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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- December 15, 2011

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Auto Updates Nudge IE Users Into the Present
Tracking Friends and Family on the Legit
2011's Most Momentous Moments for Apple
2011's Tribulations and Triumphs for FOSS
Fireworks Conspicuously Absent as Nokia's Lumia Makes US Debut

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Today's Story Highlights

Auto Updates Nudge IE Users Into the Present
Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet
Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs
running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in
Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in
Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically
updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over
time.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73987.html

Tracking Friends and Family on the Legit
Facebook's recent acquisition of location-tracker heavyweight Gowalla is
an indicator of the potential strategic importance of location-tracking
technology in the social network arena. Players in this marketplace
include Gowalla, which lets users share favorite places with fellow
Facebook and Twitter friends and then be rewarded with deals from local
businesses, and Foursquare, which offers similar functions.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73978.html

2011's Most Momentous Moments for Apple
2011 was a big year for Apple fans. Maybe not as big as the introduction
of the iPhone or iPad, but a lot of amazing things happened, and the
company gathered an astounding amount of momentum. Of course, 2011 was
also the year Apple CEO Steve Jobs died.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73981.html

2011's Tribulations and Triumphs for FOSS
Well December is halfway over for another year, and that means 2011 is
drawing to a close. It's been a tempestuous year, most would surely
agree, and one that wrought momentous change in this already fast-paced
industry of ours. Which were the biggest, most monumental events here in
the world of FOSS, you ask? Ask four different Linux bloggers and you'll
get four different answers.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73979.html

Fireworks Conspicuously Absent as Nokia's Lumia Makes US Debut
Nokia and T-Mobile jointly announced on Wednesday the coming of the
first Nokia Windows Phone smartphone in the United States. The Nokia
Lumia 710 will be available starting Jan. 11 at for $50 with a two-year
contract after a mail-in rebate. It will run on T-Mobile's 4G network.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73972.html

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