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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- November 23, 2011

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Will Facebook Jump the Shark by Leaping Into Handsets?
Xbox 360 Goes Metro With New Dashboard
Linux Mint Is a Refreshing Palate Cleanser
US Agencies Cultivate Next-Gen Cyberpolice Force
Google and Co. Hope Price Drops Give Chromebooks New Shine

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Today's Story Highlights

Will Facebook Jump the Shark by Leaping Into Handsets?
Facebook's entry into the smartphone handset business is being reported
like it's a done deal. It's a deal, however, in which critics say
Facebook has more to lose than gain. The Facebook phone project already
has a code name, "Buffy," a reference to the famed vampire slayer of
film and television, according to a recent report.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73821.html

Xbox 360 Goes Metro With New Dashboard
Microsoft will release an update to the Xbox 360 dashboard for all Xbox
Live members on Dec. 6. The update is reportedly modeled after
Microsoft's new Metro user interface, which is used for Windows Phones
and will be part of Windows 8. It will offer new personal and social
features, cloud storage, Beacons, enhanced family settings and
integrated voice and gesture controls.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73818.html

Linux Mint Is a Refreshing Palate Cleanser
The Linux community and Linux users are at odds over the transition from
GNOME 2 to GNOME 3 as the backbone desktop environment for the OS.
Ubuntu's developers muddied the situation with its newcomer Unity
desktop alternative. Given the situation, Linux Mint may offer the best
solution if you need time to adjust to the radical changes in the GNOME
3 desktop.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73812.html

US Agencies Cultivate Next-Gen Cyberpolice Force
Children often focus on neighborhood role models as their first glimpse
of what they want to be when they grow up. School nurse, perhaps. Or
firefighter. Or police officer. In a future increasingly consumed by
information technology, who will be the first responders to provide
first aid for a computer scrape, douse a virtual IT fire, or catch a
cybercriminal?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73807.html

Google and Co. Hope Price Drops Give Chromebooks New Shine
Google and its hardware partners are revamping their approach to
Chromebooks with a series of changes. Perhaps most interesting among
these, from the consumer perspective at least, is a price cut to the
current Samsung and Acer models of roughly $50 or so.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73726.html

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