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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- August 10, 2011

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How Anonymous Could Attack Facebook - If It Really Wants To
App Moves Users Closer to Facebook, Further From Phone Numbers
The Social Game Changers
PiTiVi: A Solid B-Lister of a Movie-Maker
Paper Pushers Turn to Tablets

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Today's Story Highlights

How Anonymous Could Attack Facebook - If It Really Wants To
Could Facebook be the next target in hacker group Anonymous' crosshairs?
A tweet from the Twitter handle "OP_Facebook" -- which is labeled
"Anonymous" yet had only a single tweet in its history as of mid-day
Wednesday -- urged readers to go to a Pirate Bay Web page or watch a
YouTube video in which a threat is made to attack Facebook on Nov. 5.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73048.html

App Moves Users Closer to Facebook, Further From Phone Numbers
Facebook launched a new mobile app Tuesday that provides SMS and
Facebook messaging services as well as group chats between phone
contacts and Facebook friends. By Wednesday morning, the app topped the
list of free apps in the iTunes store. The feature is a challenge to
traditional messaging and could take on competitors such as Research In
Motion's BlackBerry Messenger.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73047.html

The Social Game Changers
Once considered the red-headed stepchild of the gaming industry, social
gaming is finally taking its rightful place at the table. The free-to-
play model has surged to the forefront of next-generation gaming, while
console game companies and traditional game developers have faltered by
the wayside.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73046.html

PiTiVi: A Solid B-Lister of a Movie-Maker
PiTiVi is a GTK-based film editor that shows promise but lacks enough
refinement to be much more than a "lite" version of other film packages.
Its interface is simple enough to use as it was designed, with both
newbie and seasoned film fanciers in mind. PiTiVi was created in 2004 by
a team of student developers. Recent versions are rewritten in Python
and wrap around the GStreamer Multimedia Framework.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73038.html

Paper Pushers Turn to Tablets
Two major publishers -- the Tribune Co. and the Philadelphia Media
Network, or PMN -- plan to offer long-term subscribers free or heavily
subsidized tablet readers. The Tribune is reportedly developing an
Android tablet. PMN plans to offer deeply discounted Android tablets
together with applications developed in-house. Whether or not they can
pull off these programs is open to question.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73041.html

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