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Tweet Microsoft has released Windows 10 Mobile build 15240 to the Slow ring for Insiders. As usual, the company hasn’t made any kind of announcement about it, or updated its original blog post. Read more… Neowin

Tweet A Minnesota judge has granted Edina Police a warrant requiring Google to provide personal info on anyone who searched for a certain name – but the warrant is not just limited to the citizens of Edina. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Scientists have released huge amounts of data to the public this week to obtain help in the difficult task of analysis. Meanwhile, the search for dark matter is at full speed around the globe. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Earlier today I reported that AT&T and T-Mobile will both be offering the Galaxy Note 3 and the Galaxy Gear in October. Verizon’s preorder page went live this morning, and it too will start shipping devices by October 10. A 32GB Galaxy Note 3 costs $ 299.99 on Verizon with a two-year contract, the same price as AT&T. The Galaxy Gear costs $ 299.99 as well, but you can…

Tweet Earlier today, Paul Thurrott let off some steam (granted, he’s never been very shy about that), ranting about the perceived notion that Microsoft has taken to copying Apple when it should be, in Thurrott’s estimation, copying Google instead. In making his points in a blog post titled Microsoft is Copying the Wrong Company, Thurrott lets slip a number of factual errors in coming to his conclusions (although of course…