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Dell committee says Icahn’s new proposal is not ‘actionable’

A Dell special committee has rejected a new proposal from a key shareholder Carl C. Icahn, and said it will continue to support the proposal by founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners to take the company private

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Don’t panic! It’s just that Facebook has been down

Facebook has been down on Tuesday night, giving users error messages or long response times.

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Video mocks Samsung’s (lack of) design principles

Remember that video last week, offering Apple’s deeply held views about design? Well, here’s one that suggests Samsung believes in, well, cloning.

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Apple could include LinkedIn for deep iOS 7 integration

So far, Twitter is the only social network to get the full red carpet on iOS 7, but that could change. [Read more]

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 incinerates the competition

We got an early chance to benchmark the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800.

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Redesigned iPad Mini may arrive before Retina: DisplaySearch

The next iPad Mini may not be the Retina version, says NPD DisplaySearch. It could be a version with a faster chip — and possibly thinner too. [Read more]

MRI reveals kids with autism may find human voices irritating

Using MRI to measure brain activity, researchers at Stanford find that kids with autism have a weaker connection between language and reward centers than kids without autism. [Read more]

Dish steps down from Sprint merger to clear way for Clearwire

After a months-long battle between Dish and SoftBank over Sprint, the satellite company abandons its $25.5 billion bid for the wireless carrier to focus on “completing the Clearwire tender offer.” [Read more]

Dish won’t make new bid for Sprint, clearing path for SoftBank

Dish Network won’t try to beat SoftBank’s US$21.6 billion bid for Sprint Nextel, apparently clearing the way for the Japanese service provider to buy Sprint.

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Candy Crush Saga creator appears sweet on an IPO

King, developer of the popular puzzle game, is in talks with several banks about going public, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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