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iPad Mini Display Under The Microscope: Not As Good As iPad 4th Gen, But Much Better Than iPad 2view story

http://techcrunch.com – The iPad mini may have a display that’s being singled out in most reviews as being below Apple’s recent standards, but a look under the microscope by Repair Labs affirms what I’ve been noticing in person: while the mini definitely doesn’t offer the same kind of quality as an iPad with Retina Display (3rd or 4th gen), its screen is a big step up from the 2nd-generation iPad. (IT news)

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"No thanks, I got Linux." October 26thview story

http://crunchbang.org – I really wish I had the money to donate.  I know how hard the dev's work to keep all of us happy!  Happy to not be using MS that is!  Free is a misnomer here as "time is money" and it takes a lot of time to get whatever distro your using up to it's current standards.  I also know it's hard to make everyone happy all the time!  That said, for now my (HowTos)

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T-Mobile and AT&T agree to let customers share networks in hurricane aftermathview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – AT&T and T-Mobile announced an agreement today to help customers of both carriers who are located in Hurricane Sandy’s heavily impacted areas. The agreement enables customers of either network to roam on the other network in a seamless fashion as if they were on their primary network. Roaming in the impacted areas will not result in any additional fees. (IT news)

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iPad Mini Ship Times Now At Two Weeks For All Wi-Fi Modelsview story

http://techcrunch.com – Apple’s iPad mini shipping times have slipped to a minimum of two weeks across the board, including for Wi-Fi only versions, which were the only ones initially set for an earlier, November 2 delivery. (IT news)

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Vodafone To Launch Mobile Wallet Service Next Year; Inks Deals With M-Commerce Company, CorFire, Digital Security Firm Gemaltoview story

http://techcrunch.com – Yet another mobile wallet is lining up to replace your leather-wrapped bundle of plastic: Vodafone Group, which owns and operates the Vodafone mobile carrier brands, is partnering with m-commerce company CorFire to bring NFC-powered mobile wallet capabilities to its smartphone users next year. (IT news)

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Battling Amazon: Pearson And Bertelsmann To Form Global Consumer Publishing Giant, Penguin Random House, To Build “New Digital Publishing Models”view story

http://techcrunch.com – Publishing giants Pearson and Bertelsmann have announced they are creating a joint venture to pool their respective consumer publishing businesses, Penguin and Random House, in a bid to go the distance in the digital age. Penguin and Random House will combine to form a JV named Penguin Random House, the pair said today, with Bertelsmann owning 53 percent of the new JV and Pearson owning 47 percent (IT news)

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Tracker 0.14.3 Has Lots of Fixesview story

http://news.softpedia.com – Tracker, a semantic data storage for desktop and mobile devices that uses W3C standards for RDF ontologies using Nepomuk with SPARQL to query and update the data, has just reached version 0.14.3.The number of changes in Tracker 0.14.3 is staggering, including bug fixes and new features. (General)

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Tim Cook: Customers Choose To Buy Our Products Because We Don’t Cut Cornersview story

http://techcrunch.com – During the Q4 2012 earnings call today, Tim Cook fielded a question regarding the upcoming strong financial push that Apple will be making this holiday season. As you know, Apple had a strong Q4 and has just re-launched its complete lineup of products. (IT news)

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Ubuntu Founder Takes Aim at Red Hatview story

http://www.thevarguy.com – Canonical has suffered more than a little flack over the years for what some critics call a lack of openness in Ubuntu development. But if one agrees with Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth, the truly closed platforms are Ubuntu’s competitors, especially Red Hat. At least, that’s what Shuttleworth had to say recently on his blog. (IT news)

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Foxconn Denies Strike At iPhone 5 Plant — But Says Apple Asked It To Improve Quality Controlview story

http://techcrunch.com – Electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn has denied earlier reports that thousands of workers went on strike on Friday at a plant that assembles Apple’s latest iPhone — reportedly causing production of the device to be “paralysed”. (IT news)