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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- February 26, 2014

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Apple's Better Late Than Never With OS X Security Fix
LaCie Fuel Is Much More Than a Run-of-the-Mill Portable
Apple Gets Litigious in China
BlackBerry Tries to Bring Back That Lovin' Feelin'
The Rise of the Ethical Hacktivist

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Today's Story Highlights

Apple's Better Late Than Never With OS X Security Fix
Apple has pushed a large update to its OS X Mavericks OS that includes a
patch for a significant security flaw. The vulnerability allows Net
predators to hijack a secure communication channel from a device running
the latest version of OS X and perform mischief such as intercepting
user names and passwords. The flaw affects Apple programs that use SSL
encryption.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80049.html

LaCie Fuel Is Much More Than a Run-of-the-Mill Portable
Cords have been the bane of digital life since the introduction of PCs.
As wireless devices proliferated, though, the need for cords has
declined, thanks to technologies like Bluetooth and WiFi. One product
area where cords have been persistent, however, has been storage. Sure,
the cloud has provided some relief, but local storage units often
require a cord to tap into a wireless net.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80036.html

Apple Gets Litigious in China
Apple is suing China's State Intellectual Property Office and domestic
company Zhizhen Network Technology over patent issues related to Siri,
Apple's voice recognition software. The State Intellectual Property
Office is responsible for patents rights protection in China, while
Zhizhen developed software similar to Siri. Zhizhen patented its own
voice recognition software, "Xiao i Robot," in 2004.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80048.html

BlackBerry Tries to Bring Back That Lovin' Feelin'
BlackBerry has announced new handsets and services aimed at moving the
company forward. At the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona,
CEO John Chen debuted two new phones -- the Q20 and the low-cost Z3. The
Q20 offers the classic BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard and experience on
BlackBerry 10. It features BlackBerry's physical Menu, Back, Send, and
End buttons along with a trackpad.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80040.html

The Rise of the Ethical Hacktivist
When Saul Alinsky wrote Rules for Radicals more than four decades ago,
the world was a very different place than it is today. Protests and
demonstrations were among the most common tactics for bringing about
social change, and they were used on such a broad scale that they helped
define the Vietnam War era and counterculture movement of the 1960s and
1970s.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80042.html

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