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Aaron Swartz's Lawyer: Prosecutor Stephen Heymann Wanted ‘Juicy’ Case For Publicity — WASHINGTON — The federal prosecutor who reportedly insisted on jail time for the late Aaron Swartz was “very, very difficult to deal with,” Swartz's lawyer told The Huffington Post.| Marcia Hofmann / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
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New MySpace opens to the public alongside new Justin Timberlake single — MySpace this week quietly opened up its redesigned site to the public. The so-called “New MySpace” entered internal beta testing in July, and was previewed in September. Thus far, however, it has only been accessible … | Somini Sengupta / New York Times: |
Fortunes of Facebook May Hinge on Searches — SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly a year after it announced its bid to go public, Facebook is confronting the ultimate burden of the information age: how to help its users find what they are looking for amid the billions of pictures, “likes” and status updates they post every day.| Lawrence Mower / Las Vegas Review-Journal: |
If you lose your cellphone, don't blame Wayne Dobson … Wayne Dobson doesn't have your cellphone. — Even if it looks like he might. — In the past two years the 59-year-old retiree has been pestered by people showing up at all hours of the day and night at his house, demanding their phones.| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Belgian consumer group sues Apple over its ‘misleading and illegal’ warranty policy — Belgian consumer protection organization Test-Aankoop yesterday filed a lawsuit (Dutch) against Apple for not respecting local laws on warranties. — All Apple hardware comes with a one-year limited commercial warranty … | New York Times: |
California to Give Web Courses a Big Trial — A plan to offer an array of online college classes at a California state university could, if the students are successful, open the door to teaching hundreds of thousands of California students at a lower cost via the Internet.| Apple: |
Wi-Fi + Cellular Models of iPad mini & Fourth Generation iPad Available in China This Friday — BEIJINGJanuary 15, 2013Apple® today announced the Wi-Fi + Cellular versions of iPad® mini and the new fourth generation iPad with Retina® display will be available in China on Friday … | Scott Cleland / The Daily Caller: |
What if Microsoft exited the search business? — Amazingly, most everyone totally ignores a linchpin competitive assumption when they talk about search competition and Google's antitrust liabilities - that Microsoft will always be a competitor in the search advertising business.| Bloomberg: |
Dell Said to Be in Buyout Talks With Private-Equity Firms — Dell Inc. (DELL), the personal-computer maker that lost almost a third of its value last year, is in buyout talks with private-equity firms, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The shares surged.| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Worry Over Sales Spurs Talk of Cheaper iPhones — By now, most of the world knows what an iPhone is — and they know it typically doesn't come cheap. — That is the problem Apple faces. Analysts say it must decide whether to keep catering to the high end of the phone market … | Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat: |
Watch out, Square: PayPal and NCR team up for mobile payments in a big way — Two of Square's biggest competitors are joining forces: PayPal and point-of-sale (POS) company NCR just announced a major deal that could tip the mobile payments market in PayPal's favor.| Ki Mae Heussner / GigaOM: |
An Ivy education without the debt? Minerva Project creates non-profit to figure out how — The Minerva Project, which turned heads last April with its mega $25 million seed round, has grand ambitions for bringing a Harvard-level education to the Web. But there are two aspects … | Marco Tabini / Macworld: |
How Apple sets its prices — Comparison-shopping for new electronics can be fun and addictive. With a bit of patience, some luck, and an eye for good deals, you can find everything from TV sets to hard drives at a significant discount. In fact, in our economy, discounts … | DealBook: |
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China's Internet population surges to 564 million, 75 percent on mobile — Summary: Thanks to mobile technology, more Chinese citizens are gaining access to the Internet. — Charlie Osborne — More Chinese citizens than ever have access to the Internet thanks to mobile technology driving Internet penetration.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Windows Phone app revenue and downloads double as Microsoft debuts contest for prime-time ad spot — To kick off 2013 in the Windows Phone app world, Microsoft has announced a new contest for developers called Windows Phone Next App Star. The top prize is a featured placement of the app in a Windows Phone prime-time TV ad in the US.| David Kravets / Wired: |
Megaupload's Entrapment Claim is ‘Baseless,’ Feds Say — Megaupload's contention that the authorities entrapped the now-shuttered file-sharing service is “baseless,” the government said in a new court filing. — The brouhaha concerns part of the government's rationale to seize Megaupload domains … | Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
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15Five Wants Employees To Have A Voice, Raises $1M From Yammer's David Sacks, 500 Startups, Ben Parr And More To Give It — 15Five, a startup that offers a cloud-based platform for employees to provide weekly feedback about their progress — and for CEOs and other managers to be able to read … | Lindsey Turrentine / CNET: |
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Hollywood Reporter Parent Company Names Ross Levinsohn CEO — The former Yahoo and Fox Interactive Media executive will lead Guggenheim Digital Media, a new umbrella company that includes THR, Billboard and other brands - with an eye toward growth. — The Hollywood Reporter's parent company … | Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Yahoo's Chief Information Security Officer Departs — With More Top Execs Under CEO Scrutiny — Yahoo's Chief Information Security Officer Justin Somaini (pictured here) has left the company, according to sources. — It's not clear why the top security risk exec has departed the Silicon Valley Internet giant.
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