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Tech News Flash: Monday -- April 14, 2014

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Headline Scan
White Hats Use Heartbleed to Steal Keys
Why Is It So Hard to Think Different?
Samsung's Galaxy S5 Splashes Into the Smartphone Market
Desperately Seeking Linux Programmers

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Today's Story Highlights

White Hats Use Heartbleed to Steal Keys
The tech industry reeled last week when security researchers discovered
a flaw in a key security technology in the Internet's infrastructure.
The bug, ghoulishly named "Heartbleed," was found in an open source
library, OpenSSL, used by the protocol, SSL, used to encrypt data in
transit on the Net. By exploiting the flaw with a specially crafted
packet, hackers can extract data from a server's memory in 64K chunks.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80292.html

Why Is It So Hard to Think Different?
I've been having an interesting week -- first, with AMD, which has
returned to profitability and stopped chasing Intel's butt to do some
rather interesting different things, like merging x86 and ARM
technologies. Then, with IBM, which also realized that chasing Intel
wasn't doing it any good. It chose an even more unusual path for its
processors, making them "open."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80285.html

Samsung's Galaxy S5 Splashes Into the Smartphone Market
Samsung on Friday rolled out its much-anticipated Galaxy S5 flagship
smartphone in 125 countries worldwide, accompanied by a marketing and
advertising blitz. The device was greeted with ambivalence. Some reports
compared it unfavorably to the HTC One M8 and the 6-month-old iPhone 5S.
Others said it offers only marginal improvements over the flailing S4,
and some criticized it as bland.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80283.html

Desperately Seeking Linux Programmers
Help Wanted: computer programmers needed to code and maintain Linux
systems. The Linux operating system and Linux servers are so widely used
today that not enough Linux-trained coders and system techs exist.
Software developers and enterprise IT departments have jobs but no
takers. To fill this shortage, the Linux Foundation has partnered with
edX to offer a free online course.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80290.html

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