This is The Briefing, a ten-minute-or-less podcast of tech news, for the week ending May 4, 2013. In this edition: Microsoft hit by lawsuit over Skype, eSports league caught Bitcoin mining on gamers’ computers, and Google in trouble in the UK over tax.

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Host: Terence Huynh

Length: 4:03

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/2/4292976/intel-brian-krzanich-ceo

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57582349-38/microsoft-hit-by-patent-lawsuit-over-skype/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57582167-93/despite-complaints-of-spamming-path-stands-by-its-apps-invitation-process/

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/341740,kogan-mobile-claims-victory-in-ispone-battle.aspx

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/05/esea/

http://gawker.com/massive-bitcoin-business-partnership-devolves-into-75-487857656

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/01/us-tax-uk-inquiry-idUSBRE94005H20130501

http://theweek.com/article/index/243497/why-cern-is-recreating-the-very-first-web-page