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| Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
Kindle Paperwhite review — Amazon's fastest, most feature-packed e-reader hits a crowded market with a few new moves under its belt — I was looking forward to the review of the Kindle Paperwhite for one simple reason: I would finally have an excuse to read more.
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
How a rogue appeals court wrecked the patent system — Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982, the day they were sworn in by Chief Justice Burger. In the front row are Circuit Judge Giles S. Rich, Chief Judge Howard T. Markey …
Tweets: @acityinohio
| Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online: |
The Case for Abolishing Patents (Yes, All of Them) — Our patent system is a mess. It's a fount of expensive litigation that allows aging companies to linger around by bullying their more innovative competitors in court. — Critics have suggested plenty of reasonable reforms …
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| Chico Harlan / Washington Post: |
As Apple and Samsung dominate, Japan's tech giants are in a free fall — TOKYO — While electronics giants Apple and Samsung fight each other for market dominance, with hotly competitive product releases and tit-for-tat patent lawsuits, Japan's consumer electronics makers find themselves …
Tweets: @adamthierer, @whsaito and @postworldnews
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Simon Cowell And Will.i.am Are Teaming Up To Create An X Factor To Find The Next Mark Zuckerberg — Simon Cowell is on the hunt for the next Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. According to The Sun, the former American Idol and current X Factor judge is teaming up with Black Eyed Peas rapper …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Jason Calacanis' Next Act, And Another Pivot For Inside.com, As A ‘Knowledge Community’ — Serial entrepreneur and investor Jason Calacanis appears to be gearing up for the launch of his next venture, which may also signify one more pivot for his information site Mahalo.
Tweets: @jaredmckiernan, @rafat and @jeffjarvis
| Joseph Straw / NY Daily News: |
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she doesn't use email — Napolitano tells cybersecurity conference that she doesn't have accounts. Agency acts as the nation's top cybercop — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she avoids email for “a whole lot of reasons.”
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The Verge, CNN, Hit & Run, Government Executive, Gizmodo, The Daily Caller and Tech Daily Dose. Tweets: @lnapier
| Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!: |
Unannounced Slingbox 350 & 500 Hit Best Buy — Whoa! I hit Best Buy looking for this unannounced Logitech Harmony Touch... but, instead, stumbled upon a pair of unannounced Slingboxes. To put these new products in perspective, the last significant retail Slingbox hardware refresh … | John D. Stoll / Wall Street Journal: |
Nokia Seals Mapping Deal With Oracle — Nokia Corp., looking to increase use of its mapping software, will unveil a new deal with Oracle Corp. intended to give Oracle's stable of customers access to Nokia's growing vault of map data and location services. — The deal, set to be announced Monday …
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| Rik Myslewski / The Register: |
Microsoft: 'To fill 6,000 jobs, we'll pay $10K per visa' — Plus $15K for green cards - other companies could buy in, as well — Microsoft has entered the US immigration debate with a novel proposal for expanding the number of visas available for foreign techies: have companies pay … | Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
Meg Whitman's Toughest Campaign: Retooling H.P. — IT'S not as easy being Meg Whitman as Meg Whitman might have expected. — At 56, Ms. Whitman, the eBay billionaire who spent a fortune unsuccessfully trying to become the governor of California, has found her Act III.| David Carnoy / CNET: |
Nook GlowLight e-reader price drops to $119 — Just ahead of Amazon shipping out its highly anticipated Kindle Paperwhite, the Nook GlowLight gets a price chop. — As Amazon gets set to ship out the Kindle Paperwhite, its new e-ink e-reader that features an integrated light, its chief rival appears to be getting a price cut.
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Mashable!, TechCrunch, Liliputing, PC World, GeekWire, LAPTOP Magazine, Engadget, The Verge, Gizmodo, The Next Web and WebProNews. Tweets: @spencerchen
| John Boudreau / Mercury News: |
Apple taps obscure Asian suppliers to bring the iPhone and other products to the masses — BADE, Taiwan — On a November afternoon two years ago, a taxi pulled up to the gate of Ta Liang Technology, one of countless nondescript companies that make up the global gadget supply chain.
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