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• Dell may be close to finalising buyout deal

  Dell reportedly is closing in on finalising a deal to take the company private, and all the speculation is shining a renewed spotlight on the PC maker, say analysts.

• Lenovo buying RIM? Not necessarily

  Lenovo played down reports that it was interested in buying Research In Motion, saying that the BlackBerry maker was one of many companies it was looking at as a potential takeover target.

• Smartphone world to get two new OS' in 2013

  Smartphones running Mozilla Firefox and Jolla Sailfish will launch separately in 2013 amid a crowded smartphone market.

• Hottest Android news and rumours for the week ending January 11, CES-style

  ZTE and Huawei took home most of the device-related headlines from this year's International CES in Las Vegas, which didn't exactly provide an earthshaking amount of Android news for a show of its size. Nevertheless, the companies both demonstrated strong new offerings, and other players, including Samsung and Sony, made their own hardware-related waves.

• Apple faces tough choice on cheaper iPhone

  Renewed talk of a cheaper iPhone shuffled into view this week, with sources as varied as the spotty DigiTimes to the more mainstream Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg claiming Apple will enter the low-price fray this year.

• Sprint confirms plan to buy rest of Clearwire for $2 billion

  Sprint today formally announced its plan to shell out $2.1 billion to buy the remaining 49% of Clearwire that it doesn't already own. The move gives Sprint direct access to Clearwire's extensive spectrum portfolio, just as the carrier is set to reap some $20 billion on cash from its acquisition by SoftBank.

• McAfee expelled from Guatemala, headed back to U.S.

  The antivirus pioneer John McAfee is headed back to the United States after authorities in Guatemala expelled him earlier today for illegally entering the country in an attempt to escape authorities in Belize, where he is wanted for questioning in connection with a murder.

• Google CEO Page said to meet with FTC

  Google CEO Larry Page met with officials from the FTC this week in an attempt to convince regulators that the company hasn't broken antitrust laws, reports say.

• Apple reportedly fires Maps chief as part of project's overhaul

  Apple reportedly has fired the executive in charge of its mapping software, in a bid to get the troubled but strategic project back on track.

• Bloomberg opens platform for third-party apps

  Bloomberg has launched an app portal that will allow subscribers of its financial information service to access additional third-party functionality, and even contribute apps of their own.

• NYC shuts parts of lower Manhattan, other areas due to hurricane

  Parts of New York City received mandatory evacuation notices from the governor's office as Hurricane Sandy came ashore Monday. Along with other businesses in the city's financial district, the New York Stock Exchange voluntarily shut down.

• Trade judge rules Samsung infringed Apple phone patents

  Samsung is guilty of infringing four Apple patents, according to a ruling Tuesday by a U.S. trade judge. The legal victory is Apple's latest in its ongoing battle with arch rival Samsung.

• Report: Google, Intel among Chinese hacker targets

  Cyberspies from China have hit 760 companies, research institutions, ISPs and government agencies over the past decade, according to a <a href="http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-13/china-based-hacking-of-760-companies-reflects-undeclared-global-cyber-war?category=%2Fnews%2Fmostread%2F">Bloomberg article</a> published Tuesday.

• Bloomberg CIO deals with stock market data surge

  Ever since Standard &amp; Poor's downgraded the U.S. government's credit rating last week, the global financial markets have been on a wild ride.

• Cloud delivering best ROI for CIOs: Survey

  A survey of 100 CIOs and IT leaders in the US by media company Bloomberg has revelaed IT spending is on the up and more money will go towards managed services with Cloud investments starting to pay dividends.