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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- November 30, 2011

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New Mobile App Rating System May Be Missing Some Teeth
Can HP Printers Be Remote-Detonated?
Sometimes Wine Relaxes Linux, Sometimes It Just Causes Headaches
RIM Gives iOS and Android a Tentative Embrace
Cookbooks of the Future: Bye, Bye Index Cards

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The Automation Revelation (21:39 minutes)
UK managed service provider InTechnology says it's reaped tremendous
benefits from an automated lifecycle approach. "When you've got like 80
percent of all incidents raised automatically, it takes a massive burden
off the 24/7 teams and the customer support guys, who are not spending
the majority of their time creating incidents but actually working to
resolve them," said InTechnology's Ed Jackson.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/shared/audio/ect-gardner-2011-08-29.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

New Mobile App Rating System May Be Missing Some Teeth
The Entertainment Software Rating Board and CTIA have unveiled a new
rating system for mobile software applications intended to help parents
monitor activity as the number of children with smartphones and access
to wireless content increases. The ESRB has had a similar system in
place for video games since 1994.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73861.html

Can HP Printers Be Remote-Detonated?
Researchers at Columbia University have demonstrated that a remote
firmware update command in some HP LaserJet printers can be hijacked,
according to a report from MSNBC. In one case, a hacked printer was
reportedly given commands that might cause it to get hot enough to
scorch paper loaded in it.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73857.html

Sometimes Wine Relaxes Linux, Sometimes It Just Causes Headaches
A little Wine with your Linux computing session can keep you using your
favorite Microsoft Windows programs. What is Wine? Wine is a
compatibility layer that's sometimes referred to as an emulator, though
it's not "that kind" of emulator, according to the project's wiki. Wine
doesn't do any CPU emulation, hence the acronym "Wine Is Not an
Emulator."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73845.html

RIM Gives iOS and Android a Tentative Embrace
Research In Motion on Tuesday announced a mobile device management
solution that will include iOS and Android devices. BlackBerry Mobile
Fusion will consist of BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 5.0.3, new
management capabilities for BlackBerry Playbook tablets, and MDM
capabilities for iOS and Android mobile devices.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73854.html

Cookbooks of the Future: Bye, Bye Index Cards
Cookbooks have always been about sharing recipes, connecting with others
and figuring out what to make for dinner. Now, however, digital
cookbooks, apps and other new formats are bringing these activities into
the 21st century. Chefs and cookbook authors are starting to recognize
that cookbooks -- and along with them, how we think about food -- are
dramatically changing.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73842.html

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