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Top Stories of the Day // February 5, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Feb 5, 2013

Dell Goes Private In $24.4 Billion Leveraged Buyout Deal By Michael Dell And Partners

Dell has indeed made the decision to go private, according to reports today from The AP and other sources. The deal reportedly involves a leveraged buyout worth... read more

Apple's 128GB iPad Goes On Sale, Just Ahead Of Microsoft's Surface Pro Launch

Apple has started selling the capacious new 128GB iPad, the latest update to its fourth-generation Retina Display-sporting tablet design. The 9.7-inch iPad is... read more

BlackBerry Z10 Selling In "Large Numbers", Says BlackBerry -- Some U.K. Retailers Sold Out Over The Weekend

The company formerly known as RIM is holding its first developer event in Europe since launching its new BlackBerry 10 platform last Wednesday. Speaking at the... read more

Would Love 2 Emerges To Give Facebook 'Dating' App Bang With Friends Some European Competition

Well that was quick. Bang With Friends, the controversial Facebook app that lets you privately nominate who in your friends network you want to hook up with and... read more

Amazon Launches 'Amazon Coins' In Its First Move Into Virtual Currency, Targets Apps And Games On Kindle Fire

Amazon has just announced a new virtual currency for Kindle Fire owners to use on in-app purchases, app purchases, etc. in the Amazon Appstore.... read more

Sellfy, The One-Click E-Commerce Platform For Self-Publishers, Adds Stripe, Paymill Credit Card Processing

Sellfy, the one-click e-commerce platform for self-publishers, has expanded its payment options beyond PayPal to now include credit card processing via Stripe... read more

OUYA Android Game Console To Launch At Retail In June With Amazon, Best Buy, Target And GameStop

The little Android-based gaming console that could is in on track for March as promised for Kickstarter backers, but the public launch in June looks to be an... read more

With $100M From The Gates Foundation & Others, inBloom Wants To Transform Education By Unleashing Its Data

In 2012, the buzz around education technology reached new heights and, with the new year now underway, the hype surrounding the potential transformative impact... read more

North Korea Steals Stirring Blast Footage From Activision's Modern Warfare 3

If you watch one paranoid fever dream video of a missle-blown New York set to a Muzak version of "We Are The World," make it this one. While the prospect of... read more

Logitech To Launch Its Pint-Sized UltraThin iPad Mini Keyboard This Month

Logitech's UltraThin iPad keyboard has been a favored traveling companion of mine since it came out on top of Matt's keyboard case review battle, but the... read more

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