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December 5, 2014, 10:15 PM

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Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
One of two plaintiffs named in Apple iPod antitrust case withdrawn while Apple files motion asking for dismissal  —  iPod Lawsuit Down to One Plaintiff  —  OAKLAND, Calif.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.
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
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.
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Former Product VP Daniel Graf Leaves Twitter After Demotion  —  Twitter's former head of product Dainel Graf is leaving the company just one month after he was demoted.  —  Graf announced his departure on Twitter Friday afternoon.  He was hired to run Twitter's product team in April …
More: Gigaom, TechCrunch and Seeking AlphaTweets: @danielgraf
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.
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 …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Google Removes Pirate Bay Apps From Play Store  —  Facing harsh criticism from copyright holders, Google is gradually changing its attitudes towards sites and services that are often associated with piracy.  —  A few weeks ago the company implemented a major change to its search algorithm …
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
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 …
Manish Singh / WinBeta:
Windows Phone voice assistant Cortana now available in France, Germany, Italy and Spain  —  Unveiled as a US-only feature for Microsoft's mobile operating system Windows Phone 8.1 earlier this year, the digital voice assistant Cortana has learned many more languages since.

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