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November 28, 2013, 5:35 PM
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Bloomberg:
Microsoft Board Said to Lean to Mulally, Nadella in CEO Hunt  —  Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s board is focusing on Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally and internal executive Satya Nadella as part of a group of more likely candidates to become the next CEO of the world's biggest software company …
Robert McMillan / Wired:
Bitcoin Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know About the Future of Money  —  The price of a bitcoin topped $900 last week, an enormous surge in value that arrived amidst Congressional hearings where top U.S. financial regulators took a surprisingly rosy view of digital currency.
More: New York Times.  Tweets: @brianstucki and @jowyang
Casey Sullivan / Reuters:
U.S. judge dismisses Apple consumer lawsuit over data privacy  —  (Reuters) - A California federal judge has dismissed a consumer lawsuit over data privacy against Apple Inc, saying the plaintiffs had failed to show they had relied on any alleged company misrepresentations and that they had suffered harm.
Stasys Bielinis / Unwired View:
iPhone 5S/C made up 76% of new smartphone sales in Japan this October  —  Japan is probably the second best iPhone market, after U.S. At least in market share.  China either already is, or will soon be bigger in absolute numbers.  —  Apple has been doing very well in Japan for years.
Matt Brian / Engadget:
Kim Dotcom's Mega cloud storage service gets an official iPhone app  —  Now that Kim Dotcom's cloud storage service Mega is available to the public, it's finally found time to launch the iOS app it's been promising.  With its Android app already four months old, the new Mega iPhone app includes …
More: The Verge and MacNN
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
U.S. Government Caught Pirating Military Software, Settles For $50 Million  —  In recent years the U.S. Government has taken an aggressive stance towards copyright infringement, both at home and abroad.  —  “Piracy is theft, clean and simple,” Vice President Joe Biden said when he announced …

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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal says he's stepping down after a year in the role; his hiring was part of a push to promote “personal liberties and free markets”

Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
The Massachusetts Senate passes an amendment that would in many instances bar judges, grand juries, and others from forcing reporters to identify their sources

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Roku raises the prices of its flagship hardware devices, citing shortages of RAM and other components due to AI; Roku Ultra's price rises $50 to $150

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