• AT&T to acquire Leap Wireless in $1.2 billion deal – Leap Wireless is better known as Cricket. AT&T’s in it for the spectrum and getting further into the budget phone market. But AT&T agrees to buy Leap Wireless: Will regulators let this one through?
• How the U.S. is forcing Internet firms’ hands on surveillance – CNet writes that if companies don’t cooperate, the feds get a warrant and install their own data-collection devices on the networks.
• Rumor: Apple buys into chip fab, plans to build its own silicon – It’s reportedly part of Apple’s attempt to end its reliance on rival Samsung for its chips.
• More Claims of No Retina iPad Mini Until Early 2014 – Retina screen supply constraints are the issue, according to an Asian publication.
• Microsoft Sues U.S. Customs for Failed Google Phone Ban – The International Trade Commission ordered the ban, but U.S. Customs didn’t enforce it, Microsoft says.
• Meet Terry Myerson, the most important man at Microsoft – After the reorganization, he’s the man in charge of Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox.
• New Bluetooth, audio, TPM requirements coming for Windows 8 devices – The new requirements were introduced during a session at this week’s Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston.
• Android Fragmentation Concerns Overblown, Says Guy Who Helped Develop Android – Techies and developers may care about fragmentation, but your mom? Not so much.
• Hulu Owners Call Off Sale, Instead Pledging to Invest to Take On Rivals – With no bids to its liking, Hulu decides to it alone and bulk up.
• Scoop: Intel’s upcoming TV service is going to be called OnCue – Based on trademark filings in multiple countries.
• Icahn Adds Perk to Dell Offer in Latest Buyout Challenge – Carl Icahn hopes to derail founder Michael Dell’s own buyout offer.
• Amar G. Bose, Acoustic Engineer and Inventor, Dies at 83 – He founded the maker of high-end audio equipment that bears his name.