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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- June 8, 2011

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Headline Scan
Facebook Facial Recognition Creeps Out Privacy Partisans
Hidden in Plain Sight: A Missing Branch on the Tree of Life
Audio Tag Tool: The Manic Music Librarian's Friend
All Systems Go as Clock Ticks Down to World IPv6 Day
Nintendo Eschews Simplicity With New Wii U Controller

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Today's Story Highlights

Facebook Facial Recognition Creeps Out Privacy Partisans
Facebook has begun rolling out worldwide a tag suggestions feature that
uses facial recognition software to automatically suggest tags for the
faces appearing in new photos uploaded to its site. The announcement has
raised concerns that the feature will impinge upon users' privacy.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72613.html

Hidden in Plain Sight: A Missing Branch on the Tree of Life
It must have been a heart-stopping moment four centuries ago when the
earliest users of the original optical microscope first peered through
the device at a drop of pond water. Although that water had surely
appeared clear to the naked eye, a virtual parade of unfamiliar and even
sinister-looking blobs must have seemed to take its place under the
microscope.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72595.html

Audio Tag Tool: The Manic Music Librarian's Friend
The Linux OS makes listening to your music collection quick and simple.
For instance, Xine, MPlayer and Amarok let you track and play your
musical selections with a point and a click. In fact, we have reviewed
these and other audio players in this space. Not so easy to manage,
however, is labeling your tracks and filing unique notes to help you
locate specific tunes and albums.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72604.html

All Systems Go as Clock Ticks Down to World IPv6 Day
At this writing, the start of World IPv6 Day is a few short hours off,
but if it's June 8, and you're reading this after having accessed it via
a Google or Yahoo search, then World IPv6 day has been a success. Not
that the chances are big that you'll be stymied in your attempts to
navigate the Web. With the giants of the Internet prepping for this day
for a year, the concerns over possible failure are slight.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72608.html

Nintendo Eschews Simplicity With New Wii U Controller
Nintendo unveiled a new touchscreen controller for its upcoming Wii U
gaming console at an E3 presentation Tuesday that was hosted by Nintendo
legend Shigeru Miyamoto, President Satoru Iwata, and Nintendo of America
President Reggie Fils-Aime. The new Wii U controller includes a
microphone, face and trigger buttons, speakers, a gyroscope, a rumble
feature and an inward-facing camera.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72606.html

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