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January 1, 2013, 7:20 AM

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Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Sayonara, netbooks: Asus (and the rest) won't make any more in 2013 — A five-year lifespan turned out to be all that netbooks got. Acer and Asus are stopping manufacture from 1 January 2013 - ending what once looked like the future of computing — Sayonara, netbooks.

More: TIME, TechEye, Daring Fireball and GigaOM. Tweets: @tmaslen

Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:

Techmeme's biggest (i.e. tallest) stories of 2012 — Now that we've examined the year's trending terms, our final retrospectacular tour of 2012 examines the stories themselves. On Techmeme, the biggest stories usually become the tallest stories as different angles of reporting and analysis pile up …

Tweets: @theromit, @fmanjoo and @mathewi

Ryan Block / NYT Bits:

Why I'm Quitting Instagram — The flap over Instagram's changing its terms of service has not died down even weeks after its announcement and subsequent partial reversal. People are still arguing whether Instagram's photographers will stay loyal to the service.

Tweets: @buzzbishop, @jamesallworth, @timoreilly, @ryan, @mjasay and @theromit

Aaron Ricadela / Bloomberg:

Hewlett-Packard Says It May Dispose of Units Not Meeting Targets — Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) said it's evaluating the disposition of businesses that don't meet goals more than a year after Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman said she didn't plan to spin off the personal-computer division.

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

The Pressure Is on HP to Stand and Deliver in 2013

Harrison Weber / The Next Web:

Reddit's impressive 2012 stats: 37 billion page views, 400 million uniques and 30 million posts — Reddit has announced that in 2012 it served an impressive 37 billion page views and 400 million unique visitors. Additionally, the company has shared that it saw 30 million posts …

More: reddit, CNET, PandoDaily and TweakTown News

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

I'm Bored. What's Next? — It's just about 2013 and I gotta say, I'm a little bored. — At least, the blogger in me is. As an investor things are just peachy. All this panic about overpriced consumer startups has led to a nice softening of the market (periodic reports of Blubbles are great for that).

More: TechCrunch, TechCrunch, The Verge, Business Insider and dylan tweney

Tweets: @alexismadrigal, @eoghanmccabe and @loyalelectron

Bijan Sabet:

Can a social graph last more than 10 years? — Hunter Walk wrote an excellent post the other day about whether one social graph can rule them all or not. Hunter is in the latter camp. And it's clear by our investments at Spark and my social mobile/web activity that I agree with him …

Hunter Walk / Elapsed Time:

Trying to be the one true social graph is like trying to hold water in your fist

More: ReadWrite and Business Insider. Tweets: @davemcclure, @elizakern and @joshconstine

Danielle Kucera / Bloomberg:

Amazon Apologizes for Christmas Eve Outage Affecting Netflix — Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) apologized for a Dec. 24 disruption in its cloud-computing services that hindered Netflix Inc. (NFLX) customers from watching movies, and said it is taking steps to prevent a recurrence.

More: Amazon Web Services, The Netflix Tech Blog, TechCrunch, SlashGear, AllThingsD, CNET, Electronista, MarketWatch, GigaOM, Business Insider, Engadget, The Verge, PC Magazine and Los Angeles Times

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Samsung reportedly set to sell its first Tizen-based smartphone in 2013 — The world will finally see the fruits of Tizen, the open sourced mobile operating system that has support from Samsung, DoCoMo, Vodafone and others, in 2013, according to a report from Japan's Daily Yomiuri …

More: Daily Yomiuri Online, CNET, PC Magazine, Business Insider, Engadget, BGR, Examiner, Geek.com, Computerworld, Electronista, AllThingsD, Gizmodo, LAPTOP Magazine, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, TechCrunch and PhoneArena

Scott Shackford / Hit & Run:

Why Are People More Scared of Facebook Violating Their Privacy than Washington? — This morning, Matt Welch took note of the Senate's bipartisan effort to stop amendments to the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 that would make the domestic surveillance program more transparent and require compliance with the Fourth Amendment.

More: Hillicon Valley. Tweets: @foolintheforest, @normative and @cbracy

Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:

Antivirus Makers Work on Software to Catch Malware More Effectively — SAN FRANCISCO — The antivirus industry has a dirty little secret: its products are often not very good at stopping viruses. — Consumers and businesses spend billions of dollars every year on antivirus software.

Tweets: @grantwiggins and @mkapor

Tom Eisenmann / Platforms and Networks:

Managing Startups: Best Posts of 2012 — Here's my compilation of 2012's best posts about managing startups. I assembled similar lists at the end of 2011, 2010 and 2009. Many thanks to all of the authors. The generosity of the startup community is amazing, and these insights are invaluable …

Tweets: @ericries

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