| ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vh0mT23EPBkQIxGLf8nDyZ4DQENG8at_Rxfs-ohGjuX6S9Dm5AjNg2-2HYCxhFz8-EfQQC5fvaVK67yQMz-a--mwUDomWHYmYQsjA6s6xcUy87QP3j3E5DF7BR91xWswHeLkHcIlp5V27Otg=s0-d) ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sL3uFFNw35N9O-UF10qdS_Pk0_gCX0kc0jUCsROblnRywlxqFE0NYRRoFPeZrz-PdcNDiqf6o-d1bHjXabM4zWLoxeXe4Y_xrhs3pIM2YXvABrIQ5Lev0lkcagaXD89UtYS2e018khM0JtGrvXw9XdggfAUVrXQQ=s0-d) | 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 | | ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uMKtvNPwn4Rc-P3TdWGdGWIlymWFOSvstCgthFMETXeGl-4H9ScuoiSnaPWHTh66HIrEIJxpIyPgQQnkcOO10Arw0-YBwMfyEyRaPJSNa_Z26lmO9XrLO6xNKxhsJTZ0iJEc2RgVo8YVnirWQ1X-u87dxar2n5=s0-d) | 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 | | ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tk9hLOgdRpzYSoSrOgSbzuu3mwIyCrUM-JXRYNB3W-v4rfD08vx53BLnbzobU6vhwlulhN6TS3F30OMuDL5Hz6HnOwUQ7nYK7LMccd0BFKbjqBrznrmZivJdSv3jXuslMJl8EQE5mFfNY_QFAmkTJFFmwMXU4NSTmoO8Qyz8KK=s0-d) | 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 | | | | ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_srGx4Ia2zJyzWeiDdkvqdfJ3BF-9nef_aCyaG_uymtshmU3YBK1OfDuUOegSRiqK_vENx4U2WI1cvO86HfGrfDBPzk125CVQWBOZIMe4D2BNm_RH1bk7Jg0TlaKgdJVgfFvTseDqUuryu9QAy5rg8EsCx8FA=s0-d) | 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 | | ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vLVJYXJCvq8hXtw7DzCSTf9q8o0kV1frAWIMntlOACfoYiL4uH9gU1JUFh2izY7rYWyvlM5lem5DDxMx9cSeHibp9nyAbvU849Q8Tle8dGptgmwExN9eXk3UBm3ZrDLUviYipw1PIj2RjumHHYm-KKltCtmf4fK4NpbfpibusrP5oX=s0-d) | 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 | | ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tnzfYi578G1yKIlyyZqRPuYJLXf6-1f4xLjk09PErRUvgIp9nGivhsjaUWlQmbRbQVhbidrfyRPnsKVwx4HX3DZyOcfIP2FYets4-WO14ikMLJ5hDK-S2Wbvr71wShPUMq_8eem2eQFRbpYxrL8Z5etrahAmOcXxejpvs=s0-d) | 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 | | ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_up6lXcXbKrUORtYXpQRaTdYykWX_eDfLJKZ46Fmwuv250biGeXgfLmJLR_Lh_bpeFcxSanJp0_DXqzJmh2JuMJBJM_iHAAhfBiDkHVs4YQB2GNGzWFJxn17AgUPT0NJYRaXr2s9iFqg68umPltMtdoIUGF97g=s0-d) | 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 | | ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sJcToiOTv7GbJbT2tlgnNs181TwHObMxwgUa-sFRYfAGqvjgdtJOcUaqb1CPeLdVtxUM5nL5A4Ec3apC4IOI3rbISHPamsgk3jUnfTYcYV9iD-8_nP2rf2K96FcbR9OyzObHxt3pywk9YLJ1HVBAagzwFlcgE=s0-d) | 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 | | ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ve2rMut8iQ6TDoQYYPT4sJ_Wcu_l0MMR1qo-vcd5SRz_bSBn9ynZmptKSvJDc9uxCmRQzn42C2lWMsa9mYHC-6cUbqeQyVUppQBQKqYIhiVX4RkCoESotloh4F9FgOH8ma9C465HZHhPKNygDHxIlZdP2Mk-SrDI8uFaNb=s0-d) | 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 | | ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sAaKKhxP1RVD_ZZPTUSV_XUWZRRCcKuVx8VMdZRSItfGlHG9ood1OzzIrQJ1f0FoNCODcpx68qVWXfSzJZ7PEegvSjDscvHr4qvTn7vMZsCny_gQNC6bZvz9qwsCrqjikfpSgJrjesGBjn-Q4m9I4U3tIuRD1kO59_btbaBNX_VyM=s0-d) | 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. | | |