos Inside of Twitter — Instagram completely turned off support for Twitter Cards technology on Sunday, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to AllThingsD. — While users can still post links to their Instagram photos on Twitter …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Trent Reznor to launch streaming music service in partnership with Beats by Dre — Earlier this year, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame announced a partnership with Beats by Dre, known for its omnipresent line of headphones. The new project, however, has turned out to be more ambitious than many expected.
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