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Sean Buckley / Engadget:
Intel announces Edison: a 22nm dual-core PC the size of an SD card  —  Four months ago, Intel unveiled its Quark SoC at IDF.  Today at CES 2014, company CEO Brian Krzanich wants to introduce you to Edison, a miniature computer based on the same technology condensed into the form factor of an SD card.
Quentin Hardy / NYT Bits:
Intel CEO focuses on wearable and connected devices in CES keynote speech  —  Intel: Inside, Upon, Within, Around  —  Intel is trying to make good on its promises, fast.  —  Speaking at the preshow keynote of the International Consumer Electronics Show, Brian Krzanich, Intel's chief executive …
More: TechCrunch and Bloomberg.  Tweets: @qhardy and @brij
Evelyn M. Rusli / Digits:
When Mark Met Evan  —  It's safe to assume that Evan Spiegel and Mark Zuckerberg are not best buds.  —  Spiegel, the Snapchat CEO, Monday tweeted a screenshot of an e-mail exchange from November 2012 with the Facebook chief.  The exchange, confirmed as authentic by a Snapchat spokeswoman …
J.J. Colao / Forbes:
The Inside Story Of Snapchat: The World's Hottest App Or A $3 Billion Disappearing Act?  —  THIRTEEN MONTHS AGO Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, the richest twentysomething in history, reached out to Snapchat's Evan Spiegel, who oversees a revenue-less app that makes photos disappear, with an invitation …
Amanda Hess / Pacific Standard:
The Next Civil Rights Issue: Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet  —  I was 12 hours into a summer vacation in Palm Springs when my phone hummed to life, buzzing twice next to me in the dark of my hotel room.  I squinted at the screen.  It was 5:30 a.m., and a friend was texting me from the opposite coast.
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch under fire from US Air Force over HP claims  —  Accounting row renewed by US Air Force report rasing possibility of Mike Lynch and two US firms being barred from federal contracts  —  Mike Lynch, the founder of Autonomy, has defended himself against renewed allegations …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Android on Windows gets another supporter in AMD  —  It's not just Intel  —  Last week, we told you about Intel's plans to join Windows and Android at the hip, possibly launching a new brand of computer at this year's Consumer Electronics Show that can run both operating systems simultaneously.
Ashley Feinberg / Gizmodo:
Netgear's HDMI Dongle Is Your Storage-Friendly Answer to Chromecast  —  While Google's Chromecast might seem poised become the quintessential universal streaming device, it's taking a hell of a long time to get there.  So in the meantime, Netgear's new NeoMediacast dongle is picking …
Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo:
Polaroid's Socialmatic Camera Is All About Sharing Your Shots  —  We were cautiously optimistic when the concept for the real-life Instagram camera, the Socialmatic, popped up online last year.  Now, despite a few concerns, Polaroid is officially making the design a reality.
More: Business Wire, CNET and iMore.  Tweets: @dannysullivan
Daniel Cooper / Engadget:
Sony's new UHD TVs are built to support Netflix in 4K when it arrives  —  3D?  Pah. 2014 is the year that 4K makes its first grand assault upon the mainstream.  Naturally, Sony is one of the names leading the charge, and is bolstering the 4K support it added to the Video Unlimited service back in September.
More: Gizmodo and Variety
Joseph Volpe / Engadget:
Sony's waterproof flagship Xperia Z1S coming to USA January 22 for $528 at T-Mobile  —  Sony Xperia Z1S: a waterproof flagship exclusive to T-Mobile (hands-on)  —  For the past two years, Sony Mobile could be counted on to introduce new Xperia smartphone lines at CES — the S and Z, specifically.
Bruce Schneier / Wired:
The Internet of Things Is Wildly Insecure — And Often Unpatchable  —  We're at a crisis point now with regard to the security of embedded systems, where computing is embedded into the hardware itself — as with the Internet of Things.  These embedded computers are riddled with vulnerabilities, and there's no good way to patch them.
More: TechCrunch
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
AT&T's Sponsored Data is bad for the internet, the economy, and you  —  Another brick in the wall  —  AT&T today announced a new “Sponsored Data” program that lets developers and brands pay to deliver content to your mobile device outside of your data caps.
Dana Wollman / Engadget:
Vizio's Portable Smart Audio players run Android, play from built-in streaming apps  —  Don't call it a wireless speaker.  Though Vizio's new Portable Smart Audio players are capable of streaming music over WiFi and Bluetooth, that's not how they were meant to be used.
Alex Colon / Gigaom:
Corning's antimicrobial Gorilla Glass can kill bacteria on your smartphone  —  It's no secret that smartphones are gross.  More than 59 percent of phone users have confessed to using their device in the bathroom, and those are just the people willing to admit as much to a survey.
Mark Hachman / PC World:
Nuance, Intel build speech commands into PCs — finally  —  LAS VEGAS—PCs from Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo will soon include Nuance's Dragon Assistant, the speech giant's technology for tweeting, Facebooking, and playing music using voice commands.  —  Nuance announced the partnerships here at CES …
Roger Cheng / CNET:
AT&T's connected car push shifts into high gear with Drive  —  The company is hoping a platform for services and a 5,000-square foot testing facility will convince the automakers to sign up for its connected services.  —  LAS VEGAS — AT&T is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Microsoft reportedly considers letting consumers pick a device and then its OS: Windows Phone or Android  —  We've already heard rumors that Microsoft has courted smartphone OEMs to offer dual-boot options for Windows Phone and Android, as well as looked at cutting the licensing fees that it normally charges device makers.

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