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Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

Note 3's benchmarking “adjustments” inflate scores by up to 20% — We noticed an odd thing while testing the Samsung Galaxy Note 3: it scores really, really well in benchmark tests—puzzlingly well, in fact. A quick comparison of its scores to the similarly specced LG G2 makes it clear …

Raymond M. Soneira / DisplayMate:

Galaxy Note 3 Display Technology Shoot-Out — The Samsung Galaxy Note and Galaxy S Smartphones are flagship products for Samsung to show off its latest and greatest OLED display technology. The Galaxy Note 3 has the newest generation of OLED display technology.

More: BGR, Android Authority and iPhone Hacks

Brian Klug / AnandTech:

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Review

More: Ars Technica, The Verge, CNET, Yahoo! News, GigaOM, BGR and SlashGear

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Microsoft Surface chief: ‘Multiple aspect ratios and sizes’ are in the works — Panos Panay was literally on the floor when I walked into Microsoft's Seattle store last night. — The vice president responsible for the company's Surface tablets was on his back, with a crowd of people around him …

More: TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, The Verge, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, PC World, pocketnow.com, WebProNews, WinBeta, Gotta Be Mobile and Engadget

Tweets: @toddbishop and @maryjofoley

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Kevin Rose tops AngelList Syndicates leaderboard with over $1M per deal — Kevin Rose Is AngelList's Million-Dollar Man — Next time Kevin Rose makes an angel investment, he has more than $1.1 million at his beck and call to do it. — Rose is the current leading man on AngelList …

More: Valleywag and StrictlyVC. Tweets: @bryce

Brad Feld / Foundry Group:

Foundry Group forms AngelList Syndicate — “The best way to really understand it is to participate” — AngelList - Do Or Do Not, There is No Try — Yesterday, at our weekly Monday (sushi, sometimes tacos) lunch, we talked about AngelList.

More: Feld Thoughts and Xconomy. Tweets: @danprimack

Sam Biddle / Valleywag:

Valleywag editor pranks AngelList, hits homepage with very unaccredited $21M Syndicate

Tweets: @danprimack, @samfbiddle, @danprimack, @samfbiddle, @profjeffjarvis, @danprimack and @alexia

Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch:

My Government Is A Complete Mess: Obamacare Websites Failing Amid Government Shutdown — The U.S. government is a complete mess. Congress could not even perform its basic constitutional duty to fund the government and had to shut down most of the public system.

More: Digital Trends, Forbes, Healthcare Reform, Geekosystem and Twitchy

Tweets: @healthcaregov, @healthcaregov and @russellbrandom

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

US government shutdown kicks NASA and other agencies off the internet

More: Ars Technica, Examiner, AllThingsD and The Switch

Tweets: @nasavoyager2, @cdcemergency, @nasa, @uscapitol, @statuelibrtynps, @nationalzoo, @cdcflu and @ftc

Julianne Pepitone / CNNMoney.com:

Shutdown won't delay Twitter's public IPO filing

More: Fast Company, Inventor Spot and The Verge

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Samsung Galaxy Gear review: poor software and design overshadow decent camera and speakerphone — Samsung Galaxy Gear review — The perfect companion for your life companion? — If you've ever seen a cycling race, you'll know that leading from the front isn't always a great idea.

More: Daily Exhaust, Engadget, Washington Post, 9to5Google, Computerworld, Wired, The Next Web, bizjournals, Gotta Be Mobile, Los Angeles Times, ZDNet, Daring Fireball, AnandTech, SlashGear, Ars Technica, VentureBeat and TechHive

Brian Klug / AnandTech:

Samsung Galaxy Gear Review

More: Gizmodo, BGR, Geek.com and LAPTOP Magazine

High-Tech Bridge:

What's your email security worth? 12 dollars and 50 cents according to Yahoo — Today more and more companies are offering Bug Bounty Programs, or in other words, remunerating security researchers for reporting vulnerabilities and weaknesses in their applications and software.

