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Apple:

Apple Updates Processors & Prices of MacBook Pro with Retina Display — Apple® is making the MacBook Pro® with Retina® display faster and more affordable with updated processors and lower starting prices. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now starts at $1,499 for 128GB of flash …

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Apple lowers 13-inch Macbook Pro with Retina display price to $1,499, speedbumps other Retina machines

Taylor Wimberly / ReadWrite:

HP To Adopt Android For Upcoming Mobile Devices — Having failed to carve out a place for itself in the post-PC era, Hewlett-Packard is now taking drastic measures — by adopting Google's Android operating system to run a series of upcoming mobile devices. — It's a bit of a Hail Mary pass for HP …

BBC:

Apple loses Brazilian iPhone trademark ruling — Gradiente launched its Android-powered iPhone in Brazil in December — Brazilian regulators have ruled that Apple does not have exclusive rights to use the “iPhone” trademark in the country. — The decision is the result of a local company …

More: ZDNet, Examiner, iDownloadBlog.com, TechCrunch, CNET, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, GigaOM, PhoneArena, The Full Signal, InvestorPlace, Mobile Geeks, TechSpot, The Next Web, MacRumors, Droid Life, Macgasm, iPhone in Canada Blog and LAPTOP Magazine

The White House:

Executive Order — Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Repeated cyber intrusions into critical infrastructure demonstrate …

More: The Hill, AllThingsD, Wired, PC Magazine, New York Times, Web Host Industry Review, ZDNet, HOTforSecurity, Hillicon Valley, BBC and Washington Post

Andy Greenberg / Forbes:

President Obama's Cybersecurity Executive Order Scores Much Better Than CISPA On Privacy

More: Techdirt

Carl Franzen / The Verge:

Controversial cyber bill CISPA returns to Congress for debate, same as before

The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:

Rogers & Ruppersberger Reintroduce Cybersecurity Bill to Protect the American Economy

More: Computerworld, Washington Post and ThinkProgress

Ryan Block / gdgt blog:

AOL adds gdgt to its Have-list! — We've got some big news: we couldn't be more excited to announce that gdgt has been acquired by AOL! — As you might recall, last year we started a fruitful partnership with the fine folks at Engadget to provide structured product data to their site.

More: Engadget, Digital Media Wire, PC Magazine, Mashable!, memeburn, Engadget and Marco.org

Tweets: @tim_stevens, @peterrojas and @ryan

TechCrunch:

AOL Confirms gdgt Acquisition, Quests For tch Domination

More: Engadget, Forbes, The Next Web and VatorNews. Thanks:@ingridlunden. See also Mediagazer

Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:

GDGT's Ryan Block: We're bringing design and engineering skills to AOL's tech sites (interview)

Thanks:@devindra

iFixit:

Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown — It's a laptop! It's a tablet! It's a lablet! It's...it's...Microsoft's Surface Windows 8 Pro, and it's about to go down on the teardown table. Want more super gadget gutting? Follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook.

More: Wired, Examiner, Pocket-lint, TechSpot, Life On My MobileLife …, The Verge, Neowin, Ars Technica, Electronista, Geek.com, Inquirer, Technabob, iDownloadBlog.com, CNET, PhoneArena, GSMArena Blog and AnandTech. Tweets: @edbott

Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

iFixit: If you try to repair the Surface Pro, you're probably gonna break it

More: TechCrunch and BGR

Gartner:

Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Declined 1.7 Percent in 2012 — Huawei Reached No. 3 Spot in Worldwide Smartphone Sales Ranking — Apple and Samsung Increased Share to Control 52 Percent of Worldwide Smartphone Sales — Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled 1.75 billion units …

Opera Press Room:

Opera gears up at 300 million users — Opera Software today announced reaching the milestone of 300 million monthly users across all its browser products on phones, tablets, TVs and computers. — “300 million marks the first lap, but the race goes on,” says Lars Boilesen, CEO of Opera Software.

More: My Opera, BuzzFeed, The Next Web, Web Browser, Daring Fireball, GigaOM, 9to5Mac, Engadget, DailyTech, The Verge, TechSpot, ReadWrite, Ubergizmo, SitePoint, Mashable!, iPhone in Canada Blog, Webmonkey, BetaNews and MobileSyrup.com

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Web world bemoans loss of Opera independence

More: My Opera, Well, I'm Back, Bruce Lawson, InfoWorld, QuirksBlog, Inquirer, ExtremeTech and Softpedia News

Reuters:

Google files patent lawsuits against BT — (Reuters) - Google Inc and its Motorola Mobility unit filed patent lawsuits on Wednesday against BT Group plc in the United States and in the U.K., a Google spokeswoman said, more than a year after the British telecoms group launched its own lawsuit against Google.

