ABT News 12/19/12
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News
Google sells Motorola set-top division to Arris Group for $2.35 billion
ReportTT: Apple Television not coming anytime soon
Kodak to sell patent portfolio for $525 million
Intel Wins Ethernet Data Communication Patent Fight
Opera confirms its Devices SDK is behind Boxee TV’s HTML5 apps
Redbox Instant launches private beta for video streaming
Mobile
EA launches its big holiday sale, more cheap apps as well
Boost Mobile to throttle data speed of unlimited data plan after 2.5GB
Forrester: 19% of U.S. consumers now use tablets
Alleged shots of Acer’s first Jelly Bean smartphone pop up on Chinese site
Vudu launches movie streaming / downloads to Android tablets, Xbox 360 app supports 1080p
Samsung acknowledges Exynos vulnerability, going to update ‘as quickly as possible’
Google Maps said to drive 29 percent iOS 6 adoption spike
Gaming
THQ files for bankruptcy protections, sells assets to Clearlake for $60 million
Nintendo TVii service coming to Wii U on December 20 in US and Canada
Nintendo DS Becomes World’s Best Selling Video Game Console Ever
Thieves steal 7,000 Wii Us worth $2.28m from a Seattle airport
Humble Bundle returns to indie roots
Linked by Techreport.com
Valve hauls down The War Z, offers refunds
Reviews/Hardware
Digital Storm Fixes Noise Issues with Bolt PC and Throws in Better Components To Boot
Hot Deals of the Day: Dell XPS 13 Core i5-Based Ultrabook and More
Corsair Neutron & Neutron GTX: All Capacities Tested
OWC Premium SandForce-Based Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 240GB SSD is Blazing Fast!
Samsung’s 840 Pro Series SSD reviewed
Samsung Galaxy S3 Smartphone SPH-L710
Other
SIGGRAPH Asia OpenGL Presentations Available
Amid Newtown tragedy, scam artists creep in
My favorite viral video of the week turns out to be a dirty fake
After Sandy Hook, Senator calls for violent video game probe
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