More: GeekWire, Graham Cluley, Security Watch, WebProNews, ZDNet, Geek.com, Betabeat, Inquirer, VentureBeat and SC Magazine

Bloomberg:

Google Said to Avoid U.S. Antitrust Challenge Over Waze — Google Inc. (GOOG), owner of the world's largest search engine, won't be challenged by U.S. antitrust regulators over its purchase of mapping application Waze, people familiar with the matter said. — Federal Trade Commission …

More: Engadget, The Verge and Search Engine Land

Bloomberg:

Icahn Pushes Apple CEO for $150 Billion Share Buyback — Carl Icahn, who disclosed a $1 billion stake in Apple Inc. (AAPL) in August, said he had dinner with Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and “pushed hard” for a $150-billion share buyback. — Talks will continue in about three weeks …

More: CNBC, Mercury News, Fortune, AppleInsider, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tech Trader Daily, Business Insider, TheStreet.com, AllThingsD, MoneyBeat and ZDNet

Tweets: @carl_c_icahn, @levie, @markgurman and @levie

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Claire Davenport / Reuters:

Google offer may end search engine case, says EU antitrust chief — (Reuters) - Google's latest offer to modify its Internet search engine offers the prospect of ending a long-running European Union competition probe, the bloc's top antitrust official said on Tuesday.

More: New York Times, GigaOM, Search Engine Land, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Beyond Search, ReadWrite, ZDNet, Engadget, The Register and PC World

Guardian:

Google's new concessions on European search will put rivals' logos into results

More: Washington Post, PC Magazine, WebProNews and Electronista

Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:

Scribd moves beyond document sharing with $8.99/month ebook subscription service — There must be something in the water: Just under a month after startup Oyster launched a Netflix-like subscription service for ebooks, the six-year-old document sharing site Scribd officially rolled out its own ebook subscription service on Tuesday.

More: The Scribd Blog, Wired, Engadget, The Verge, App Advice, ZDNet, AllThingsD, PandoDaily, TechCrunch, IntoMobile, internetretailer.com, New York Times and Electronista. See also Mediagazer

Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:

FreedomPop launches its smartphone VoIP service, giving away 200 minutes each month — Mobile broadband provider FreedomPop has officially become a full-fledged mobile operator. On Tuesday it started selling its first smartphone, the HTC Evo Design, and began offering its first voice …

More: The Verge, The Next Web, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, TechHive, I4U News, IntoMobile, 9to5Google, Gotta Be Mobile, Engadget, PC Magazine, DSLreports, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, eWeek, Ars Technica and InvestorPlace

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

With 37M Users And Revenues At $34M, DIY Website Creation Platform Wix Files For $100M IPO On The NYSE — Once upon a time, there were few places that the not-so-technically-inclined could go to secure their own slice of web real estate and build themselves a professional-looking websites.

More: Marketwired, Forbes and The Next Web. Tweets: @caseynewton

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Former Twitter Platform Chief Sarver Joins Redpoint as Partner — Ryan Sarver, Twitter's former director of platform, who left the company in May, is joining Redpoint Ventures as a partner. — Sarver joined Twitter in 2009, after working at Skyhook Wireless and, previous to that, having founded real estate startup Blue Trim.

More: Fortune, Redpoint Ventures, PandoDaily, TechCrunch, VatorNews and GigaOM

Tweets: @rsarver, @hunterwalk, @rsarver, @rsarver, @redpointvc and @kevinweil

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

New Calls To Action In Facebook's Mobile App Ads Can Help Publishers Reconnect With Users — The purpose of Facebook's Mobile App Ads seems pretty clear. They're supposed to drive installations, right? Well, in a new blog post, the company says its ads can now help with what comes afterward …

More: Facebook, Facebook Developer Blog, CNET, ReadWrite, Inside Facebook, AllFacebook, GigaOM, Digits, The Next Web, AllThingsD, VentureBeat and WebProNews

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Windows 8 now up to 8.02% market share but Windows 7 sees bigger gains for the first time — With back-to-school sales now over, Windows 8 has returned to its slow but steady growth in market share. Meanwhile, Windows 7′s hold not only remains strong, but it has outgrown its successor …

More: ZDNet, TechCrunch, BetaNews, The Register, TechCrunch, Softpedia News and PC World

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Yahoo To Acquire Sports-Centric Mobile Developer Hitpost — Yahoo is set to acquire Hitpost, the maker of a handful of sports-centric mobile apps, to beef up its own sports offerings on iOS and Android, say sources familiar with the deal. The company's team of seven or so is heading over to join Yahoo.

More: Mattermark. Thanks:@ingridlunden

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