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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- August 30, 2011

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Microsoft Ties a Ribbon on Windows 8 Explorer
The Apache Web Server's Not-So-Secret Weakness
The Death of the Smartphone
Mega Mall Story: An Addictive Battle for Hearts and Wallets
Samsung Adds Another Channel to the Mobile Conversation Mix

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Today's Story Highlights

Microsoft Ties a Ribbon on Windows 8 Explorer
Speculation about what features Windows 8 will include is sizzling as
Microsoft continues to remain tight-lipped about details of the new
operating system. However, Redmond has talked to some extent about the
upcoming OS' handling of Explorer, the Windows file management system.
Posts on the Windows 8 blog indicate Explorer will have the ribbon GUI
Microsoft Office users know -- and, in some cases, hate.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73177.html

The Apache Web Server's Not-So-Secret Weakness
If you thought the hacks by Anonymous and AntiSec were bad, boy, are you
in for a revelation. This past week brings news that the Apache Web
server -- the one that powers the majority of the Internet and most
websites -- has a vulnerability that can be exploited with relatively
little effort.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73172.html

The Death of the Smartphone
Smartphones and tablets might be the current hot technology, but history
says it's all just another fad. Twenty years from now, almost nobody
will own either device. Seems unbelievable, but the same technology that
makes them hot today will make them not tomorrow. Consider what happened
to another "must-have" technology: the fax machine.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73173.html

Mega Mall Story: An Addictive Battle for Hearts and Wallets
If the idea of an empire-building game in which you construct a shopping
mall sounds familiar, that might be because Take Two Interactive
published a series starting about a decade ago called "Mall Tycoon." It
wasn't part of the Maxis/Electronic Arts Sims universe, but it had that
general feel to it.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73169.html

Samsung Adds Another Channel to the Mobile Conversation Mix
Samsung Electronics is launching a free mobile communications service
called "ChatON." It works on several smartphone and feature phone
platforms -- but apparently not Windows Phone -- and offers a Web client
for tablets, desktop and notebook computers as well. The service will
let users text each other, chat in groups, share video, or create and
share hand-scribbled notes on smartphones.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73171.html

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