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September 18, 2013, 1:55 AM

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Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:
The iPhone 5s Review  —  For much of the iPhone's life Apple has enjoyed a first-mover advantage.  At the launch of the first iPhone, Steve Jobs expected the device and OS would give it a multi-year head start over the competition.  Indeed that's how the market played out.
Myriam Joire / Engadget:
iPhone 5s review  —  Forward-thinking.  It's ironic that Apple's marketing slogan for the iPhone 5s invites us to look ahead to the future when, from the outside, the device looks like a carbon copy of last year's model, the iPhone 5.  But just like any other odd-year iPhone — the “S” …
Nick Heer / Pixel Envy:
iOS 7 Review  —  iOS 7: The Pixel Envy Review  —  A year ago — to the day — I closed my review of iOS 6 by noting that Apple tends to prefer subtler updates: … You can therefore imagine how dumb I feel now, staring at a version of iOS that looks vastly different to those which preceded it.
Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:
The iPhone 5c Review  —  For years now Apple has followed a rather intelligent waterfall of its products down the pricing stack.  With the arrival of every new iPhone, the previous generation gets a $100 discount from its on-contract price, and the generation before that one is offered for free on-contract.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
iPhone 5s to be constrained at launch as Apple preps app to check availability  —  While supply for Apple's iPhone 5c has been strong enough to deter complete sell-outs from carrier stores and Apple's own online store, sources say that supplies of the higher-end iPhone 5s will be constrained at launch (as we expected).
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Alistair Barr / USA Today:
Google looking to replace third-party cookies with new anonymous identifier AdID  —  Google eyes big change in online tracking for ads  —  Google is developing an anonymous identifier for advertising, or AdID, that would replace third-party cookies as the way advertisers track people's …
Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Hulu signs content deal to add 144 titles from BBC  —  Hulu Lines Up New Video Content  —  After Months in Limbo, Streaming Site to Add 144 Titles From the BBC  —  Hulu LLC is once again making significant investments in content, after months in limbo on the auction block.
Brian Fung / The Switch:
How Chattanooga beat Google Fiber by half a decade  —  They may not realize it, but starting today, some high-end Internet subscribers in Chattanooga, Tenn., will turn on their computers and start browsing the Web at a gigabit per second — 10 times the speeds they're used to.
Tweets: @bobmetcalfe
Marcus Wohlsen / Wired:
Inside Dropbox's Quest to Bury the Hard Drive  —  With his prototype in hand, Houston made a demo video that he posted to Hacker News, the geek newswire offshoot of Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's leading startup accelerator.  Readers voted the video to the top of the site.
Thanks:@akovacs
Martin Bryant / The Next Web:
Adobe moves into hardware: Project Mighty ‘cloud pen’ and Project Napoleon ruler to launch in 2014  —  At its MAX event in May this year, Adobe revealed that it was experimenting with hardware in the form of ‘Project Mighty’ - an Internet-connected stylus, and ‘Project Napoleon’, an accompanying digital ruler.
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Leaves Windows 8.1 Pricing Unchanged From Windows 8 But Kills System Builder SKUs  —  Microsoft today announced the pricing structure for its upcoming Windows 8.1 operating system.  Windows 8 users will receive the new code free of charge, but for those not currently on Microsoft's …
Pete Swabey / Information Age:
Cloud provider Nirvanix gives customers two weeks to vacate data  —  US-based cloud storage provider Nirvanix tells employees it has “gone to the wall”, gives customers until the end of the month to move their data elsewhere  —  UK partner seeking financial rescue deal
More: Digits, Ars Technica and VentureBeatTweets: @storagezar
Alex Colon / GigaOM:
Virgin Mobile's YouTube channel uses ‘BlinkWashing’ to change the ad whenever you blink  —  Virgin Mobile's YouTube page has one of the coolest things I've seen online in some time.  It is using a webcam technology it calls “BlinkWashing” to track your eye movements and change the ad whenever you blink.
Tom Foremski / Silicon Valley Watcher:
F5 Acquires Israeli Startup Versafe For Its Security Software  —  Versafe, the Israeli security startup acquired today by F5 Networks, in Seattle, Washington, recently introduced its TotALL online fraud protection suite, which claims to protect financial institutions against all forms of fraud …
Dennis Fisher / Threatpost:
NSA Bought Exploit Service From VUPEN, Contract Shows  —  The U.S. government-particularly the National Security Agency-are often regarded as having advanced offensive cybersecurity capabilities.  But that doesn't mean that they're above bringing in a little outside help when it's needed.
More: GigaOM and InformationWeekTweets: @threatpost
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Plastic piracy: DRM won't cripple 3D printing  —  Changes are coming, but don't expect a lockdown  —  You wouldn't steal a car, goes the old anti-piracy warning.  But would you print one from The Pirate Bay?  It's a question that's been asked since 3D printers started entering the mainstream.
More: TechCrunch and GigaOM

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