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December 16, 2012, 11:40 AM

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Martin Bryant / The Next Web:
Twitter has started rolling out the option to download all your tweets  —  Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has promised in recent months that an option for users to download an archive of all the tweets from their accounts would be available this year.  At least for some, this long-awaited feature has arrived …
Elizabeth Wasserman / Politico:
Google to tweak practices to end search probe  —  Federal regulators may end a two-year antitrust probe of Google's search business by letting the company make voluntary changes, such as limiting use of restaurant and travel reviews from other websites and letting search ad campaigns …
More: CNETTweets: @mhelft
Horace Dediu / asymco:
Below the Surface  —  Early data shows that the PC market has not experienced a “pop” from Windows 8.  Market watchers have been anticipating this pop since every previous version of Windows has led to a surge in shipments.  PC vendors have also been hoping for this to lift their volumes.
More: MacDailyNews and CNETTweets: @timcohn
John Gruber / Macworld:
The unlikely persistence of AppleScript  —  First, a little history:  —  Apple acquired NeXT at the end of 1996, with the plan of using that company's OpenStep operating system as the foundation for the future of Mac OS.  The first plan for that OS was called Rhapsody …
More: Daring Fireball and MacStoriesTweets: @lessien
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
The Thriving Bazaar on Instagram  —  Instagram, the picture-sharing application that Facebook bought earlier this year, has not yet figured out a way to make money.  But some of its users have.  —  These entrepreneurs have realized that they can piggyback on the popularity of Instagram …
Peter Delevett / Mercury News:
Former Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is on the trail to redemption at new startup  —  Scott Thompson was one of Silicon Valley's luminaries — the highly regarded president of PayPal who ascended to the top spot at Yahoo (YHOO) earlier this year before it all came crashing down.
New York Times:
Microsoft Battles Google by Hiring Political Brawler Mark Penn  —  SEATTLE — Mark Penn made a name for himself in Washington by bulldozing enemies of the Clintons.  Now he spends his days trying to do the same to Google, on behalf of its archrival Microsoft.
More: Neowin and The VergeTweets: @akovacs, @fxshaw, @fxshaw, @fxshaw and @fxshaw
Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
Washington Post Moves Social Reader Off Facebook  —  The Washington Post Company has decided to move its Social Reader app — which displays stories from Washington Post Co. publications and 90 other news organizations, including this one, on Facebook — to a standalone site at socialreader.com, the co...
Tweets: @laureni
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Following Adobe user forum breach, hacker claims he has access to some Yahoo servers  —  An Egyptian hacker who calls himself ViruS_HimA is claiming to have breached Yahoo's security systems following similar attacks on other companies.  He allegedly has full access to the servers for at least two of Yahoo's domains.
Geoff Colvin / Fortune:
Comcast CEO: What we learned from Apple  —  Comcast CEO Brian Roberts applies the Apple model to his business empire: Keep it simple, and reinvent constantly.  —  FORTUNE — America's biggest media company isn't what you think.  Comcast (CMCSA) takes in more revenue and commands …
Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Intel Wins First Round in Patent Fight That Threatens Chips  —  Intel Corp. (INTC) won the first round of a patent-infringement case that some lawmakers said may threaten jobs at the company's U.S. manufacturing plants.  —  The world's largest semiconductor maker didn't infringe the patents …

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