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December 24, 2012, 11:55 AM

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Wall Street Journal:

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.

More: LAPTOP Magazine, Gizmodo, BuzzFeed, AllThingsD, Digits, App Advice, The Tech Report and The Verge. Tweets: @craigelimeliah

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 …

Tom Warren / The Verge:

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 …

More: CNET, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Engadget, Neowin, WMPoweruser and My Nokia Blog

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 …

More: Tech Trader Daily, DailyTech, Business Insider, Neowin, WinBeta and Softpedia News. Tweets: @mattrosoff

Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:

Techmeme's top 20 headline terms of 2012, and what they signify — We can uncover a variety of patterns analyzing the data Techmeme has accumulated over the years, and given Techmeme's pan-industry focus, these findings can signal large-scale trends developing across the tech industry.

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Richard Lai / Engadget:

Huawei's 6.1-inch 1080p Ascend Mate flaunted by exec, leaves little surprise for CES — How big is too big? Well, that's clearly not Huawei's concern, as it's about to introduce a 6.1-inch 1080p Android phone at CES. But even two weeks (before the company's CES press day) …

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 …

More: PC Magazine, LAPTOP Magazine, CNET, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Business Insider, HotHardware.com News, Neowin, T3 News, Pocket-lint, The Verge, Fudzilla and Electronista

Reuters:

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.

More: GeekWire, The Verge, Forbes and The CIO Report

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

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

The Fifth-Biggest Site in the World Operated on a Budget of $27M Last Year — The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, had expenses of $27 million this past fiscal year, and raised $38.5 million to support them. — The only nonprofit organization within the world's Top 40 Web sites …

More: Wikimedia blog. Tweets: @wikimedia

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 …

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

Amazon Book Reviews Deleted in a Purge Aimed at Manipulation — Giving raves to family members is no longer acceptable. Neither is writers' reviewing other writers. But showering five stars on a book you admittedly have not read is fine. — After several well-publicized cases involving writers buying …

More: HotHardware.com News, Gizmodo and The Verge

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