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IBM's Sequoia Towers Above All Other Supercomputers
FCC to Revisit Cellphone Radiation Regs
Skyping in Ethiopia Could Result in Stiff Jail Term
Watchdogs Get a Whiff of Google's Government Privacy Policy
Acer Pokes Retina With New A700 Tablet
Japanese Hackers Spread a Different Kind of STD
Best Windows 8 Laptop in the Market: The MacBook Pro Retina Edition
Newegg, Norma and the Case of the Squealing Linux PC
Paper Airplane How-To App Flies Straight and True

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Today's Story Highlights

IBM's Sequoia Towers Above All Other Supercomputers
IBM's Sequoia supercomputer has headed up the most recent Top500 list of
the world's fastest supercomputers. The list, released on Monday at the
2012 International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany, is
compiled twice a year. Sequoia has overtaken Fujitsu's K Computer,
installed at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science in
Kobe, Japan.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75408.html

FCC to Revisit Cellphone Radiation Regs
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission reportedly plans to
reevaluate its current standards on cellphone radiation. The FCC's
current guidelines set maximum levels; however, they were last updated
in 1996. Considering the advancement and growth of cellphone technology
over the last 16 years, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has called for
an review.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75407.html

Skyping in Ethiopia Could Result in Stiff Jail Term
Ethiopia has passed a draconian new law criminalizing the use of Voice
over Internet Protocol services such as Skype or Google Talk. People who
violate the ban will find themselves facing 10-to-15 years in prison.
The government has cited national security as a reason.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75406.html

Watchdogs Get a Whiff of Google's Government Privacy Policy
There's evidence that Google's consumer privacy policy is being extended
to government contracts for its software services, according to
SafeGov.org. Citing contracts in Texas, Illinois and California, the
group contends that Google's privacy policy is the "minimum standard"
for handling customer data under the contracts.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75405.html

Acer Pokes Retina With New A700 Tablet
Acer on Thursday announced the Iconia Tab A700, an Android tablet with a
1080p high-definition display. The device's 10.1-inch screen has 1,920
by 1,200 resolution, which is pretty close to that offered by the newest
iPad's Retina Display. The A700 has an Nvidia Tegra 3 Super 4-Plus-1
quad-core mobile processor running at 1.3 GHz.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75400.html

Japanese Hackers Spread a Different Kind of STD
Today in international tech news: Six men are arrested in Japan for
propagating a virus that spread via a porn site and allegedly netted
them more than $250,000. Also: Google releases a report detailing
removal requests from governments around the world, and there's a
MacBook Pro shortage in the UK.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75404.html

Best Windows 8 Laptop in the Market: The MacBook Pro Retina Edition
When testing a new OS from Microsoft, finding the right hardware is
often the biggest problem. Many of the negative reviews of Windows 8,
including my own, are tied to hardware that just wasn't designed for it.
I was at Microsoft's TechEd last week, and after hearing presenters
drill down in detail on the specs for what an ideal Windows 8 laptop
should be, I experienced an aha moment.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75396.html

Newegg, Norma and the Case of the Squealing Linux PC
With all the recurring debates and "year of" discussions here in the
Linux blogosphere, it's hard not to suffer frequent pangs of deja vu
even on the best of days. Last week, however, was not the best of weeks,
at least not for one Linux user by the name of Norma, who had an
experience eerily reminiscent of one Linux Girl remembers writing about
back in 2010.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75403.html

Paper Airplane How-To App Flies Straight and True
If you're stuck in the office all summer long -- or even just on one of
those sun-shining Fridays -- and you are in serious need of a diversion
that flies under the radar, check out How to Make Paper Airplanes. This
app is pretty simple -- it basically walks you through how to make
nearly two dozen types of paper airplanes.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75394.html

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