1. One in 10 Frenchmen are rocking a Windows Phone
2. And while we're in France, their carmakers are fans of Melbourne
3. Turns out Microsoft's poorly judged bet on Surface RT wasn't the worst mobility punt this year
4. Steve Ballmer gets the Justin Bieber treatment. Can we call them "Ball-eibers"?
5. We know tech tycoons do business over dinner. We'd like to know what they ate
6. If we need help figuring out how to format a spreadsheet, Data#3 can help
7. Ingram Australia has had its annus horribilis. 2013 might be its annus mirabilis (thanks Wikipedia)
8. The channel giveth (sales) and the channel taketh away (profits)
9. Intel's plan is more about TV channels than IT sales channels
10. Investors want to shut the "gates" on Microsoft's founder (sorry)