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Nokia's Windows tablet to take on Surface with battery-equipped keyboard cover — Nokia is building its own Windows RT tablet that is set to debut in early 2013. Sources familiar with Nokia's plans have revealed to The Verge that Nokia's tablet will include HDMI and USB ports …
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Websites Vary Prices, Deals Based on Users' Information — It was the same Swingline stapler, on the same Staples.com website. But for Kim Wamble, the price was $15.79, while the price on Trude Frizzell's screen, just a few miles away, was $14.29. — A key difference: where Staples seemed to think they were located.
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Betabeat, LAPTOP Magazine, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, BuzzFeed, Digits, App Advice, The Verge, The Tech Report and AllThingsD. Tweets: @craigelimeliah
| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Longtime Microsoft Executive Craig Mundie Cedes Strategy Post, to Retire in 2014 — Microsoft has quietly shifted Craig Mundie — its former chief research and strategy officer — to a new, vaguely defined role as “Senior Advisor to the CEO.” — “In this role, he works on key strategic projects within …
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| Eva Dou / Digits: |
Acer Plans to Launch $99 Tablet — Acer Inc. is planning to launch an Android tablet priced around US$99 early next year, a person with direct knowledge of the project, said. — The world's fourth-largest PC maker by shipments hopes to be the first big-brand company to launch a tablet priced … | Dan Levine / Reuters: |
Instagram furor triggers first class action lawsuit — (Reuters) - Facebook's Instagram photo sharing service has been hit with what appears to be the first civil lawsuit to result from changed service terms that prompted howls of protest last week. — In a proposed class action lawsuit filed …
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Analysis: Amazon, Google on collision course in 2013 — (Reuters) - When Amazon.com Inc CEO Jeff Bezos got word of a project at Google Inc to scan and digitize product catalogs a decade ago, the seeds of a burgeoning rivalry were planted. — The news was a “wake-up” call to Bezos, an early investor in Google.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Report claims next-gen, thinner, lighter full-sized iPad due in March with iPad mini design elements — Even with Apple's launch of the fourth-generation iPad last month, Apple is rumored to be preparing to launch yet another new iPad in the coming months. According to Macotakara, a thinner …
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| Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
Windows 8 Sales Disappoint in Shaky PC Market — BELLEVUE, Wash. — It used to be that a new version of the Windows operating system was enough to get people excited about buying a new computer, giving sales a nice pop. — Not this time. Windows 8, the latest edition of Microsoft's software …
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Tech Trader Daily, DailyTech, Neowin, Softpedia News, Business Insider and WinBeta. Tweets: @mattrosoff
| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Yes, There Are Layoffs Pending at HP's Autonomy Unit in the U.K. — There are layoffs coming at Hewlett-Packard's U.K.-based Autonomy software unit, but not quite so many as a report in the Daily Mail suggests. — That newspaper reported today, in a thinly sourced story …
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| Danny Sullivan / CNET: |
iPad is left behind as rival tablets get multiuser support — Want to loan your tablet to a child or friend but don't want to provide access to all your data? Windows, Android, and even Amazon tablets make it easy. Apple's iPad has some catching up to do.
Tweets: @lessien
| Agence France Presse: |
Steve Jobs estate pays to free impounded yacht — STEVE Jobs' superyacht Venus is free to leave Amsterdam port after the late Apple co-founder's estate paid a deposit to resolve a dispute with designer Philippe Starck, who had the yacht impounded. — “The Venus is no longer impounded …
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