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May 23, 2013, 4:15 AM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Xbox One confusion: Microsoft leaves used games and ‘always-online’ requirement unclear — Microsoft's Xbox One unveil was concentrated on the hardware, entertainment, and gaming, but a controversial aspect to the new console — a rumored always-online requirement — has been left floating amid a sea of confusion.

More: Kotaku, SlashGear, BBC, SemiAccurate, CNET, WebProNews, BGR and GamePolitics blogs. Tweets: @majornelson

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

The third screen: Will all Windows 8 apps run on Microsoft's Xbox One? — Summary: MS CRM on your Xbox One? Will any and all Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps be allowed to run on the just-announced Xbox One? — Is it really so crazy to think that users will be able to run Microsoft CRM …

More: Neowin

Andrew Yoon / Shacknews.com:

Xbox One won't allow indies to self-publish games

More: Polygon, GamesIndustry International, TechHive, GamePolitics blogs, Gotta Be Mobile, Neowin, Network World, Gamasutra, BGR, Joystiq, Inquirer, Siliconera and SlashGear. Tweets: @eeen

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStation 4

More: Consumer Reports News

Jenna Pitcher / Polygon:

Next-generation Kinect will eventually see a release on Windows PC

More: Digital Trends, PC Gamer and Pocket-lint

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft recruits Siri to bad-mouth the iPad in new Windows 8 tablet ad — Whatever era you call it, post-PC or simply PC plus, the Mac vs. PC war has ignited once again today. In a fresh Windows 8 ad, Microsoft is directly attacking Apple's iPad on price, an approach it took during the early Vista days with low-priced laptops.

More: AppleInsider, ZDNet, CNET, 9to5Mac, GeekWire, Business Insider, MacRumors and PhoneArena

Tweets: @blagdon, @tomwarren, @spencerchen and @jyarow

Brad Stone / Businessweek:

Inside Google's Secret Lab — Last February, Astro Teller, the director of Google's (GOOG) secretive research lab, Google X, went to seek approval from Chief Executive Officer Larry Page for an unlikely acquisition. Teller was proposing that Google buy Makani Power, a startup …

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, Yahoo! News, GigaOM, Business Insider, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Daring Fireball and bizjournals

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Twitter Ups Web Security With Two-Factor Authentication Via SMS, But Shared Accounts May Still Be In Danger — After scores of accounts were potentially compromised a few months ago, Twitter today launched two-factor authentication through SMS to protect people from hacks and phishing scams on the web.

Sam Byford / The Verge:

Kim Dotcom accuses Google, Facebook, and Twitter of violating his two-step security patent

More: TorrentFreak, TechCrunch and SlashGear

Sean Hollister / The Verge:

HP redesigns Envy and Pavilion laptops for 2013, including one with a 3200 x 1800 screen — Last year, Hewlett-Packard decided to unify the design of every thin and light laptop it sold, applying the same basic curves across every keyboard, touchpad, hinge, lid, and frame.

More: VentureBeat, VentureBeat, PC World, LAPTOP Magazine, Engadget, Engadget and The Verge

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

Samsung Galaxy S4 hits 10 million units shipped, new colors coming this summer — Samsung has announced the Galaxy S4 has reached 10 million global channel sales less than a month after its commercial launch. The figure sets a new record for Samsung's line of smartphones …

More: ZDNet, BetaNews, Digits, CNET, PC World, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, The Next Web and PhoneArena. Tweets: @bill_gross

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

AMD details Elite Mobility and mainstream APUs, we run early tests (hands-on) — AMD has been willing to tease its 2013 ultra-mobile APU (accelerated processing unit) strategy through PCs like the Acer Aspire V5, but today it's spilling the beans in earnest.

More: Digits, VentureBeat, The Register, Inquirer, PC World, The Verge, CNET, Gizmodo, AnandTech, AnandTech and Electronista

Connie Guglielmo / Forbes:

Longtime Tech Industry Analyst Michael Gartenberg Joins Apple — Michael Gartenberg, a longtime industry analyst known for covering digital media technologies and companies including Microsoft and Apple , has left his post as an analyst at Gartner Inc. to take a job with Apple.

