A summary of the links we shared throughout the day to our Twitter account @WinObs
- The best of the rest: Ars staffers’ favorite games of 2013 | Ars Technica
- The 20 best (and three most disappointing) video games of 2013 | Ars Technica
- Valve's servers, Left 4 Dead? Steam goes down after Christmas game giveaway – GeekWire
- Techmeme: Online retailers mine transaction data to discourage returns, a growing problem (Shelly Banjo/Wall Street Journal)
- Mediagazer: Mobile photography magazine FLTR launches as iPhone-only app (Rachel Bartlett/Journalism.co.uk)
- Turn Twitter Into Your Own Personal TV Show With Stevie – AllTwitter
- Valve offering 'Left 4 Dead 2' free until 1 p.m. ET Thursday – Neowin
- Taiwan Fines Apple for iPhone Price-Plan Meddling – Jenny W. Hsu – Media – AllThingsD
- Techmeme: Analysis: In telecom merger mania, skeptical eye from Obama administration (Reuters)
- Techmeme: Target Denies Report That PINs Were Stolen In Data Breach (Adam Harrington/CBS New York)
- NPD: Chromebooks claim 21 percent of all U.S. notebook sales so far in 2013 – Neowin
- Techmeme: Surge of online orders causes fulfillment, delivery delays, frustrates customers on Christmas (Shelly Banjo/Wall Street Journal)
- Google files lawsuit to fight off patent consortium that includes Microsoft – Neowin
- Co-founder officially drops bid for BlackBerry | Mobile – CNET News
- NASA uses Microsoft's Kinect for Windows v2 for robotic research – Neowin
- Rumor: Apple may launch a bigger iPhone in May 2014 – Neowin
- Break blocks with bouncing balls in ‘Toy Story: Smash It!’ for Windows Phone – The Fire Hose – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- PowerTip: Add Computer to Security Group with PowerShell – Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- 2013: The amazing year that was – MSDN Blogs
- Authenticate your SharePoint website users with Facebook !! – MEA Center of Expertise – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Techmeme: Google punishes Rap Genius in search ranking for SEO practices, founders seek resolution (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)
- Arduino Explained – Hobbyist Electronics to Earth Orbit
- December in Latin America: Tech News you Shouldn’t Miss
- Microsoft Download Center: Windows Server 2012 R2 Test Lab Guide – AVIRAJ AJGEKAR'S BLOG… – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Second half of Countdown to 2014 Xbox 360 game download sale begins – Neowin
- Five suggestions for your new Windows 8/8.1 devices | WindowsObserver.com
- Happy Holidays… | Coding4Fun Blog | Channel 9
- Mediagazer: Lyrics site Rap Genius admits to SEO chicanery in an open letter to Google (Nate Ralph/VentureBeat)
- Happy Holidays with Power BI, Part 2: Tracking Santa with Power Map – MSDN Blogs