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August 2, 2013, 12:45 PM

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The United States Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Proposes Remedy to Address Apple's Price Fixing … The Department of Justice and 33 State Attorneys General today submitted to the court a proposed remedy to address Apple Inc.'s illegal conduct, following the July 10, 2013, U.S. District Court for the Southern District …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
DOJ Calls for Apple to End Book Deals, Link to Rival Bookstores  —  The United States Department of Justice and 33 state attorneys-general on Friday published their proposed remedies in the Apple e-book price-fixing case, calling for an array of sanctions that they claim will …
More: Gizmodo
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
The Moto X Works on T-Mobile's Network, but Won't Be Sold in Its Stores — At Least for Now  —  The Moto X may work with all the major U.S. carriers, but their level of enthusiasm appears to vary quite a bit.  —  While AT&T and Sprint issued bold press releases talking about the Moto X …
Marguerite Reardon / CNET:
Motorola CEO: Don't worry, cheaper Moto X in the works  —  Motorola will have a less expensive Moto X for the U.S. prepaid market and developing markets within a few months, the company said Thursday after the Moto X launch event in New York.  —  A cheaper version of the Moto X will be introduced …
Roger Cheng / CNET:
Moto X: The first true anti-iPhone  —  analysis Google and Motorola Mobility's experiment will determine if choice and customization trump a tightly controlled experience and high-end specifications in the minds of consumers.  —  Motorola's Moto X.  —  The iPhone 5 may have found its polar opposite in Moto X.
Steven Levy / Wired:
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Taps Hacker Tactics to Spy on Suspects  —  Law-Enforcement Officials Expand Use of Tools Such as Spyware as People Under Investigation ‘Go Dark,’ Evading Wiretaps  —  Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely used by computer hackers to gather information …
Heather Kelly / CNN:
SIM card hack inspires quick fix by carriers  —  Las Vegas (CNN) — Major wireless carriers have fixed a bug that could have allowed criminals to hack into hundreds of millions of cell phones, says a security expert who exposed the flaw.  —  Cryptographer Karsten Nohl of Security Research Labs …
Jonny Evans / Computerworld:
Wearables and payments: What Apple might get from its Passif Semi purchase  —  Apple [AAPL] has acquired small semiconductor company, Passif Semiconductor — reading that company's published patents suggests Cupertino may be looking to use Passif's technologies in future wearable and contactless payment solutions.
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Google Fiber's $10 Sports Plus pack gives NFL Redzone some company  —  When Google Fiber first offered the NFL RedZone channel last season it was $10 per month by itself, but this year it may have a better deal.  The new “Sports Plus” pack will vary slightly in different areas …
John Herrman / BuzzFeed:
Is Tumblr Shrinking?  —  Yahoo bought Tumblr because Tumblr has millions of young users.  But are they sticking around?  —  David Karp, founder and CEO of Tumblr, photographs the Nasdaq screen in Times Square after ringing the opening bell, Thursday, July 11, 2013, in New York.  —  Via: Mark Lennihan / AP
Ben Gilbert / Engadget:
Xbox One enters internal beta phase, gets GPU clock speed boost  —  Plain old civilians like us can't buy Xbox One just yet, but some lucky folks who work for Microsoft already have beta units in their homes.  Xbox VP Marc Whitten shared that tidbit, among others, with Xbox spokeperson Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb on a recent podcast.

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