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Storm Knocks Out Amazon’s Power, Taking Down Instagram, Netflix, Pinterest

A deadly storm knocks out power at Amazon’s cloud data center, marking the second major service outage in as many years.
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Twitter Cuts Off LinkedIn — Who’s Next?

A PSA for developers: Think hard on the next Twitter-based app you create.
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Microsoft’s Top Liaison to PC Makers to Leave Post

The move comes just days after Microsoft introduced the Surface tablet, its first effort to compete with its computer maker partners in the market for Windows computers.
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RIM May Not Survive, but Its Founders’ Nonprofit Side Projects Will

Like the BlackBerry? Too bad. Fancy theoretical physics or global governance? RIM’s founders have funded two nonprofits that are on far more solid ground.
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Apple Wins Order Barring Sales of Samsung Galaxy Nexus Phone

Apple has won an injunction barring sales of the Galaxy Nexus, the second win in a week for the company in its high-stakes patent war with Samsung.
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FTC Requests Documents From Google in Probe Over Motorola Patents

Google has another regulatory headache on its hands.
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HTC One V Lands at Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile’s latest Android smartphone is here, and it’s a lot cheaper than the iPhone.
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By the Big Numbers: The Apple iPhone, Five Years Later (Infographic)

“Siri, what type of cake do smartphones eat?” One with a lot of candles. The iPhone’s fifth birthday, by the numbers.
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Google’s Nexus 7 Tablet Headed to Retail Shelves

GameStop is the first to announce its plans to carry the Asus-made tablet, with pre-orders starting Friday.
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On the Big Screen: Surface Beats Retina

Both Apple and Microsoft made big product announcements within a few days of each other this month, and with so much buzz in the air, it was hard to tell who was winning.
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RIM Earnings: Oh, the Humanity!