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RT @Techmeme: Pandora begins targeting ads by musical taste (@natashanyt / New York Times)

RT @Techmeme: Pandora begins targeting ads by musical taste (@natashanyt / New York Times)

RT @Techmeme: Thousands of visitors to hit with malware attack, researchers say

RT @Techmeme: Thousands of visitors to hit with malware attack, researchers say

RT @Techmeme: Thousands of visitors to hit with malware attack, researchers say

RT @Techmeme: Google Buys Timely Alarm Clock Developer Bitspin, Premium IAP Content Is Now Free

RT @Techmeme: Google Buys Timely Alarm Clock Developer Bitspin, Premium IAP Content Is Now Free

RT @Techmeme: Barnaby Jack, Hacker of ATMs and Pacemakers, Died From an Overdose (@danstuckey / Motherboard)

RT @Techmeme: Barnaby Jack, Hacker of ATMs and Pacemakers, Died From an Overdose (@danstuckey / Motherboard)

RT @Techmeme: Evernote wants to help you "Remember Everything", but is a bug-ridden elephant (@jasonkincaid)

RT @Techmeme: Evernote wants to help you "Remember Everything", but is a bug-ridden elephant (@jasonkincaid)

RT @Techmeme: Candidates' concern about influence of Ballmer and Gates has prolonged Microsoft CEO search

RT @Techmeme: Candidates' concern about influence of Ballmer and Gates has prolonged Microsoft CEO search

RT @Techmeme: Intel plans a CES coup: Android and Windows in the same computer (@starfire2258 / The Verge)

RT @Techmeme: Intel plans a CES coup: Android and Windows in the same computer (@starfire2258 / The Verge)

RT @Techmeme: BlackBerry Sues Ryan Seacrest's Smartphone Keyboard Startup (@xpangler / Variety)

RT @Techmeme: BlackBerry Sues Ryan Seacrest's Smartphone Keyboard Startup (@xpangler / Variety)

Ford CEO Denies Leaving for Microsoft

France fines Google over privacy violations and makes it put a notice on its site

AT&T’s two-sided internet plan Sponsored Data falls under the FCC’s gaze

Sunrise Hits the iPad, Updated for iPhone

New breed of lenders use Facebook and Twitter data to judge borrowers

Security Essentials for Windows XP will die when the OS does

RT @Techmeme: Barnes & Noble Reports Steep Drop in Holiday Sales (@juliebosman / New York Times)

RT @Techmeme: Barnes & Noble Reports Steep Drop in Holiday Sales (@juliebosman / New York Times)

Mr Newton said he expected theses disks would become available “by the end of the year”. He said it also would not be a problem for Samsung to make available players than can read four-layer Blu-ray disks.

Other people familiar with Mulally’s thinking said the Ford executive soured on the Microsoft job in part because of what he perceived to be leaks from Microsoft about the search process. Microsoft’s board has been seeking a new leader since Steve Ballmer said in August he planned to retire within a year. The people familiar with Mulally’s thinking said the Ford CEO also had concerns about the dynamics of Microsoft’s board, including whether Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates remained directors. Other executives who have spoken to Microsoft directors about the CEO post have expressed similar concerns, people familiar with the matter have said.

RT @Techmeme: Target Data Breach Much Worse Than First Thought (@delrey / Re/code)

RT @Techmeme: Target Data Breach Much Worse Than First Thought (@delrey / Re/code)

RT @Techmeme: Graphs of sales market share of mobile platforms compared with those of actual installed base