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November 28, 2012, 2:45 PM

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Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:

Windows 8 - 40 Million Licenses Sold — As we pass the one month anniversary of the general availability of Windows 8, we are pleased to announce that to-date Microsoft has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses. Tami Reller shared this news with industry and financial analysts …

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Ballmer says Windows 8 users ‘get it, and like it’ — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is addressing the company's annual shareholders meeting right now in Bellevue, Wash. He started by talking about the uptake of Windows 8, citing the 40 million licenses sold, and alluding to the early usage patterns that the company reported yesterday.

More: LiveSide.net, BGR, CNET, WinBeta, Neowin and WMPoweruser

Eva Dou / Digits:

Windows 8 Touchscreen Laptops See Slow Start

More: Tech Trader Daily, ZDNet, Business Insider and Gizmodo

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Windows Blue is Microsoft's future low-cost OS with yearly updates — Microsoft is busy preparing its next-generation Windows client, shortly after shipping Windows 8 in October. The Verge has learned from several sources familiar with Microsoft's plans that the company is planning …

More: LAPTOP Magazine, BGR, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, ExtremeTech, Neowin, gHacks Technology News, WebProNews, Gotta Be Mobile, Business Insider, Techie Buzz, WinBeta and Winsyde

Tweets: @tomwarren and @maryjofoley

Martyn Williams / Computerworld:

Exclusive: Nokia seeks to block sale of some RIM products — Nokia wants a US court to enforce an arbitration agreement that could affect most of RIM's smartphones — Nokia has asked a California court to enforce an arbitration award that would prevent Research In Motion from selling products …

More: GigaOM, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, TechEye, BBC, The Register, FOSS Patents, TechCrunch, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Coyote Tracks, ITProPortal, BGR, Forbes, FierceWireless and TechnoBuffalo

Tarmo Virki / Reuters:

BlackBerry maker RIM loses patent dispute with Nokia — (Reuters) - Canada's Research In Motion (RIM) has lost a contract dispute over the use of Nokia patents in a case which could halt sales of its BlackBerry phones if it does not reach a deal to pay royalties to the Finnish company.

More: AllThingsD, Forbes, CNET, InvestorPlace, MobileSyrup.com, MobileBurn.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Inquirer and IntoMobile

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

iPad And Android Tablet Market Share Margin Narrows Much Faster Than Originally Predicted — Apple continued to win out in terms of tablet market share this past quarter, according to the latest figures from ABI Research, with a 55 percent share of all shipments during the period.

More: ABI Research, BGR, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, Computerworld, Patently Apple, AndroidGuys, digitaltrends.com and Android Community

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Apple maintains 70% grip on China's tablet market, as industry sales jump 63% year-on-year

More: Reuters, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews and memeburn

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Amazon Web Services cuts S3 prices, knocks old guard rivals — Summary: “We're lowering prices for S3 by 24 percent to 27 percent in all regions,” said Andy Jassy, senior vice president of Amazon Web Services. Jassy also mocked old guard technology rivals, which were seen as cloud washers.

More: TechCrunch, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, GeekWire, GigaOM, The Next Web, ZDNet, Amazon.com and Amazon Web Services Blog

BBC:

‘Piracy’ student Richard O'Dwyer avoids US extradition — Mr O'Dwyer faced a maximum sentence of five years in prison if found guilty in the US — A student facing trial and possible imprisonment in the United States has struck a deal to avoid extradition, the High Court has been told.

More: ZDNet, Ars Technica, Techdirt, The Register, TorrentFreak, CNET, ITProPortal, Plagiarism Today and PC Pro. Tweets: @iankatz1000. See also Mediagazer

Vibhu Norby / philosophically:

Why We're Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first — There has been much discussion from the venture capitalist angle on the failings of mobile companies, including posts by Fred Wilson and Om Malik. I wanted to share my perspective, having been the co-founder of a mobile-first startup …

Tweets: @davemcclure and @pkedrosky

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Confirmed: Google Acquires Incentive Targeting To Power Super Targeted, Personalized Coupon Programs — Google has just acquired coupon targeting company Incentive Targeting. The acquisition was confirmed in a tweet from Mike Dudas, who is on the team building Google's mobile commerce business.

More: AllThingsD, The Next Web, CNET, 9to5Google, Engadget, Screenwerk, ZDNet, Understanding Google …, Xconomy and SocialTimes. Tweets: @mdudas. Thanks:@chrisvelazco

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft's launches ‘Scroogled’ anti-Google Shopping website — Microsoft is launching its latest anti-Google campaign this week. A new Scroogled site has emerged that directly attacks Google's “unfair pay-to-rank shopping practices” says Microsoft. “Simply put, all of their shopping results …

More: CNET, BGR, Search Engine Watch, PC Magazine, Betabeat, The Next Web, BetaNews, Bing, GeekWire, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, WinBeta, ReadWrite, Mashable!, Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, SlashGear and WebProNews

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Groupon's Andrew Mason: Of Course My Board Is Discussing Replacing Me. But I Want to Stay. — So that's pretty straightforward: Groupon CEO Andrew Mason says that yes, his board is discussing whether he should be replaced. — That's totally normal, he says, for a company whose stock is down 80 percent.

