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Stories of the day:

• 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' is a middling return to Middle-earth
• Google makes Gmail sync harder on rival platforms by dropping Exchange ActiveSync for consumers
• US blocks UN telecoms treaty over fears of internet regulation

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