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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Apple Made A Deal With The Devil (No, Worse: A Patent Troll) — Over the last two years, Apple has been engaged in vicious legal battles over smartphone patents, many of which are aimed at squelching (or squeezing money out of) manufacturers of devices running Android.
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Slashdot, Pulse2, VentureBeat, Techie Buzz and Electronista
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Browser Study Sheds Light On Firefox's Insecurity (And Google Approves This Message) — Illustration by Galit Weisberg. Click on the image to see his original. — Updated with a response from Mozilla. — When Google funds a study on browser security and allows it to be published …
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PC Magazine, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Techie Buzz, Slashdot, Pulse2, The Register, Neowin.net, Computerworld, SecurityWeek, Gizmodo and Ars Technica, Thanks:forbestech
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Louis C.K. Doesn't Get Torrents, But Gets Distribution — Stand-up comedian Louis C.K is selling a direct download of his show at the Beacon Theater for 5 dollars. No DRM, no forced email spam, no expensive middle-man - just value for value. That's how easy and convenient video distribution …
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo, @grg, On The Air and @donttrythis
Shan Li / Los Angeles Times:
Furor surrounds Amazon's price-comparison app — Retailers and a senator denounce a one-day promotional offer that will give discounts to Amazon customers who use the Price Check app while browsing at physical stores. — Amazon's Price Check app has users identify a product by scanning its bar code …
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TechNewsWorld, @qthrul, TechCrunch, @joshconstine, @dannysullivan, PC World, Times of India and The Huffington Post
David Kravets / Threat Level:
Senator Wants Answers from DHS Over Domain Name Seizures — Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) said Friday he would demand answers from the Department of Homeland Security about its domain seizure program known as Operation in Our Sites after it was revealed that the government kept …
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Pulse2, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Softpedia News, Techdirt, Ars Technica and Engadget
Gareth Beavis / TechRadar.com:
Microsoft: NFC already supported in Windows Phone — Exclusive: ‘Exciting things coming through soon’ — Microsoft has told TechRadar that its current Windows Phone 7.5 platform already supports Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, but no manufacturer has enabled it as yet.
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Electronista, Neowin.net, Pulse2, PhoneArena, VentureBeat, WinRumors, Softpedia News, My Nokia Blog and WMPoweruser
Patrick Condon / Associated Press:
To thwart porn, colleges are buying up .xxx sites — ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as www.KUgirls.xxx and www.KUnurses.xxx. But not because it's planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site or an X-rated gallery of the Nude Girls of the Land of Aaahs.
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Neowin.net, CNET News, Mashable!, Mashable! and Pulse2
Eric Goldman / Techdirt:
The Good And The Bad Of The New OPEN Bill From Wyden And Issa — Sen. Wyden and Rep. Issa have released a draft of OPEN: Online Protection & ENforcement of Digital Trade Act, intended as an alternative to SOPA/PROTECT-IP. See my prior posts opposing SOPA and linkwrapping the discussion.
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WebProNews
Chris Chang / M.I.C. Gadget:
iPhone 4S Receives Network Access Permit, Set to Go On Sale in China This Month — Finally. Apple's iPhone 4S has made progress towards debuting in China. On December 6, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), has officially issued the network access permit for the iPhone 4S.
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BGR, Cult of Mac, Engadget, Fortune, Smash iPhone, Pulse2, iDownloadBlog.com, AllThingsD, CNET News, Electronista, PC Magazine, iClarified and Tech in Asia
The White House:
We Can't Wait: Obama Administration Announces $2 Billion in Resources to Support Job-Creating Startups — Today, the White House announced administrative and private sector actions that will help entrepreneurs grow their businesses and create jobs by increasing their access to capital and resources.
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Pulse2 and Business Week
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
MPAA Boss: If The Chinese Censor The Internet Without A Problem, Why Can't The US? — The MPAA is getting pretty desperate, it seems. MPAA boss Chris Dodd was out trying to defend censoring the internet this week by using China as an example of why censorship isn't a problem. It's kind of shocking, really.
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The Huffington Post, Ars Technica and WebProNews
Nik Cubrilovic / New Web Order:
The Crunchpad is proof of obviousness in the iPad design — The patent case between Apple and Samsung regarding the iPad and Galaxytab has been an ongoing issue. Apple won an injunction against the sale of the Galaxy Tab in Australia, then saw the decision reversed, only for it to be re-applied by a higher court.
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo and OSNews
