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October 2, 2013, 4:05 PM

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Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:
FBI seizes underground drug market Silk Road, owner indicted in New York  —  The site was doing more than $1.2 billion in business, according to a criminal complaint  —  It appears the Federal Bureau of Investigation has finally cracked down on Silk Road, the underground marketplace where users …
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
Meet Ross Ulbricht, the Man Charged With Running the ‘Amazon.com of Drugs,’ Silk Road  —  The dark Internet's favorite massive drug marketplace, Silk Road, was shut down by the FBI last night and its alleged mastermind arrested on an array of colorful charges after a nearly two-year undercover operation.
More: Business InsiderTweets: @stefanjbecket
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Bitcoin Falls 15% Following FBI's Silk Road Seizure  —  Bitcoin is taking it on the nose following the FBI seizure of Silk Road, a popular - and partially hidden - marketplace for drugs and other items generally outside the orbit of the law.  As TechCrunch reported earlier today …
More: Communications …Tweets: @nikcub and @alex
Reuters:
Supply constraints to delay or limit rollout of a Retina iPad Mini this year, say sources  —  Apple iPad Mini with sharper display faces delay  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc will be unable to widely roll out a new version of the iPad Mini with a high-resolution “retina” display this month …
Digits:
Apple to fix iMessage delivery glitch on iOS 7 in upcoming software update  —  iMessages to Nowhere?  —  Apple Inc. said it's aware of a glitch in iOS7 that is disrupting some iMessage texts and is working on a fix to quell mounting complaints after the company released the biggest overhaul of its iPhone operating system in years.
AnandTech:
They're (Almost) All Dirty: The State of Cheating in Android Benchmarks  —  Thanks to AndreiF7's excellent work on discovering it, we kicked off our investigations into Samsung's CPU/GPU optimizations around the international Galaxy S 4 in July and came away with a couple of conclusions:
Shanna Prevé / The Official Google Blog:
Hulu Plus now works with Chromecast  —  Hulu has added Chromecast support to their Hulu Plus app—just in time for the fall television season.  Now you can easily enjoy your favorite shows, such as “Modern Family,” “New Girl” and “Parks and Recreation,” on your big-screen TV by casting from Hulu Plus on your mobile phone or tablet.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Dell unveils first four Venue tablets, including a Microsoft Surface competitor  —  HP isn't the only beleaguered PC manufacturer unleashing a tablet blitz.  Today, Dell is revealing a full product lineup of new tablets under the recently resurrected Venue brand.
AppleInsider:
Apple hires longtime cable exec as engineering director for ‘something big’  —  Cable television industry veteran Jean-François Mulé will take an engineering position at Apple for an undisclosed project, rekindling speculation that the Cupertino company is further developing a set-top cable box.
Wall Street Journal:
FAA Panel Endorses Wi-Fi as Safe  —  Report Suggests Lifting Restrictions on Hand-Held Devices Under 10,000 Feet  —  An FAA advisory committee has concluded passengers can safely use hand-held electronic devices, including those connected to onboard Wi-Fi systems, during all portions …
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Monsanto Buys Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For Around $1.1B  —  Today's big acquisition is a huge agritech exit: Biotech company Monsanto has bought Climate Corporation for approximately $1.1 billion.  While the Monsanto press release says $930 million, we're hearing …

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