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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- July 16, 2014

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Bet You Wish You'd Installed a Blender in a Cooler Lid
Google's Project Zero Cybersecurity Watch: No Excuses
KaOS Calms Down KDE
Comcast Rep Tears Into Fleeing Customer 'Like a Pit Bull on a Pork Chop'

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Today's Story Highlights

Bet You Wish You'd Installed a Blender in a Cooler Lid
The hottest crowdsourced hit of the summer is the Coolest Cooler, an
unassuming party cooler that features a built-in ice-crushing blender, a
removable waterproof Bluetooth speaker, a USB charger, an LED lid light,
a gear tie down, super wide wheels for dragging it over sand, a bottle
opener, a divider to help keep your margarita ice separate from your
sandwiches, and a knife built into the lid.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80741.html

Google's Project Zero Cybersecurity Watch: No Excuses
Google on Tuesday announced Project Zero, an effort to speed up the
security bug-fixing process. A team of cybersecurity experts will go
after vulnerabilities in any and all software, notify the vendors, and
then file bug reports in a public database so users can track the
issuance of patches. The Project Zero team has promised to send bug
reports to vendors in as close to real-time as possible.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80738.html

KaOS Calms Down KDE
KaOS is an interesting and very efficient Linux distribution built
around a refined KDE desktop environment. The KDE integration is much
more controlled in KaOS than in other Linux choices. The latest release
for this 14-month young Linux distro came in late June. KaOS is a bit of
a rarity. It is independent of other distros -- not a direct relative of
other Linux offshoots.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80717.html

Comcast Rep Tears Into Fleeing Customer 'Like a Pit Bull on a Pork Chop'
Comcast on Tuesday was scrambling to repair the damage after a phone
representative's rude treatment of a couple trying to disconnect their
service went viral, thanks to a recording posted on the Web. The couple
-- former Engadget editor Ryan Block, now at AOL, and his wife, TV host
and writer Veronica Belmont -- called Comcast over the weekend and asked
to cancel their service over the phone.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80736.html

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