More: CNET, TechCrunch and Reuters. Tweets: @fosspatents

Declan Butler / Nature:

When Google got flu wrong — US outbreak foxes a leading web-based method for tracking seasonal flu. — When influenza hit early and hard in the United States this year, it quietly claimed an unacknowledged victim: one of the cutting-edge techniques being used to monitor the outbreak.

More: Gizmodo and Search Engine Land. Tweets: @ebellm

Horace Dediu / asymco:

Tim Cook's comments on Apple Stores, illustrated — Yesterday Tim Cook spoke at the the 2013 Goldman Sachs conference:

More: ParisLemon, The Mac Observer and Fortune

Nate Raymond / Reuters:

Another investor sues Apple, taking a page from Einhorn playbook — (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Wednesday was hit by another shareholder lawsuit, a case that is similar to the court challenge that star hedge fund manager David Einhorn brought as part of his push to unlock the company's cash hoard.

More: Reuters, CNET and Neowin

Owen Thomas / Business Insider:

Jeff Weiner Just Gave Every LinkedIn Employee An iPad Mini — Darain Faraz, a communications manager at LinkedIn in the UK, just tweeted that CEO Jeff Weiner just gave an iPad Mini to every one of LinkedIn's 3,500 employees. — A spokesperson confirmed the gift:

More: TechCrunch, CNET, CITEworld, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com and TUAW. Tweets: @darainfaraz

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

Google Search for Android updated with Google Now widget, Fandango movie passes, and more — The existence of a Google Now widget was leaked on the official Nexus support pages just days ago, and now a new version of Google Search has been released that adds the feature and quite a bit more.

More: Official Android Blog, CNET, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Marketing Pilgrim, Pocketnow, Electronista and Gotta Be Mobile. Thanks:@sidharthdassani

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft CFO Klein: We're ready for devices of all sizes — Summary: Microsoft is continuing to hint that its core Windows platform will scale across devices of all sizes. Write once, run anywhere really is getting closer, the company's CFO says. — For years, write once …

More: GeekWire, Digits, TechCrunch, The Verge, CNET, Pocket-lint, Business Insider, Forbes and WMPoweruser

Wayne Chang / Crashlytics Blog:

Crashlytics Enterprise Is Now Free — Crashlytics gives mobile app developers insight into their apps' performance, so you can pinpoint and fix issues quickly and easily. In addition to the main Crashlytics product, we've also offered Crashlytics Enterprise, which we introduced …

More: Twitter Developers, TechCrunch, BostInno, The Next Web and Xconomy

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Incubated By Siri Birthplace SRI, Tempo Launches A Calendar App With The Info You Need For Any Meeting — Even if you're not as laughably disorganized as I am, I'm guessing you've had a few of those “oh, crap” moments before a meeting or a phone call. You've sat there desperately trying …

More: Mashable!, Scobleizer, MacRumors, Gotta Be Mobile, GigaOM, Wired, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, The Verge and TUAW. Thanks:@startupbridges

Nicole Lee / Engadget:

Slacker reinvents itself: simpler, more approachable internet radio — If you were a fan of Slacker's old-school black and gold aesthetic, you can mourn its passing today. The internet radio service has just undergone a rebirth, with a brand new white and burnt orange logo …

More: Slacker Blog, New York Times, SplatF, SlashGear, VentureBeat, socalTECH.com, TUAW, ZDNet, Electronista, Gotta Be Mobile, FierceMobileContent News, Gizmodo and CNET

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

Cisco Beats Expectations in Second Fiscal Quarter — Quarterly results from networking giant Cisco Systems just crossed the wires, and they're above expectations. Cisco shares are moving up slightly after hours. — Cisco reported earnings of 51 cents per share on revenue of $12.1 billion.

More: Cisco, The Register, Mercury News, Tech Trader Daily, Business Insider, ZDNet and Bloomberg

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Zillow Q4 Beats Analysts With $34.3M Revenue, Mobile Visits Topped 50% Of Dec. Total — Real estate site Zillow came in ahead of analyst estimates in its just-released fourth quarter earnings report, with $34.3 million in revenue and net income of $0.5 million.

More: Yahoo! Finance, GeekWire, VentureBeat, GeekWire and Forbes

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