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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- January 7, 2015

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Headline Scan
Fingerprint Theft Just a Shutter Click Away
Sony's New Walkman Aims Sky High
We Are the World: Samsung's Vision for IoT
Google Outs Unpatched Windows 8.1 Kernel Flaw

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Today's Story Highlights

Fingerprint Theft Just a Shutter Click Away
Ever since smartphone makers started incorporating fingerprint scanners
as a means of unlocking mobile phones, the Chaos Computer Club has
attacked the technology with vigor. Not long after Apple added Touch ID
to its iPhones, the German hackers demonstrated how to lift prints from
a surface and create a flexible pad containing the print that could be
used to break into a phone.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81548.html

Sony's New Walkman Aims Sky High
Sony on Monday debuted a new Walkman at CES that's as notable for its
hefty price as for its high-end features. Listed at $1,119.99, the new
Walkman NW-ZX2 is several hundred dollars more than last year's Walkman
NW-ZX1. In return, it promises "high-resolution audio like never
before," thanks to Sony's new S-Master HX digital amplifier and DSEE HX
technology.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81544.html

We Are the World: Samsung's Vision for IoT
The world needs one open ecosystem to enable the Internet of Things, and
Samsung is prepared to lead the way, said CEO BK Yoon at the 2015
International CES. Serving up the classic depiction of IoT -- always-on,
always-connected devices working together -- Yoon said the technology
for linking smart radios, smart TVs, smartphones and smart homes will be
available later this year.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81546.html

Google Outs Unpatched Windows 8.1 Kernel Flaw
Microsoft got a fiery start to 2015 when Google last week publicized a
kernel vulnerability in Windows 8.1 Update. Google Project Zero's James
Forshaw, who discovered the flaw, ranked it as a high-severity issue.
Although Forshaw reported it to Microsoft last September, the company
had not yet fixed the problem when Google published it. The
vulnerability lets people falsely pose as administrators.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81543.html

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