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Tech News Flash: Friday -- August 12, 2011

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Acer's Latest Iconia Tablet May Run Out of Gas
Google+ Gives Game Makers Fresh Fields to Sow
The UK Riots, RIM and the Price of Privacy
Linux Distros: When It Absolutely, Positively Has to Be Secure
What Happens When Apple's Rules Stop Making Sense

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Podcast
The Patent World War (12:47 minutes)
In this episode: Apple scores a win against Samsung with an injunction
that blocks the Korean gadget maker from selling the Galaxy Tab in most
European countries; Amazon skirts Apple's iOS in-app sales rules with a
Web app version of its popular Kindle e-reader application; 45,000
employees in Verizon's landline phone business go on strike after
failing to reach an agreement with the telecom over benefit cuts; Nokia
gives up on Symbian smartphones and feature phones in the North American
market, putting all its eggs in Microsoft's basket; confusion is raised
over a video in which someone claiming to represent the hacker group
Anonymous threatens to take down Facebook this November, though other
Anon channels indicate support for this plan is not unanimous among
Anonymous.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/shared/audio/ect-recap-2011-08-12.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

Acer's Latest Iconia Tablet May Run Out of Gas
Acer on Friday announced the first seven-inch tablets in its Iconia line
-- the Iconia Tab A100 series. These devices run Android 3.2, aka
"Honeycomb," and are available now in North America. There are two
models in the Iconia Tab A100 family, with 8 GB and 16 GB of memory.
They are priced at $330 and $350, respectively.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73067.html

Google+ Gives Game Makers Fresh Fields to Sow
Google+ challenged its top competitor Facebook on Thursday by adding
games to the newly launched social networking site. Google has begun a
gradual rollout of the games, stating they should be fully available to
all users soon. Google+ users will have a selection of 16 games to
choose from at first, including the popular "Angry Birds," a top-selling
application on several mobile platforms.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73065.html

The UK Riots, RIM and the Price of Privacy
London's burning, and it may lead to a clampdown on social media in the
UK. UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday suggested censoring
social media in response to the violence. Mobs reportedly communicating
in part through BlackBerry Messenger, and later social media sites,
wreaked havoc throughout the UK.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73060.html

Linux Distros: When It Absolutely, Positively Has to Be Secure
If you use Linux instead of Microsoft Windows, its free availability may
well be a deciding factor. But the fact that virus and malware
contamination are less likely to take down your Linux computers is no
doubt an essential influencing factor as well. But does using a more
popular Linux distro like Canonical's Ubuntu make your system more or
less vulnerable than a Linux-on-a-stick variety such as Puppy Linux?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73061.html

What Happens When Apple's Rules Stop Making Sense
For some businesses, Apple's App Store rules just don't make business
sense. In fact, in some situations, some businesses that play by Apple's
rules can delight their customers and yet end up losing more money than
before they even entered the App Store ecosystem. It all comes down to
Apple's 30 percent cut of App Store-based sales and a business' existing
customer base.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73052.html

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