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Tech News Flash: Monday -- June 2, 2014

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Google to Spread the Web With $1B Worth of Satellites
Can Apple Do for Smart Homes What It Did for Smartphones?
TrueCrypt's Mysterious Vanishing Act
Google Puts Cute Little Rides on the Road
Heartbleed-Weary Tech Firms Show OpenSSL a Little Love

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Today's Story Highlights

Google to Spread the Web With $1B Worth of Satellites
Google's eye on the sky seems wider than ever. The company reportedly is
planning to spend at least $1 billion on a project to bring Internet
access to remote areas through satellites. It is not yet clear whether
the plan would augment or replace Project Loon -- Google's proposal to
connect remote regions to the Internet through high-altitude balloons.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80543.html

Can Apple Do for Smart Homes What It Did for Smartphones?
Apple is rumored to be launching a smart home platform at its developer
conference this week. The smart home market is actually in a place
that's rather similar to where MP3 players were when Apple launched the
iPod, and the iPhone is basically an iPod with phone capability. The
smart home effort is in part about music and video distribution, and
iPhones are commonly used as remote controls.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80522.html

TrueCrypt's Mysterious Vanishing Act
Anyone would be distressed to discover the disappearance of a favorite
piece of software, but when the software in question was open source and
endorsed by Edward Snowden -- and when the developer's site begins
offering instructions for migrating to a Microsoft product instead --
alarm bells are sure to begin ringing throughout the FOSS world. That,
sure enough, is just what's been going on.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80535.html

Google Puts Cute Little Rides on the Road
Google this week unveiled a prototype that it will test on California
roads to learn more about how to make safe and efficient autonomous cars
a mainstream reality. For about four years, Google has been developing
self-driving technology that could make the roads safer, and its newly
revealed prototype is the latest step in the project. The tiny vehicle
is reminiscent of a Smart car.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80525.html

Heartbleed-Weary Tech Firms Show OpenSSL a Little Love
Remember Heartbleed? Several weeks ago, the exposure of this security
bug chilled the Internet, highlighting once again that even the
seemingly unbreakable can be hacked. In the case of the Heartbleed
vulnerability, encrypted data was at risk of theft. Sites potentially
vulnerable to Heartbleed -- from Canada's Revenue Agency to AWS to Yahoo
to Reddit -- urged users to change their passwords.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80532.html

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