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January 3, 2014, 5:10 PM

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Sean Hollister / The Verge:

Intel plans a CES coup: Android and Windows in the same computer — Dual OS could dilute Windows dominance, if Microsoft doesn't kill it first — The PC industry isn't doing so well. Sales have dramatically slumped, despite the industry's efforts to tempt consumers with Windows 8 tablets and transforming touchscreen laptops.

More: Examiner, VentureBeat, Gigaom, 9to5Google, TechnoBuffalo and Phandroid

Tweets: @fmanjoo, @reckless, @jbrodkin and @tomwarren

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Andreessen: Bubble Believers 'Don't Know What They're Talking About' — Venture Capitalist Discusses the Current State of Tech Investing — In a 2011 essay in The Wall Street Journal, venture capitalist and Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen predicted that software companies are …

More: Business Insider, bizjournals and Valleywag

Tweets: @pe_feeds, @dbfarber, @pe_feeds, @dmac1, @dmac1 and @scottmaustin

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

A Tablet for Children That Comes With Its Own Penguins — GLENDALE, Calif. — DreamWorks Animation first captivated children in movie theaters. Then it branched into TV, piping cartoons based on hits like “Madagascar” and “How to Train Your Dragon” into homes through outlets like Nickelodeon and Netflix.

More: The Verge, PC Magazine, Engadget, SlashGear, Gizmodo, TechSpot, VatorNews, Cult of Mac, TheStreet.com, TechnoBuffalo, PhoneArena, Softpedia News, Geeky Gadgets, 9to5Google and Electronista. Tweets: @peterlattman. See also Mediagazer

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Acer unveils two new sub-$200 Android tablets, a $1099 desktop, and an updated C720 Chromebook — Acer has unveiled several new Android-based devices that will be on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. — In particular, the company announced the debut of two new tablets.

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Sports Gets iOS 7 Redesign, Awesome Gif Creation Tool For Sharing 'Big 4′ Sports Moments — Yahoo Sports gets a fantastic looking redesign today for iOS 7, and gains a slick new feature called ‘Loops’. Loops allows you to skim through a game, pick a short segment and create …

More: Yahoo Sports, The Next Web, 9to5Mac and The Verge

Scott Stump / Today:

Snapchat CEO: ‘We thought we had done enough’ to prevent hack — Just days before Snapchat was hacked for the private account information of millions of users, a security company warned that the popular photo messaging app was vulnerable. Nonetheless, Snapchat's CEO thought the company …

More: Fortune, Bram Cohen, Re/code and Reuters

Sam Biddle / Valleywag:

Snapchat CEO Won't Say Sorry for Hack

More: Mashable and WebProNews. Tweets: @samfbiddle and @fmanjoo

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Snapchat Says It's Improving Its App, Service To Prevent Future User Data Leaks

Christina Bonnington / Wired:

Vine Sprouts Its 6-Second Mayhem on the Web — Vine, Twitter's looping 6-second video app, is making the leap from mobile to the webtoday. — Unlike some mobile services like Instagram, Vine's web existence isn't just a pretty way to view your Vines in a browser.

More: The Next Web, The Verge, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, CNET, WebProNews and iClarified. Thanks:@redgirlsays. See also Mediagazer

Todd Spangler / Variety:

BlackBerry Sues Ryan Seacrest's Smartphone Keyboard Startup — BlackBerry, the struggling mobile device maker, filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Typo Products, the startup co-founded by Ryan Seacrest that has developed a smartphone keyboard attachment.

More: Marketwired, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Engadget, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, MobileBurn.com, SlashGear and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @joshconstine

John Siracusa / Hypercritical:

Apple's 2013 Scorecard — At the beginning of last year, I posted a list of things Apple can and should do during 2013. It's time to settle up. Because I'm feeling scholastic, I'll give a letter grade to each item. — Ship OS X 10.9 and iOS 7. Done and done, with only a few minor bumps in the road.

More: AppleInsider and Daring Fireball. Tweets: @siracusa and @gruber

Jon Phillips / PC World:

Wearable tech at CES 2014: Prepare your body parts for an onslaught of options — Wearable technology. It's an exploding product category in desperate need of a category-defining product. And now, with the Consumer Electronics Show upon us, we get to see whether some company, any company …

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Go Ahead, CES 2014 - Prove There's Tech I Want To Wear

More: Guardian, The Next Web, ZDNet, Inquirer, Softpedia News and Gigaom. Tweets: @intlces

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

AT&T Hits Back at T-Mobile with Up to $450 in Credits for Switchers — Over the past year, T-Mobile US has been shaking up the U.S. carrier market with its “Un-carrier” plans, the addition of the iPhone to its device lineup, and a frequent device upgrade program, enticing several …

More: AT&T, Re/code, BGR, AppleInsider, NYT Bits, Reuters, AndroidHeadlines.com, Ars Technica, iMore, TmoNews, Android Central, iDownloadBlog.com, AndroidGuys, Gigaom, VentureBeat, MobileBurn.com, ZDNet, Phandroid, TechnoBuffalo, IntoMobile, The Verge, Electronista, DSLreports and Engadget. Tweets: @zpower

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:

Multiple gaming platforms hit with apparent DDoS attacks — The servers for Steam, Origin, Battle.net, and League of Legends were brought down temporarily overnight by apparent DDoS attacks that seem to be related to a swatting attack on an individual known for streaming games.

More: Computerworld, Polygon, Ubergizmo, Kotaku, Motherboard, Guardian, Kotaku, The Escapist and Techie News

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