Tech News Flash

---

Tech News Flash: Thursday -- April 12, 2012

TechNewsWorld -- All Tech - All The Time
http://www.TechNewsWorld.com
Part of the ECT News Network

Headline Scan
Researchers Leap Into Quantum Networking
Run Your Software From a USB Stick for Security and Speed
Who Cares About Software Freedom?
Why iPhone Users Hate Mobile WiFi Slightly Less Than Android Users Do
Is Google+'s Facelift the Sincerest Form of Flattery?

Message From Our Sponsor
OpManager, a powerful fault & performance management tool
for managing your complete IT. Monitors network devices,
WAN & VoIP links, physical & virtual servers
(VMware and Hyper-V), apps & other IT devices.
Download your free 30-day trial now!
http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=7739/opmanager

News Alerts From ECT News Network
Get the day's top business and technology news delivered
to your inbox as stories break. Sign up today -- it's free!
http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=2202/News_Alerts

Follow Us on Twitter
To start receiving updates from TechNewsWorld, please visit:
http://twitter.com/technewsworld

Podcast
The Cloud's Booming Potential for the Networked Economy (17:59 minutes)
The networked economy comes as a consequence of the major business and
IT trends of the day -- those being cloud computing, mobile, social and
big data -- according to Ariba CMO Tim Minahan. To appreciate the full
impact of the networked economy, we need to recognize how previously
internal processes are now becoming increasingly externalized.
http://www.ectnews.com/shared/audio/ect-gardner-2012-04-09.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

Researchers Leap Into Quantum Networking
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have set up a
quantum network consisting of two coupled single atoms. These atoms
communicate quantum information through the coherent exchange of single
photons. Decoherence, which can be thought of as the loss of information
from a system into the environment, is one of the obstacles to building
a working quantum computer.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74848.html

Run Your Software From a USB Stick for Security and Speed
Historically, freelancers have carried their software tools as compact
discs, or as copies of the discs on a portable hard drive. Both have
needed to be installed on the library, or client's computer. This has
been time-consuming additional work. Security has also been an issue,
with temporary document files and software footprints being left behind
after an install -- a thorough cleanup being even more onerous at the
end of the job.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74846.html

Who Cares About Software Freedom?
Well it's been a disconcerting kind of week here in the Linux
blogosphere, not least because of all the darn construction going on
down at the Google+ Grill. First it was the hammering giving Linux Girl
a headache. Then, on Wednesday, she walked in after lunch and could
barely recognize the place. What is this interface sorcery, she wants to
know?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74845.html

Why iPhone Users Hate Mobile WiFi Slightly Less Than Android Users Do
A cool study caught my attention recently. It says that iPhones have
significantly higher rates of WiFi utilization than Android phones in
the U.S. and the UK. I immediately found that point weird, because after
all, most Android smartphones also come with contracts that require
users to pay for a data plan.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74839.html

Is Google+'s Facelift the Sincerest Form of Flattery?
Google on Wednesday announced new features for its Google+ social
network. The Internet giant on Wednesday introduced what Google+ head
honcho Vic Gundotra called a "more functional and flexible" version of
the service. "With Google+, we're building a seamless and consistent
social layer across Google," said company spokesperson Kat Eller.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74841.html

How to Advertise in This Newsletter
To advertise in this newsletter or elsewhere on ECT News Network,
please call our sales department toll-free at (877) 328-5500, or view
our online media kit at
http://www.ectnews.com/advertising/

About TechNewsWorld
TechNewsWorld covers the most important technology news,
developments and trends with insightful analysis and commentary by our
team of award-winning writers. TechNewsWorld's coverage areas include
hardware, software, networking, wireless computing, personal
technology, security, and cutting-edge technologies for businesses and
consumers. Serving as an essential resource both for professionals
and for end-users, TechNewsWorld is the most comprehensive
one-stop destination for fresh technology information and perspectives
on the Internet.

Subscribing and Unsubscribing
You are receiving the Tech News Flash in response to your request
on the TechNewsWorld Web site for our daily newsletter. If you wish
to make changes to your newsletter subscription, or if you wish to
receive other free newsletters from the ECT News Network, please click
here:
Newsletter Management Wizard

If this e-mail was forwarded to you and you wish to subscribe to
this FREE newsletter, please use our newsletter sign-up wizard:
http://www.ectnews.com/perl/newsletter_registration.pl/

Feedback
We welcome your feedback. Contact us online at
http://www.ectnews.com/perl/contact_form.pl?to=editorial

Copyright 2012 ECT News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ECT News Network, Inc.
17555 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200
Encino, CA 91316