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May 9, 2013, 4:50 AM

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TechCrunch:
Microsoft Mulling Nook Media LLC Purchase For $1 Billion  —  Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media LLC, the digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and other investors, according to internal documents we've obtained.
Microsoft:
Microsoft names Corporate Vice President Amy Hood as new Microsoft chief financial officer  —  Former CFO for the Microsoft Business Division succeeds outgoing CFO Peter Klein.  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced that Amy Hood was named Microsoft chief financial officer …
Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table:
Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy  —  Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform.  —  Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy …
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Use These Secret NSA Google Search Tips to Become Your Own Spy Agency  —  There's so much data available on the internet, that even government cyberspies need a little help now and then to sift through it all.  So to assist them, the National Security Agency produced a book to help its spies uncover intelligence hiding on the web.
Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:
Apple Seeks Android Source Code Records in Samsung Suit  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL), taking its patent fight to Google Inc. (GOOG) through its infringement litigation against Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), is asking a judge to force Google to turn over documents related to its Android operating system.
Jeff Jordan / Fortune:
Godzilla vs. Mothra, the sequel  —  What happens when two giants collide?  —  FORTUNE — Amazon and Google are on a collision course.  —  When I was at eBay, we had a belief that no one was going to compete with us by replicating exactly what we were doing.  We had first mover advantages and network effects.
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Dan Frommer / SplatF:
AOL vs. Netflix: The Entire Internet In One Simple Chart  —  Dialup out, broadband in.  It doesn't get more clear than this.  —  At the end of March, almost 2.7 million people still subscribed to AOL service, the company reported this morning.  That's about where Netflix stood at the end of 2004.
Nathan Donato-Weinstein / bizjournals:
Twitter favorites @Sunnyvale with new office lease  —  Sunnyvale, you have a new follower: Twitter.  —  Twitter Inc. has signed for an 8,000-square-foot space at 400 West California Ave., part of Sunnyvale Business Park and just a skip away from the Sunnyvale Caltrain Station.
Kevin Poulsen / Wired:
Feds Drop Hacking Charges in Video-Poker Glitching Case  —  They know when to fold 'em.  Las Vegas prosecutors targeting two men who took advantage of a software bug to win a small fortune at video poker have dropped all hacking charges from the case, cashing out an 18-month legal battle …
More: Techdirt and The Verge
Mathew Ingram / paidContent:
LinkedIn continues its evolution as a media entity with the launch of magazine-style news channels  —  Although it is still seen by many as a place for networking with colleagues and/or posting a digital curriculum vitae, LinkedIn has been behaving a lot more like a media entity recently …
Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
The Loop magazine for iPhone and iPad released  —  On New Years Eve last year I said that I had some big plans for The Loop in 2013.  The biggest of those plans is The Loop magazine for iPhone and iPad, which is available from the App Store today.  —  I wrote an introductory article …
Alex Williams / TechCrunch:
Cisco Meraki Launches “Presence”, With Facebook Account Log-In To Wireless Networks  —  Cisco Meraki has launched a new service called Presence that provides data about mobile behavior across location and automatic log-in to wireless hotspots using a person's Facebook account.
Sam Biddle / Valleywag:
Michael Arrington Sues Jenn Allen Over Rape Claims  —  After issuing an ultimatum to abuse-alleging ex Jenn Allen, TechCrunch founder and investor Michael Arrington is now trying to take her to federal court.  In demand for trial filed just yesterday, Arrington's lawyers allege Allen tried to …
Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg:
Yahoo's Mayer Plans Search Revamp to Narrow Google Lead  —  Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer plans to unveil tools for Internet search, including making it easier to find information on mobile devices, stepping up efforts to nab share from Google Inc. (GOOG)
Matt Warman / Telegraph:
Say goodbye to the pin: voice recognition takes over at Barclays Wealth  —  Barclays Wealth customers will no longer need to answer security questions and remember pin codes to use telephone banking.  —  Barclays Wealth customers will be able to use voice recognition rather than security pins
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
NowThisNews Mobile Video Service Raises $4.8 Million  —  NowThisNews, the startup that's trying to create a video news service for the iPhone generation, has raised another $4.8 million.  —  In addition to earlier investors, who include Lerer Ventures, Oak Investment and Bedrocket …
More: VentureBeat and Beet.TV

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