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Tech News Flash: Monday -- October 10, 2011

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Headline Scan
Acer's Ultrabook Muscles Into Tablet Territory
Ice Cream Sandwich Can't Take iPhone Spotlight's Heat
Physicists: If There Is a God Particle, We'll Find It Soon
Passing the Torch at Apple and HP
A FOSS Success Story: LibreOffice Turns 1
Consumer Reports App Takes Mystery Out of HDTV Shopping
Oracle Brews a Stronger Cup of Java

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Podcast
The Fruits of Steve Jobs' Quest for Perfection (11:14 minutes)
In this episode: The technology world loses a visionary and innovator
with the passing of Steve Jobs; Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff does his
keynote his way after Oracle reschedules his OpenWorld speech at the
last minute, signaling a growing rift between the companies; rumors
arise once again that buyers, including Microsoft, are back to circle
Yahoo; Apple reveals its next smartphone, the iPhone 4S, which receives
a lukewarm reception despite new features like a better camera and the
Siri voice-activated service.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/shared/audio/ect-recap-2011-10-07.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

Acer's Ultrabook Muscles Into Tablet Territory
Acer released its Aspire S3 ultrabook in the U.S. on Monday. The device,
which weighs in at less than three pounds, provides up to 50 days of
standby time and supports up to six hours of continuous usage. It has an
Intel Core i5 processor, a 20 GB solid-state drive and a 320 GB hard
drive. The Aspire S3 has a "speedy resume" feature and a 13.3-inch high
definition LED-backlit display.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73461.html

Ice Cream Sandwich Can't Take iPhone Spotlight's Heat
Google and Samsung announced Friday they are postponing indefinitely the
launch of the latest version of the Android operating system, Ice Cream
Sandwich, on a new Samsung phone. The companies released a joint
statement asserting that it would be poor timing to unveil the product
on the originally planned date of Oct. 11.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73462.html

Physicists: If There Is a God Particle, We'll Find It Soon
The long search for the fabled Higgs boson may be drawing to its end.
Rolf Heuer, director-general of the European Organization for Nuclear
Research, CERN, has reportedly stated that the particle's existence will
either be proved or disproved within 12 months. Heuer's statement was
backed by two other prominent scientists.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73450.html

Passing the Torch at Apple and HP
With Steve Jobs' passing, last week was a sad one for the technology
industry, which owes much of its current success to him and will remain
forever diminished by this event. Even as people talk about his
uniqueness, they also don't seem to get that he can't be replaced like
you would replace a shoe or a shirt. Teams are complex, and the team
that ran Apple was uniquely successful and powerful.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73449.html

A FOSS Success Story: LibreOffice Turns 1
It seems hard to believe it was just a year ago that LibreOffice was
born, so ubiquitous and widely accepted is the software today. Yet it
really was just 2010 when tensions were building about Oracle's
treatment of OpenOffice, ultimately prompting the Document Foundation to
form and create the new fork that 25 million of us now love and rely on.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73458.html

Consumer Reports App Takes Mystery Out of HDTV Shopping
Consumer Reports is one of the most comprehensive and well-
respected magazines and product review organizations in the U.S., and
while I'm not a subscriber, I do appreciate its work and occasionally
pick up a print issue or special guide when my interests happen to
converge with its content.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73451.html

Oracle Brews a Stronger Cup of Java
Oracle this week made a slew of announcements around the programming
language and computing platform Java, which it acquired when it
purchased Sun Microsystems in 2009. At the JavaOne conference, Oracle
disclosed a road map for Java Standard Edition on Mac OS X. The company
also announced that it's working on Java SE 8, which it will release in
the summer of 2013.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73454.html

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