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October 29, 2012, 10:30 AM

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Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Amazon goes on the offensive. Mocks Apple and compares Kindle Fire HD to iPad Mini on its homepage. — It has only been a few days since Apple announced its new iPad mini tablet device and Amazon has decided to put a damper on the iPad mini's introduction to the world.

More: Digits, BGR, Computerworld, TUAW, The Verge, Softpedia News, The Tech Block, TechCrunch, CNET, TechCrunch, iMore, PadGadget, SlashGear, DisplayBlog, Pocket-lint, AllThingsD, GeekWire, iPhone in Canada Blog and Mobile Entertainment

Tweets: @asymco, @chrispirillo, @jeffblagdon, @gsterling, @rblevin and @dannysullivan

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

iPad Mini Ship Times Now At Two Weeks For All Wi-Fi Models — Apple's iPad mini shipping times have slipped to a minimum of two weeks across the board, including for Wi-Fi only versions, which were the only ones initially set for an earlier, November 2 delivery.

More: AllThingsD, MacRumors, BGR, AppleInsider, Electronista, MacDailyNews, WebProNews and Fortune

iFixit:

Microsoft Surface Teardown — We got our hands on Microsoft's new Surface, and to its credit, it lasted a good twenty minutes before we decided to tear it open. EditStep 1 — Microsoft Surface Teardown Is that the display assembly from a PC laptop? Nope, it's the new Microsoft Surface …

More: CNET, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, The Verge, Engadget, PhoneArena, SlashGear and Neowin

Kellex / Droid Life:

32GB Nexus 7 Goes on Display at Office Depot for $249, 16GB Drops to $199 — Not that we weren't fully expecting this to happen, but in case you needed one last ounce of proof that the 32GB Nexus 7 was arriving for $249 and the 16GB version was dropping to $199, we have it for you.

More: CNET, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, DailyTech, PhoneArena, IntoMobile, Android Community, WebProNews, CNET, BetaNews, Gizmodo, Phones Review, Android Police, The Next Web, SlashGear, Tech Shout!, Softpedia News and Talk Android

Sam Byford / The Verge:

Microsoft releases Windows Phone 8 syncing app for Windows 8 and RT — With less than 24 hours to go until Microsoft takes the covers off Windows Phone 8 once and for all, the company has released a companion app in the Windows Store that'll work in tandem with the new devices.

Ben Worthen / Wall Street Journal:

Windows 8 Success Hinges on $10 Component — The success of Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system may hinge...on hinges. — Hardware companies are grappling with the fact that the Windows 8 software has a touch-oriented user interface. That means not simply adding touch screens …

More: AllThingsD

Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Better on the inside: under the hood of Windows 8

Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:

Advertisers Refine Mobile Pitches for Phones and Tablets — SAN FRANCISCO — Say you are in a strange city and need a hotel for the night. You pull out your phone, search for hotels on Google and see a nearby one listed at the top of the rankings, with a little phone icon that says, “Call.”

More: Forbes and Hillicon Valley. Tweets: @blearz and @jbchan

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Nokia Lumia 822 officially announced for Verizon Wireless, priced at $99.99 on contract — Verizon and Nokia just announced that the Lumia 822 will be coming to Verizon Wireless, though unfortunately there aren't any pricing or release date details available yet.

More: The Next Web, WMPoweruser, BetaNews, CNET, LiveSide.net, Business Insider, Nokia, TechCrunch, Engadget, HotHardware.com News, Reuters, All About Windows Phone, GadgeTell, Neowin and SlashGear. Tweets: @selop

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Amazon sues former Amazon Web Services sales chief over his new job at Google — Amazon.com has filed suit against Daniel Powers, the former vice president in charge of global sales for Amazon Web Services — alleging that his new job as Google's director of cloud platform sales violates …

More: Business Insider, ZDNet, FierceMobileContent News and GigaOM. Thanks:@johnhcook

Jeremy Wagstaff / Reuters:

Analysis: E-readers grapple with a future on the shelf — (Reuters) - Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. — Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices …

Tweets: @hemiv8

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

How a Supreme Court ruling may stop you from reselling just about anything — On Monday, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that pits a major textbook publisher against Supap Kirtsaeng, a student-entrepreneur who built a small business importing and selling textbooks.

More: Forbes, Electronic Frontier Foundation and 1001 Noisy Cameras

Tweets: @michael_pokocky and @jtron9k

David Goldman / CNNMoney.com:

Top U.S. supercomputer guns for fastest in world — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A new kind of global arms race is unfolding — and this one is measured in petaflops. — Titan, the U.S. Department of Energy's top open science computer, is going live on Monday with an upgrade that will likely …

More: ZDNet, TechEye, Computerworld, BBC, HotHardware.com News, Electronista, SlashGear, VentureBeat, Digits, Engadget and CNET

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