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Tech News Flash: Monday -- December 8, 2014

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Video Gamers Recall 'Father' Ralph Baer's Extraordinary Legacy
An iPod Moment Is About to Make Your PC Obsolete
Devuan: Unto Us a Fork Is Born
Gadget Ogling: Seeing E-Ink Everywhere, Breathing Easy and Brewing Beer
Apple Doesn't Need No Stinking Streaming Media Stick!
Orion's Test Flight Triumph Fuels Mars Hopes

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Today's Story Highlights

Video Gamers Recall 'Father' Ralph Baer's Extraordinary Legacy
Ralph H. Baer, the father of the home video game, died Saturday at 92.
Baer invented the Odyssey video game system and co-invented the
electronic game Simon . While working as a military contractor for
Sanders Associates in the '60s, Baer began to explore the possibility of
creating a video game system that could be played on the television. The
result of his work was the "Brown Box."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81451.html

An iPod Moment Is About to Make Your PC Obsolete
I was at Dell's thin client briefing earlier this week at its new
facility in California's Silicon Valley, and it clearly is feeling very
confident, in light of HP's plan to split its company. There really have
been only two major players in the thin client space for a few years,
and they are HP and Dell, but HP's split would seem to make its offering
obsolete.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81447.html

Devuan: Unto Us a Fork Is Born
Well, it happened. We knew it was possible; the signs were all there --
but more than a few of us were still holding out hope. "Things will
surely get better," we thought. Then the news came. The rumored Debian
fork has now become real, and its name is "Devuan." Dev-what, you may
say? "I hate the name; I love the idea," said Hyperlogos blogger Martin
Espinoza.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81452.html

Gadget Ogling: Seeing E-Ink Everywhere, Breathing Easy and Brewing Beer
Welcome, dear readers, and set aside that last leftover-turkey sandwich
for a short while as we explore the murky landscape of freshly announced
gadgets. On the menu in our post-Thanksgiving edition are a pair of e-
ink smart devices, wearables with a health focus, an intelligent home
brewing kit, a kitschy kitchen product, and perhaps the most useless
item we've included in this column to date.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81448.html

Apple Doesn't Need No Stinking Streaming Media Stick!
In the first three quarters of 2014, the Google Chromecast and Amazon
Fire TV made stunning gains in sales activity versus the market-leading
Roku and the No. 2 device from 2012 and 2013, the Apple TV. Roku snapped
up 29 percent of sales, while Google Chromecast rose to claim 20
percent, edging past the Apple TV's 17 percent. The Amazon Fire TV,
which launched in April, is already in fourth place.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81449.html

Orion's Test Flight Triumph Fuels Mars Hopes
NASA's Orion spacecraft on Friday successfully completed its first test
flight, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California at
8:29 a.m. PST after orbiting the Earth twice in roughly four and a half
hours. Orion traveled some 60,000 miles during the mission and journeyed
3,600 miles into space -- 15 times more distant than the International
Space Station.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81445.html

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