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January 21, 2013, 11:15 AM

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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

RIM CEO Says Licensing BlackBerry 10 Is “Conceivable”. Also Not Ruling Out Selling Its Hardware Production Business — The CEO of RIM, Thorsten Heins, has been speaking to German newspaper Die Welt ahead of the launch of BlackBerry 10 devices — due in Q1.

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Jon Russell / The Next Web:

RIM's BlackBerry World store gets music and video content, rolling out to all users in “coming weeks” — RIM has announced that its redesigned BlackBerry World app store is now live, after music, movies and TV shows were added the store for the first time. — The store has been rebranded …

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Ben Fritz / Los Angeles Times:

Atari U.S. operation files for bankruptcy — The U.S. operations of pioneering video game company Atari Inc. is seeking to break free from French parent Atari S.A. and in the next few months find a buyer to take the company private. (Strong National Museum of Play / January 20, 2013)

Eric Pfanner / New York Times:

France Proposes an Internet Tax — PARIS — France, seeking fresh ways to raise funds and frustrated that American technology companies that dominate its digital economy are largely beyond the reach of French fiscal authorities, has proposed a new levy: an Internet tax on the collection of personal data.

More: ZDNet, Marketing Land, CircleID and DSLreports

Eric Ravenscraft / Android Police:

[Exclusive] This May Actually Be The HTC M7 With Sense 5.0 — You know what we like here at Android Police? Solid information. Earlier today, we reported on an alleged render of the HTC M7 that looked a little ‘close-but-not-quite’. For starters, that image is not exactly the M7.

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Myspace Is Accused of Using Music Without Permission — Last week, Justin Timberlake's new song, “Suit & Tie,” did double promotional duty. Not only was it a teaser for Mr. Timberlake's latest album, but it also served as an introduction for a revamped version of Myspace, the once-mighty social network and music site.

More: Gizmodo and The Verge. Tweets: @sisario

Chris Dixon:

Samsung's predicament — In the past year, Samsung went from being a moderately successful electronics manufacturer to the leading non-iOS mobile device maker. Together, Apple and Samsung earn 98% of the profits in the smartphone market. MG Siegler echoed a common sentiment when he wrote …

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Ethan Cox / National Post:

Youth expelled from Montreal college after finding ‘sloppy coding’ that compromised security of 250,000 students personal data — A student has been expelled from Montreal's Dawson College after he discovered a flaw in the computer system used by most Quebec CEGEPs, one which compromised …

More: Betabeat, TechEye, Softpedia News, Boing Boing and The Verge

Jamie Rigg / Engadget:

Samsung exec confirms 8-inch Galaxy Note coming to MWC — The internet has been quietly discussing the possibility of an 8-inch Galaxy Note for a while now, but nothing appeared at CES. However, these rumors might've just been waiting for the right time to become a reality …

More: The Verge, GigaOM, Inquirer, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, AndroidOS.in, SlashGear and Android Community

Gene Demby / NPR:

‘Make Me Asian’ App Removed From Google Play Store … “Make Me Asian,” a smartphone app that drew the ire of Asian-American activists for what they say are stereotypical depictions, is no longer available on the Google Play Store. — The “Make Me Asian” app let users alter photos to turn faces …

More: CNET, The Register, Network World, The Technology Chronicles and Kotaku

Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:

China to help shape the web's future from new W3C base — The W3C is announcing a partnership with China's Beihang University that will see it host the standards-making body's activities in the country and promote collaboration with Chinese tech companies, web developers, and research institutes.

More: W3C and W3C Blog

Richard Lai / Engadget:

Sony's Xperia Tablet Z announced: 1.5GHz quad-core, 10.1-inch 1,920 x 1,200 screen and 6.9mm thickness — Announced bright and early in Japan today is the Sony Xperia Tablet Z that we've been hearing about. As you'd expect, this 10.1-inch Android 4.1 tablet features the same design language …

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