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Louis Bedigian, Benzinga Staff Writer December 01, 2013 12:55 PM + Follow Print Email Tickers: AAPL, AMZN, DIS, EBAY, GOOG, MSFT, RSOL, SNE, WMT Share:

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In what could be the year's slowest week in technology news, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) made waves after it announced that it sold more than one million Xbox One units.

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) scored a few headlines after it was revealed that the company's CEO fought against any plans to open its stores on Thanksgiving.

Rumors claimed that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was hard at work on its next Kindle Paperwhite.

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) exec chairman confidently said that iOS users will switch to Android and never go back.

And Disney (NYSE: DIS) cut Pixar's workforce after delaying one of the animation studio's films.

Disclosure: At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this slideshow.

Louis Bedigian is the Senior Tech Analyst and Features Writer of Benzinga. You can reach him at louis(at)benzingapro(dot)com. Follow him @LouisBedigianBZ

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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) sold more than one million Xbox One units when the console was released on November 22.

The console was released in 13 markets globally, making it one of the biggest universal launches in history for a new game system.

Sony (NYSE: SNE), however, sold one million PlayStation 4 units in just one territory -- North America.

The Japanese tech giant is expected to sell millions more now that the console is available in Europe.

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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook is not a fan of the trend surrounding Black Friday.

Instead of opening at 6:00 a.m. on the Friday after Thanksgiving, many open at 6:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, the night before.

But Cook reportedly stepped in and stopped the company from opening any stores on Thanksgiving.

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Does Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) ever sleep?

The online retail giant is already developing the next-gen Kindle Paperwhite.

The new e-reader is expected to come with a 300 ppi display, squeezable edges that function as page-turning buttons and a number of other enhancements.

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Google Thinks People Will Switch To Android And Never Go Back To iOS Previous 1/11 Next

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt, is confident that Android users will remain with Android for life.

Assuming they came from iOS, that is.

He wrote on the matter this week, saying,

"Like the people who moved from PCs to Macs and never switched back, you will switch from iPhone to Android and never switch back as everything will be in the cloud, backed up, and there are so many choices for you."

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Should it surprise anyone that on the cusp of Cyber Monday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was crowned the supreme ruler of mobile commerce?

Amazon's dominance is followed by eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT).

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The Good Dinosaur may turn out to be a great film, but Disney (NYSE: DIS) was not convinced that it was ready for release in summer 2014.

The studio delayed the film's release by roughly 18 months.

As a result, Disney has now decided to reduce Pixar's workforce and lay off an unspecified number of employees.

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Many have dreamed of the day when new organs could be created in a lab.

But what about an organ that's built using a 3D printer?

It's a radical idea that might come to fruition at some point in the future.

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Could it be true? Will a daring manufacturer give away a smartphone -- and team up with a carrier to offer special data plans -- for free?

Some experts think so, arguing that it is only a matter of time before a free ad-supported phone surfaces.

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Real Goods Solar (NASDAQ: RSOL) CFO Tony DiPaolo told Benzinga Pro's Brent Slava that the company is quickly moving toward break-even.

"We expect that our adjusted EBITDA number will be right at break-even to slightly positive," said DiPaolo, referring to the firm's fourth quarter expectations.

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