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Tech News Flash: Saturday -- January 17, 2015

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Gadgets: A New Galaxy, Awesome Audio, and One Ring That Doesn't Rule
Texas May Be Ground Zero for Musk's Hyperloop Dreams
Xiaomi Launches Galaxy Note Killers in China
3 Reasons Apple Won't Pull the Rug Out From Under GoPro
Virtual Traffic Lights Could Revolutionize City Driving
Cameron Takes Hard Line on Encrypted Communications

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Today's Story Highlights

Gadgets: A New Galaxy, Awesome Audio, and One Ring That Doesn't Rule
Welcome to Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that takes freshly
announced gadgets out for a hypothetical test run, rendering judgement
long before they hit the shelves. In the offing this week: Samsung's
latest mid-range smartphone, a gesture-based ring, shiny headphones and
much more. Samsung has another mid-range smartphone in the Galaxy A7.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81596.html

Texas May Be Ground Zero for Musk's Hyperloop Dreams
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced plans to build a test
track, most likely in Texas, for his envisioned Hyperloop high-speed
transportation system. The goal is to allow experimentation with
Hyperloop pods, the equivalent of train carriages. The project will be
"entirely funded by Musk's companies and other interested private
companies," said Frost & Sullivan's said Vishwas Shankar.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81598.html

Xiaomi Launches Galaxy Note Killers in China
Xiaomi on Wednesday announced two new flagship smartphones in Beijing,
the Mi Note and the Mi Note Pro. The Mi Note has a metal frame and is
protected on the front and back with 3D curved Gorilla Glass 3, which
apparently makes it highly resistant to scratches and shattering. Xiaomi
compared the Mi Note to the iPhone 6 Plus, but it appears that Samsung's
Galaxy Note is its real target.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81589.html

3 Reasons Apple Won't Pull the Rug Out From Under GoPro
Despite having the most popular camera on the planet in the form of the
iPhone, the odds of Apple pulling the rug out from under GoPro by
building its own action sports camera system -- even with using its
forthcoming Apple Watch as a controller -- are so low they stand in
stark contrast to the hysterical selloff of GoPro stock this week. What
happened?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81594.html

Virtual Traffic Lights Could Revolutionize City Driving
The average American worker spends almost half an hour commuting each
day, but virtual traffic lights could cut that almost in half. If
traditional traffic lights were replaced with virtual ones, the results
could include not only a reduction of up to 40 percent in urban workers'
commute times, but also lower carbon emissions, less congestion and
fewer accidents.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81591.html

Cameron Takes Hard Line on Encrypted Communications
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who is standing for re-election, has
vowed to ban personal encrypted communications apps such as Snapchat and
WhatsApp if he is voted in. He also will allow UK government security
agencies to monitor communications, with warrants signed by the Home
Secretary. "The first duty of any government is to keep our country and
our people safe," Cameron declared.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81590.html

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