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One of two plaintiffs named in Apple iPod antitrust case withdrawn while Apple files motion asking for dismissal — iPod Lawsuit Down to One Plaintiff — OAKLAND, Calif. — A class-action lawsuit against Apple that has been nearly a decade in the making could hinge on a single iPod purchased by a New Jersey woman in 2008.
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Apple antitrust lawsuit could be halted: Apple claims plaintiffs did not buy affected iPods — Apple iPod Suit May Lack One Thing: A Plaintiff — A class-action lawsuit is usually meant to represent a group of people believed to have been harmed in some way.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
AT&T still throttles “unlimited data”—even when network not congested — A while back, we reported that AT&T had stopped throttling unlimited data users except in cases when the network is congested. — We were wrong. AT&T did change its policy to stop the automatic throttling …
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Torque, Microsoft's Alternative To “OK Google,” Now Works On Android Smartphones — Microsoft this morning has released an app for Android smartphone users called Torque that allows you to shake your phone in order to perform a voice search, similar to Google's “OK Google.”
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Judge rejects Target's bid to throw out banks' lawsuits; ruling makes clear that banks have right to go after retailers that were negligent in security — Banks' Lawsuits Against Target for Losses Related to Hacking Can Continue — A federal judge on Tuesday handed an early victory …
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| Zac Bowden / WinBeta: |
Video demonstrates pre-release version of Cortana running on Windows 10 — Exclusive: Here's Cortana running on the desktop in Windows 10 — It's been months since the Windows Technical Preview launched to the public, and we're still yet to see Cortana running on the desktop.
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VentureBeat, Laptop Mag, Business Insider, Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, Neowin and Windows Phone Central. Thanks:@refsrc
| Klint Finley / Wired: |
Joyent-led Node.js forked by top contributors into Io.js to shift project toward an open governance model — Future of Popular Coding Tool In Doubt After Public Split — Node.js, a popular and influential tool for building and running modern internet services, has split in two.| Martin Beck / Marketing Land: |
Chartbeat changes how it tracks mobile apps traffic to better measure dark social referrals — Chartbeat Shines A Light On Dark Social, Finds Missing Mobile Referrers — Sites with high Facebook referral traffic are seeing a bump of 40% in traffic attributed to Facebook mobile after the real … | Angela Moscaritolo / PC Magazine: |
Spotify Giving Away Three Months of Premium for 99 Cents — Just in time for the holidays, Spotify has a little present for you. — The music streaming giant is offering three months of its Premium service for just 99 cents. That's right —three months of unlimited music without ads for just a buck.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft adds video calling between Lync and Skype for Windows, coming to Android and iOS next — Microsoft today announced new cross-app integration between Lync and Skype: video calling. The new feature works between Lync 2013 and the latest Skype for Windows desktop client, which you can download now from Skype.com.
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Skype Blogs, Office Blogs, PC World, TechCrunch, ZDNet, The Next Web and WinBeta
| Jim Duffy / Network World: |
Cisco files patent and copyright infringement suits against Arista Networks, a rival founded by former Cisco executives — Cisco slaps Arista Networks with patent, copyright infringement suits — Cisco today filed two lawsuits against data center switch competitor Arista Networks for allegedly violating its intellectual property.
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Fortune, Data Center Knowledge, Tech Trader Daily, FOSS Patents, Reuters, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and Business Insider
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Github to honor Russian censorship requests in effort to get unblocked, will post the takedown notices to a public repository — To Get Off Russia's Blacklist, GitHub Has Blocked Access To Pages That Highlight Suicide — GitHub is slowly navigating the tricky waters of Internet censorship in Russia … Sponsor Posts
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