More: GigaOM, Business Insider, CNET, TechCrunch, Mashable! and Business Insider. Tweets: @hblodget

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Is Andrew Mason on the Bubble as CEO of Groupon?

More: Business Insider, CNNMoney.com, CNET, Digits, Wall Street Journal, Venture Capital Dispatch, Bloomberg and ValueWalk

Loek Essers / Computerworld:

Apple gets sales ban on some Samsung Galaxy products in the Netherlands — Dutch court bans sale of Samsung products that infringe on an Apple patent on navigating images in a photo gallery — A Dutch court has banned sales of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy products that infringe …

More: TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Inquirer, The Register, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, CNET, Reuters, AppleInsider, InvestorPlace, Tech Trader Daily, 9to5Mac, BGR, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks and Macgasm

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Yelp CEO: Yep, Google can be pretty evil — Jeremy Stoppelman, speaking during a Business Insider conference, also said doing anything local takes depth and time. — NEW YORK—Sure, Google can be pretty evil, Yelp Chief Executive Jeremy Stoppelman said. — Stoppelman, speaking …

Thanks:@lutherlowe

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Marissa Mayer's First Live Interview (Which ATD Had to Virtually Sneak Into): God. Family. Yahoo. — Tonight, new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gave her first public interview since becoming the leader of the troubled Silicon Valley Internet giant. — Not to cranky me, of course …

More: Fortune, SiliconBeat, CNET, Fortune, Business Insider, AdAge, SocialTimes and Mashable!. See also Mediagazer

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Amazon's Maps API now available to all developers, becomes part of Mobile App SDK — Amazon on Tuesday announced the release of its Maps API, now out of beta and integrated into the Amazon Mobile App SDK. The company is pushing for developers to get started using it for Kindle Fire …

More: Search Engine Land, TechCrunch, TUAW, Computerworld, All Points Blog, GadgeTell, WebProNews and The H

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Rep. Darrell Issa introduces a 'don't mess with the Internet for two years' bill — If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Yet, when it comes to the Internet, there are plenty of politicians who believe something is broken. — Suffice it to say, the majority of active Internet users …

More: Guardian, CNET, Techdirt, digitaltrends.com, Gizmodo, Network World, OSDir.com, Hillicon Valley, TechEye, ZDNet, WebProNews and Mashable!

Noel Randewich / Reuters:

AMD plans to sell Texas campus to raise cash — (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc plans to sell and lease back its Austin, Texas campus to raise cash and fund its chipmaking business as it diversifies beyond the troubled PC industry into new markets. — AMD expects to sell the 58-acre site …

More: X-bit labs, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, Inquirer, Softpedia News, Austin American-Statesman, TechEye, EE Times and Forbes

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Telefonica, Mozilla and VCs Still Betting Big on HTML as They Pour $25 Million Into Everything.Me — For Mozilla to be successful with its Firefox OS, it needs a lot of good HTML5 apps and content. — Given that, it is not terribly surprising that Mozilla and carrier partner Telefonica …

More: The Mozilla Blog, TechCrunch, Softpedia News and WebProNews

Dara Kerr / CNET:

Hackers steal and publish e-mails from U.N. nuclear agency — The IAEA confirms its servers were breached and a hacking group claims responsibility demanding an investigation into Israel's alleged nuclear proliferation program. — Hackers have made their way into one of the servers …

More: The Verge, BBC, Ars Technica, Reuters, Datamation.com and ITProPortal

Reuters:

Italian tax police probe Google Italy again — (Reuters) - Italian police launched a new tax probe into Google Italy after earlier investigations found the internet company had failed to declare income and still owed sales tax, an economy ministry document showed on Wednesday.

More: Tech Trader Daily

Sharif Sakr / Engadget:

Will.i.am launches pricey i.am+ camera add-ons for iPhone, we go hands on (video) — So, we learned two things today. Firstly, Will.i.am is able to attract quite a media scrum, and secondly, national press photographers have sharp elbows. Nevertheless, we braved the London debut …

More: Telegraph, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear, Apple Bitch, iClarified, iPhone Hacks, everythingiCafe and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @panzer

Kyle Rush:

Meet the Obama campaign's $250 million fundraising platform — The numbers — $250 million dollars, 4,276,463 donations — 81,548,259 pageviews, 17,807,917 unique visitors — 60% faster time to paint than previous platform — 240 a/b tests, 49% increase in donation conversion rate

More: GigaOM. Tweets: @flyosity

Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

Vimeo launches shiny new iPhone app with faster uploads & better social sharing — Popular video-sharing site Vimeo has re-built its iPhone app with the addition of faster uploading and improved social sharing to Twitter and Facebook, a sign it wants to attract more fun content shot on the fly.

More: Vimeo Staff Blog, CNET, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, TUAW, Mashable!, WebProNews, SlashGear and SocialTimes

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