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February 10, 2014, 3:30 PM

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Reuters:

Chastened HTC turns to cheaper smartphones in search for profit — (Reuters) - Smarting from growing losses, Taiwanese phone maker HTC Corp says it will expand its range of cheaper products as it fixes off-target marketing for its premium smartphones. — The company that has long prided itself …

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

HTC breaks even in final months of 2013, but forecasts a losing start to new year

More: Reuters, TechCrunch, BetaNews, Bloomberg, AndroidGuys, Lastest ITProPortal news, Tech in Asia, ZDNet, T3 News, Inquirer, Engadget and TechSpot

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

New Apple TV hardware references already appearing in iOS 7 builds — We reported last fall that a revamped Apple TV set-top-box is in the works, and then we learned earlier this year that the new box would likely be introduced in the first half of 2014. Sources said at the time that the new model …

More: AppleInsider, BGR, MacRumors, iMore, Business Insider, Touch Arcade, Apple Bitch, iDownloadBlog.com, iLounge, Gearburn, Lastest ITProPortal news, SlashGear, App Advice and MobileSyrup.com

Wall Street Journal:

Nokia Prepares to Release Android Phone Ahead of Sale to Microsoft — Finnish Smartphone Maker Readies Device for Barcelona Exhibit — Nokia Corp. plans to release this month a smartphone that runs a version of Google Inc. 's Android mobile software, according to people familiar with the matter …

More: 9to5Google, BGR, The Verge, Engadget, Daring Fireball, PhoneNews.com, Pocketnow, Android Authority, Ubergizmo, Mashable, IntoMobile, SlashGear, AndroidGuys and Ars Technica

Nermin Hajdarbegovic / CoinDesk:

Price Drops as Mt. Gox Blames Bitcoin Flaw for Withdrawal Delays — Mt. Gox has issued a statement in an effort to address concerns raised by users after it suspended bitcoin withdrawals late last week. The exchange insists it is working hard to address a technical issue that has made it impossible for users to make transfers.

More: joepie91's Ramblings, CNBC, cryptocoinsnews, PandoDaily, InfoWorld, ExtremeTech, CNNMoney.com, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, On Bitcoin, cryptocoinsnews, The Next Web, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Mashable, Inquirer, Vacuum and PandoDaily. Tweets: @oleganza

Gavin Andresen / Bitcoin Foundation:

Contrary to Mt. Gox's Statement, Bitcoin is not at fault

More: SiliconANGLE, ExtremeTech, Blockchain.info Team Blog, Ars Technica and CoinDesk

Rob Wile / Business Insider:

Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't Have Brought Down MtGox

More: MtGox, Business Insider, The Verge and SiliconANGLE

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

Barnes & Noble Fired Its Nook Hardware Engineering Staff — Barnes & Noble laid off its Nook hardware engineers, according to a source that tipped Business Insider. — The engineers were let go last Thursday, according to our source. This follows Barnes & Noble dismissing the VP of Hardware, Bill Saperstein in January.

More: GeekWire, Ars Technica, The Verge, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Deadline.com and Gizmodo. See also Mediagazer

SecureMac:

New Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/CoinThief Discovered — SecureMac has discovered a new Trojan Horse called OSX/CoinThief.A, which targets Mac OS X and spies on web traffic to steal Bitcoins. This malware has been found in the wild, and there are multiple user reports of stolen Bitcoins.

More: MacRumors, Inquirer, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacMegasite, ZDNet, CoinDesk, Softpedia News, HotHardware.com News and MacDailyNews

Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

BlackBerry BBM boss gone as company looks to strengthen enterprise business — BGR has learned from multiple sources that Executive Vice President Andrew Bocking is no longer with the company. What is unconfirmed, however, is whether Bocking was fired or decided to leave on his own accord.

More: TechCrunch, SlashGear and MobileSyrup.com

Julia La Roche / Business Insider:

Carl Icahn Gives Up On Apple Buyback Plan — Billioniare investor Carl Icahn says that there's no reason to persist with Apple buyback proposal, according to new letter. — Icahn has amassed a huge stake in Apple. — He's also been suppotive of a stock buyback.

Ryan Knutson / Wall Street Journal:

Sprint Rethinks Acquiring T-Mobile After Public Antitrust Opposition — Justice Department, FCC Officials Expressed Strong Opposition to a Deal — Sprint Corp. officials are regrouping to decide whether trying to acquire smaller rival T-Mobile US Inc. makes sense after antitrust officials …

More: The Verge, ZDNet, Digital Trends, GeekWire, DSLreports, VentureBeat and CNET

Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows:

Windows 8.1 Update 1 accommodates too many needs, proves design by committee never works — What the Heck is Happening to Windows? — Is it better to burn out than fade away? — When critics described Windows 8.1 as a step backwards, I disagreed: Responding to customer complaints is never wrong …

More: BetaNews, BGR, InfoWorld, Network World, Softpedia News, Daring Fireball, MacDailyNews and WinBeta

Tweets: @thurrott and @carnage4life

Edgar Alvarez / Engadget:

Microsoft starts selling ASUS' VivoTab Note 8 for $329 — ASUS, like many other companies, took to CES 2014 to introduce a number of new products. Among these was the often-leaked VivoTab Note 8, an 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet with support for Wacom pen input.

More: Electronista, The Tech Report, TechSpot, GadgeTell, SlashGear, BetaNews, The Verge, Gigaom, WinBeta and PhoneArena

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple's iTunes Radio launches internationally, starting with Australia — Apple has finally taken its iTunes Radio streaming music service internationally: starting with Australia. The service, which launched in the United States late last year, works on iPads, iPhones, iPods running iOS 7 …

More: Apple, iMore, AppleInsider, The Next Web, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, IntoMobile, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Loop and Pocketnow

The Intercept:

The NSA's Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program — The National Security Agency is using complex analysis of electronic surveillance, rather than human intelligence, as the primary method to locate targets for lethal drone strikes - an unreliable tactic that results in the deaths of innocent or unidentified people.

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