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David Faber / CNBC:
Carl Icahn Takes Up to a 6 Percent Stake in Dell: Sources  —  Carl Icahn appears set to enter the fray over the leveraged buyout of Dell.  —  Trading sources said they were confident that Icahn had amassed a position in Dell that may approach 100 million shares, and would bring him to a roughly 6 percent ownership.
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Inside Microsoft's decision to loan the Dell buyout consortium $2 billion  —  Dell's current expedition to go private is encountering turbulence in the form of investor discontent, leaving the details of the accepted deal somewhat obscured behind the smoke of shareholder battle.
More: DealBook and Deal Journal.  Thanks:@panzer
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Path 3.0 adds private messaging and The Shop, with ‘handcrafted’ stickers and premium photo filters
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Facebook's Redesign Hopes to Keep Users Engaged  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook plans to announce on Thursday a substantial redesign of its News Feed — a makeover aimed at both keeping users glued to the social network and luring more advertising dollars.  —  Company executives have broadly …
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft to update its core Windows 8 apps well before ‘Blue’  —  Summary: Microsoft may have refreshes of its Mail, Calendar, Music and Games apps for Windows 8 and Windows RT in its app store as soon as this month.  —  There's been some worry that Microsoft's Windows team may be waiting until the …
Marco Arment / Marco.org:
A Mac Pro Mini  —  For years, geeks have wanted Apple to make an “xMac”: an expandable desktop tower like the Mac Pro, but much cheaper, generally achieved in theory by using consumer-class CPUs and motherboards instead of Intel's expensive, server-grade Xeon line.
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Unreported Side Effects of Drugs Found Using Internet Data, Study Finds  —  Using data drawn from queries entered into Google, Microsoft and Yahoo search engines, scientists at Microsoft, Stanford and Columbia University have for the first time been able to detect evidence …
More: CNET and kottke.org
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
EU caves in to pressure on new data, privacy law changes; U.S. tech firms breathe sigh of relief  —  After major U.S.-based technology companies lobbied European member states and politicians, many will wake up today able to breathe a sigh of relief, as the European Commission is forced …
Naomi Tajitsu / Reuters:
Megaupload founder can sue New Zealand spy agency: court  —  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A court ruled on Thursday that Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom can sue New Zealand's spy agency for illegal surveillance, opening the government up to more scrutiny over its role in an unlawful 2011 police raid on the internet entrepreneur's home.
Terje Langeland / Bloomberg:
Samsung's Patent Spat With Apple Spurs U.S. Lobbying Push  —  Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) has doubled mobile-phone sales in the U.S. since 2008.  As the company faces anti-dumping measures and a protracted court battle with Apple Inc. (AAPL), its U.S. lobbying bill is growing even faster.
More: CNET and The Verge
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
comScore: Apple debuts 2013 as top US smartphone maker, Samsung gains but Android falls for the first time  —  In the US, Apple ended 2012 as the top OEM and it has only further increased its lead with the start of the New Year.  Samsung is gaining as well, but not quite as quickly.
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
EU's Microsoft Fine a Warning to Google  —  The European Commission's announcement Wednesday of $732 million in sanctions against Microsoft is an inevitable and expected comeuppance for the software giant's failure to comply with the terms of an antitrust settlement requiring it to offer consumers a choice of Web browsers.
Michael Lee / ZDNet:
Bug allows complete lock screen bypass on Samsung Galaxy S III  —  Summary: Following a brief lock screen bypass that had ‘limited scope’, another Samsung owner has found that the lock screen on Galaxy S III handsets can be bypassed completely.  —  Michael Lee
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
How two volunteers built the Raspberry Pi's operating system  —  When you buy a Raspberry Pi, the $35 computer doesn't come with an operating system.  Loading your operating system of choice onto an SD card and then booting the Pi turns out to be pretty easy.  But where do Pi-compatible operating systems come from?
More: Inquirer
Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Backs School Privacy Bill Taking Aim at Google  —  Massachusetts lawmakers could soon consider a bill that would restrict the commercial use of data gathered while children use computers at public schools.  —  Its stated purpose is protecting privacy.
Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal:
Apps: The New Corporate Cost-Cutting Tool  —  TRUMBULL, Conn.—The biggest mall in town stopped staffing its customer-service desk in January.  But perched on that same desk recently was a plastic cutout of a hand holding a smartphone.  “Download the free app,” it said.
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
The Check In Is Dead; Long Live The Check In As Foursquare Adds Quick Glide Feature On iOS  —  Depending who you ask, Foursquare could be in a great place as far as growth.  Or in a bad place.  We've heard about potential acquisitions, difficulty fundraising and everything in between.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Trulia Launches Trulia Suggests, A Recommendation Engine For Real Estate  —  Trulia, the popular real estate search engine, just launched the beta of Trulia Suggests, a personalized real estate recommendation engine.  The typical search experience on virtually every online real estate site involves telling …
More: CNET and AllThingsD

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