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November 28, 2014, 11:55 AM

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Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
EU Parliament passes resolution supporting unbundling of search engines from other commercial services, calls for creation of single digital market  —  Oh No They Didn't: European Parliament Calls For Break Up Of Google  —  Today many Americans are busy preparing Thanksgiving meals …
James Kanter / New York Times:
E.U. Parliament Passes Measure to Break Up Google in Symbolic Vote  —  BRUSSELS — Europe's resentment of the American technology giant Google reached a new noise level on Thursday as the European Parliament passed a nonbinding vote to break up the company.  —  Although merely symbolic …
Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review:
Of 458 patented inventions and designs credited to Steve Jobs, 141 were approved posthumously  —  Steve Jobs Lives on at the Patent Office  —  Years after his death, the former Apple CEO still wins more patents than most.  —  What is Steve Jobs's legacy?
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Reuters:
Exclusive - Hutchison ready to enter race for UK mobile firms EE, O2: sources  —  (Reuters) - Hutchison Whampoa (0013.HK), the owner of Britain's fourth largest mobile operator 3 Group, is preparing a bid for EE or O2, the mobile groups already in talks on a deal with BT Group (BT.L), several sources familiar with the matter said.
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:
Sony Pictures hackers release list of stolen corporate files  —  On Monday, employees at Sony Pictures Entertainment—the television and movie subsidiary of Sony Corp.—discovered that their internal corporate network had been hijacked.  A message from an individual or group claiming responsibility appeared …
Sheelah Kolhatkar / Businessweek:
How Anita Sarkeesian is battling sexism and gamergate harassment in the $25B video game industry  —  The Gaming Industry's Greatest Adversary Is Just Getting Started  —  One night in October, before the media critic Anita Sarkeesian was scheduled to give a speech at Utah State University …
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UK High Court orders ISPs to block access to 32 more piracy sites, including Demonoid, Isohunt and more  —  UK Piracy Blocklist Expands With Demonoid, Isohunt, IPTorrents and More  —  The list of websites that are blocked in the UK for facilitating copyright infringement is getting longer and longer.

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