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November 17, 2012, 2:55 PM

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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:

Apple's stock price falls to lowest point in six months — While short-term challenges remain, analysts are bullish on Apple's long-term. — On Friday Apple's stock price closed at $527.68 per share, the lowest it's been in six months. Since September, the company has lost about 25 percent …

Reuters:

High-flying Apple falls to earth as investors fret over taxes

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Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Microsoft begs Web devs not to make WebKit the new IE6 — Internet Explorer 10 is a fast browser with good standards compliance, and the version of Internet Explorer 10 included with Windows Phone 8 is no exception, as it's almost identical to its desktop sibling.

More: The Windows Blog, WMPoweruser and Neowin

iFixit:

Nexus 4 Teardown — The Nexus 4 landed in our inbox just in time for a Friday teardown-a-rama. Questions that linger in our minds: Is it good as a phone? No idea. We dived right into the Nexus 4for science! Will it blend? We'll let Tom answer that one. How repairable is it?

More: PC Magazine, IntoMobile, Mobile Magazine, Phones Review, 9to5Google and Engadget

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google:

Google-Dish wireless service is a go, plans for 2013 launch being hatched — Regarding the Google-Dish tie up that was reported last night, we just got word that this is really happening. While the details haven't been finalized, Google is already deep into development on plans to roll …

More: PhoneArena, The Inquisitr, Pocketnow, Droid Life, BGR and 9to5Mac

Dalton Caldwell:

Twitter is pivoting — Peter Chernin had this to say during his days as President of News Corp, owners of MySpace, in 2006: … This was the justification and mentality that MySpace employed as they blocked various fast-growing platform partners that they felt impinged in MySpace's core user experience.

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Muhammad Lila / ABCNEWS:

Oops! Taliban Reveal Identities of Their Mailing List Members — Somewhere out there, Mullah Omar must be shaking his head. — In a Dilbert-esque faux pax, a Taliban spokesperson sent out a routine email last week with one notable difference.He publicly CC'd the names of everyone on his mailing list.

More: CNET, Ars Technica, The Next Web, The Register, Betabeat, Techdirt, Liquidmatrix Security Digest and Gizmodo. See also Mediagazer

New York Post:

JFK worker busted in $1.9M iPad mini heist — He could star in “Dumbfellas.” — An airport worker has been accused of being the less-than-master-mind behind the theft of $1.9 million in iPad minis from JFK Airport, court papers revealed yesterday. — Federal agents were able …

More: 9to5Mac and Gothamist

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Apple and Google Talk Arbitration in Smartphone Spat — Apple and Google haven't yet buried their respective hatchets over the patent litigation between them, but evidently they are willing to put them aside for a moment in the hopes of negotiating a broader peace.

More: Forbes, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, ZDNet, The Next Web and Bloomberg

Jeff Plungis / Bloomberg:

TSA Vendor Denies Faking Test of Body-Imaging Software — OSI Systems Inc. (OSIS)'s Rapiscan unit, one of two suppliers of body-scanning machines in U.S. airports, may have falsified tests of software intended to stop the machines from recording graphic images of travelers, a U.S. lawmaker said.

More: Wired, USA Today and Techdirt

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Anonymous takes down over 650 Israeli sites, wipes databases, leaks email addresses and passwords — When the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) this week began taking military action in the Gaza strip against Hamas (as the IDF announced on Twitter), Anonymous declared its own war as part of #OpIsrael.

More: CNET, ZDNet, NYT Bits, PandoDaily, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, Anon Relations, BBC, SecurityWeek and Betabeat

Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:

Into the vault: the operation to rescue Manhattan's drowned internet — Hurricane Sandy's storm surge flooded Verizon's downtown office, rendering miles of copper wiring useless — At Broad Street, near the tip of Lower Manhattan, the situation is far from normal.

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

AT&T exceeds LTE deployment plan ahead of schedule, now covers more than 150 million people in the US — Confirming the deployment of LTE networks in 24 new markets across the US today, AT&T today announced that it has surpassed its 2012 deployment plan ahead of schedule and is now covering more than 150 million people in the country.

More: Verizon Wireless, CNET, 9to5Mac, SlashGear and PR Newswire

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