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 | Darrell Etherington Rumors around the iPad mini are understandably reaching a fever pitch now that an announcement seems likely for Oct. 23, and a new one over the weekend claims... read more | |  | Frederic Lardinois The official Windows 8 launch is less than two weeks away and judging by much of the commentary ahead of the consumer launch, you'd think that Windows 8 on the... read more | |  | Natasha Lomas The Raspberry Pi mini computer just got a RAM upgrade -- from 256MB to 512MB -- but the $35 price-tag is staying the same. Eben Upton, chip design and founder... read more | | | |  | John Biggs The Kindle DX (artist's rendition shown here), Amazon's 10-inch offering to the academic set, has been discontinued on the site and is only available from used... read more | |  | Ryan Lawler Microsoft will soon become the next player to enter the streaming music business, with a service that will see it competing against the likes of Spotify and... read more | |  | Darrell Etherington Apple and Samsung depend heavily on one another, despite the fact that they're also at each other's throats in intellectual property legal disputes around the... read more | |  | Natasha Lomas Amazon is in "advanced negotiations" to buy Texas Instruments' mobile chip business, according to Israeli newspaper Calcalist, with the price expected to be in... read more | |  | John Biggs Is it a cognitive burden or much better than you think? While I'm going to side with both camps - I think Windows 8 is going to confuse a hell of a lot of... read more | |  | Ingrid Lunden Softbank has confirmed the news that it is buying Sprint, the third-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., for $20.1 billion (¥1.571 trillion). In fact, this is... read more | |  | Josh Constine Lying's a lot harder than it used to be. Examples --Boss: "Where are you?" Employee: "On my way to the office." Boss: "Show me." ||| Mom: "Where are you?" Son:... read more | | | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |
