Links for Monday December 16^th, 2013

• How long do disk drives last?: I thought this was a pretty interesting study. It's pretty amazing that hard drives work at all, but the fact that you can expect 3 years of reliable operation seems to be pretty good to me.

• Exclusive: NFL, DirecTV agree to framework for Sunday Ticket deal: This is a bummer. I wish that Google or Apple would have made a stronger play for this.

• AT&T CEO: Carriers Can't Afford Big Subsidies for Devices Any Longer: I really love it when the CEOs of mega-profitable companies claim that their company is poor.

• iPod and Nest Creator Tony Fadell May Have Purchased (RED) EarPods and Mac Pro for $1.4 Million: Jealous.