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Today's Top Stories // Jan 29, 2013

Apple Debuts 128GB Fourth Generation Retina iPad, $799 For Wi-Fi, $929 For Wi-Fi + Cellular, On Sale Feb. 5

Rumors turned out to be correct, and Apple has launched a 128GB version of the fourth generation iPad with Retina Display. The 128GB version comes in both Wi-Fi... read more

Jody Sherman, Ecomom Founder And Longtime Web Entrepreneur, Has Died

Jody Sherman, a longtime web entrepreneur most recently known as the co-founder and CEO of healthy kids products site Ecomom, has passed away. He was 47.... read more

We'll Publish Your Story If CNET Won't

Editorial independence is kind of a polemic at TechCrunch. When our corporate parent, a sister or an advertiser might have an issue with a story, we write it... read more

We're *This Close* To An iPhone 5 Jailbreak - And It May Arrive As Soon As Sunday

A jailbreak for the iPhone 5 is, after all this time, about to become a reality. The talented hackers, who spend their days searching through iOS code in the... read more

Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium Arrives (Half A Decade Too Late)

In 2006, Google announced its first public release of what later became Google Docs, today known as Google Drive. It's 2013, and only now does it feel like... read more

Realtime Political Fact-Checking Becomes A Reality With WaPo's 'Truth Teller'

We are coming closer to a reality where no politician can ever spread well-known lies. Today, exclusively with TechCrunch, The Washington Post has launched a... read more

XBMC 12 Frodo Arrives, Bringing Raspberry Pi And Android Versions, AirPlay Audio For Windows And 64bit OS X Support

XBMC launched version 12.0 (codenamed Frodo) of its media center software today, bringing a ton of new features and opening up support to new platforms. As a... read more

Amazon Focuses On Cloud Video With Elastic Transcoder Services, Price-Busting + Available Everywhere

Another move today from Amazon that speaks to its growing presence in content delivery and enterprise services, done at competition-beating prices: today the... read more

WebEx Co-Founder Launches Moxtra, A Fresh Take On Collaboration And Collection For iPad And Web

A couple of weeks ago I reported about the upcoming launch of Moxtra, a new tool from a group including many former WebEx folks that was starting a private beta... read more

UPDATED: Facebook Hit By Extended Outage In Several Countries

Facebook is back online for everyone, according to Downrightnow and the company. A spokesperson said:... read more

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