More: iMore, AppleInsider, Macgasm, MacRumors and Macworld

Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:

Reporters use Google, find breach, get branded as “hackers” — TerraCom's website offers free cell phones to low income customers; its call center company gave customers' personal data away. — Call it security through absurdity: a pair of telecom firms have branded reporters for Scripps News as …

More: The Verge, Slate and Techdirt. See also Mediagazer

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft updates its YouTube Windows Phone app with some concessions to Google — Summary: The Microsoft-Google feud continues, with Microsoft meeting some — but not all — of Google's terms-of-service demands around the Microsoft's recently developed YouTube app.

More: The Verge, Neowin, The Register, SlashGear, BetaNews, Windows Phone Central, Pocketnow, Softpedia News and WMPoweruser

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Google's Impressive “Conversational Search” Goes Live On Chrome — The “conversational search” that Google demonstrated at last week's Google I/O conference is now available to users of its Chrome browser, and it's a significant leap in how we use search engines.

More: The Next Web, The Verge, Google Chrome Releases, HotHardware.com News, iDownloadBlog.com, Google Chrome Blog, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, TechHive, Digital Media Wire, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, Mobile Magazine and Cult of Mac

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Voice Search Coming Soon to Chrome for iOS

More: The Verge, AppleInsider, MobileSyrup.com, MacStories and 9to5Mac

Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:

Hands-On With The Scanadu Scout, The Health Gadget That's Crowdfunding Its Way To FDA Approval — The last time we met with the folks from Scanadu, we had a very limited look its much buzzed-about line of gadgets that aim to bring vital sign monitoring beyond the realm of the hospital and available to anyone with a smartphone.

More: Engadget, Mashable, AllThingsD, Scientific American, PandoDaily, Gizmodo and InvestorPlace

Jessica Dolcourt / CNET:

Cricket Wireless guns for Verizon, AT&T customers — With popular, premium handsets like the Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5, Cricket is urging people to switch from pricy contract plans. — LAS VEGAS — In an aggressive move for Cricket Wireless, the prepaid carrier has launched …

More: Engadget, Ubergizmo, The Verge and Tech Trader Daily

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google Code's download option deprecated due to misuse, only existing project downloads to be kept after January 15 — Google on Wednesday announced it is deprecating almost all download options for Project Hosting on Google Code. The company is blaming “increasing misuse” for the move.

More: Electronista

Edward Wong / New York Times:

In China, Hacking Has Widespread Acceptance — BEIJING — Name a target anywhere in China, an official at a state-owned company boasted recently, and his crack staff will break into that person's computer, download the contents of the hard drive, record the keystrokes, and monitor cellphone communications, too.

Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:

The Steve Jobs emails that show how to win a hard-nosed negotiation — The US government's price-fixing lawsuit against Apple goes to trial next month in New York. Ahead of its court date, the US released emails that purport to show Apple was the “ringleader” in a scheme …

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Chrome 27 for Android is out: Fullscreen on phones, simplified searching, tab history on tablets, and more — Just a day after releasing Chrome 27 on the desktop, Google on Wednesday announced the release of Chrome 27 for Android, adding fullscreen support on phones and a tab history option on tablets.

More: chrome.blogspot.ca, Google Chrome Releases, TechCrunch, Android Central, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, Droid Life, TUAW, CNET and Android Authority

Wall Street Journal:

Wary of China, U.S. Steps Into Sprint's Board — SoftBank Corp. is readying a plan to allow the U.S. government an unusual level of influence over the operations of Sprint Nextel Corp., a concession to ease security concerns raised by the proposed cross-border takeover.

More: The Next Web, The Verge, CNET and Reuters

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

Apple identifies certain patents allegedly infringed by Samsung Galaxy S4 and Google Now app — Last week Apple informed the court that it intended to amend its infringement contentions in the second California patent litigation with Samsung to target the Galaxy S4 (instead of some other product …

More: Ars Technica, Redmond Pie, Android Community, Examiner, IntoMobile, HotHardware.com News, PhoneArena, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, TUAW, Marketing Land and Electronista

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