Note 3's benchmarking “adjustments” inflate scores by up to 20%  —  We noticed an odd thing while testing the Samsung Galaxy Note 3: it scores really, really well in benchmark tests—puzzlingly well, in fact.  A quick comparison of its scores to the similarly specced LG G2 makes it clear …

Three investors holding at least 5% of Microsoft want Bill Gates to step down as chairman  —  Exclusive: Time for Gates to go, some top Microsoft investors tell board  —  (Reuters) - Three of the top 20 investors in Microsoft Corp are lobbying the board to press for Bill Gates to step …

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.

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX review (7-inch): best tablet for Amazon content, but missing Play Store apps  —  Amazon Kindle Fire HDX review (7-inch)  —  This is life in Amazon town  —  I feel like I'm living inside the Home Shopping Network.  —  For a week I've been relentlessly buying things …

Kevin Rose tops AngelList Syndicates leaderboard with over $1M per deal  —  Kevin Rose Is AngelList's Million-Dollar Man  —  Next time Kevin Rose makes an angel investment, he has more than $1.1 million at his beck and call to do it.  —  Rose is the current leading man on AngelList …

Ford's Mulally speaks with USA Today, ducks question on whether he may replace Ballmer  —  Ford's Mulally dispels Microsoft CEO rumors  —  With resurfacing rumors about the possibility of Ford CEO Alan Mulally moving to Microsoft to run the software giant, Mulally himself downplays the speculation.

Sharper display Apple iPad Mini faces delay: sources  —  TAIPEI/TOKYO (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, people who work in the company's supply chain said, leaving the gadget without …

Microsoft Surface chief: ‘Multiple aspect ratios and sizes’ are in the works  —  Panos Panay was literally on the floor when I walked into Microsoft's Seattle store last night.  —  The vice president responsible for the company's Surface tablets was on his back, with a crowd of people around him …

The Washington Post closes sale to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos  —  Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos formally took over as the owner of The Washington Post on Tuesday, officially ending 80 years of local control of the newspaper by the Graham family.

With 37M Users And Revenues At $34M, DIY Website Creation Platform Wix Files For $100M IPO On The NYSE  —  Once upon a time, there were few places that the not-so-technically-inclined could go to secure their own slice of web real estate and build themselves a professional-looking websites.

Spin allows high-fidelity video chatting for up to 10 users for free on iOS, is “worth a try”  —  New Spin on Video Chats Brings More to the Party  —  Holding video chats on your mobile devices can be a great thing.  But many of the common video chat apps only allow two-party calls …

Yahoo To Acquire Sports-Centric Mobile Developer Hitpost  —  Yahoo is set to acquire Hitpost, the maker of a handful of sports-centric mobile apps, to beef up its own sports offerings on iOS and Android, say sources familiar with the deal.  The company's team of seven or so is heading over to join Yahoo.

My Government Is A Complete Mess: Obamacare Websites Failing Amid Government Shutdown  —  The U.S. government is a complete mess.  Congress could not even perform its basic constitutional duty to fund the government and had to shut down most of the public system.

iMessage issues?  Apple says fix available in upcoming software update  —  Over the past few days, several iOS 7 users have been reporting issues with sending and receiving iMessages.  A quick (partially successful) fix has been to Reset Network Settings inside of the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch Settings app.

Image of Logitech iPhone Game Controller Leaked  —  An image of what might be Logitech's upcoming MFi (Made for iPhone) controller for the iPhone has been leaked on Twitter by @evleaks, who has been known to provide reliable images in the past.  —  The enclosure controller wraps around the iPhone …

Design app Paper and Moleskine team up to print your digital creations, at $40 a pop  —  FiftyThree, the company behind iPad journaling app Paper, and upscale notebook maker Moleskine are partnering to let Paper users order print versions of their journals straight from the app.

Quirky brings on former Frog Design executive Doreen Lorenzo as its President  —  Crowdsourcing invention platform Quirky has had quite a year.  After announcing a $68 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz last year and a partnership with GE six months ago, it is now adding a president to its ranks.

RelayRides abandons hourly rentals, blames cost of hardware that allowed phones to unlock cars  —  When Sharing Doesn't Make Sense in the Sharing Economy  —  In the ideal vision of the “sharing economy,” people own less stuff, while the stuff they do own gets used far more …