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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- May 23, 2012

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Rx for Medical Students: Take One Tablet
IBM Makes Siri Wait Outside
India Developing ID Tech to Tell Who's Who
Pyroom Text Editor Does Minimalism the Right Way
Alcatel-Lucent Makes a Grab for Core Systems With New Backbone Router

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Today's Story Highlights

Rx for Medical Students: Take One Tablet
The educational e-book market has grown fiercer in the last few years,
raising the question of where the end game will leave educational
institutions in their attempts to reduce student churn, increase
productivity and radically reduce costs. As the battling e-textbook
giants try to cut exclusive deals and limit competitors' supplies of e-
content, educators are wondering if their choices of learning material
will be choked as a result.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75188.html

IBM Makes Siri Wait Outside
Enterprises are grappling with the growing trend of employees bringing
their own devices for use at work and the security and other issues that
gives rise to. However, IBM has implemented a simple solution: Prevent
the use of certain apps on employees' mobile devices in the workplace.
The company disables Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant, on
employees' iPhones.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75195.html

India Developing ID Tech to Tell Who's Who
Today in international tech news: India is developing technology to
identify its estimated 300 million citizens who don't have valid forms
of identification. Also, hackers in Germany seize a file-sharing site,
Google critiques the UK's plan for an opt-in feature to access adult
content, and British telecommincations giant Vodafone slashes billions
from its estimated value amid eurozone concerns.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75192.html

Pyroom Text Editor Does Minimalism the Right Way
Whether you are writing code or creating editorial content, a noisy
computing environment often can silence your productivity. The Pyroom
Text Editor gives you a quiet environment where computing noise cannot
distract you from your creativity. Computing noise -- that is, computing
distractions from the task at hand -- comes from all the media outlets
your computer provides.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75166.html

Alcatel-Lucent Makes a Grab for Core Systems With New Backbone Router
Alcatel-Lucent on Tuesday unveiled its 7950 Extensible Routing System
core routing platform in a bid to take on rivals Cisco and Juniper
Networks, the current leaders in the $4 billion market. The company's
seeking to leverage the increasing demand placed on carrier networks by
the growing move toward cloud computing and the explosion in online
video.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75183.html

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