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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- February 10, 2015

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Headline Scan
Bug Bounties Entice Researchers To Don White Hats
Report: Connected Vehicles Vulnerable to Hack Attacks
Concerns Emerge About Samsung Smart TVs 'Bugging' Owners
IT Job Seekers Back in the Driver's Seat
In Search of the Perfect Windows 10 Hardware
Dish Network Slings New TV Service
3D-Printed 'Urban Concept' Car Assembled by Singapore Students

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Today's Story Highlights

Bug Bounties Entice Researchers To Don White Hats
Bug bounty programs are used by individual software makers to improve
the quality of their products, but they can have incidental benefits for
all software makers, too. One of those is to encourage bug hunters to
wear a white hat instead of a black one. When you make it easy for
hackers to do the right thing, the majority will," noted Alex Rice, CTO
of HackerOne.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81695.html

Report: Connected Vehicles Vulnerable to Hack Attacks
Motorists in the United States are increasingly at risk of cyberattacks
and violations of privacy, as more and more technology is added to their
cars. A report released on Sunday by the office of Sen. Ed Markey (D-
Mass.) listed a number of key findings that are based on responses from
16 auto makers to a letter sent to them by Markey's office.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81692.html

Concerns Emerge About Samsung Smart TVs 'Bugging' Owners
The feature in question may transmit some voice commands, along with
information about the device, to a third-party service that converts
speech to text, Samsung's global privacy policy warns. If voice
recognition is going to be on all the time, "that seems like really poor
design, and certainly represents a privacy risk," said Justin Brookman,
director of the consumer privacy project at the Center for Democracy &
Technology.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81691.html

IT Job Seekers Back in the Driver's Seat
Fast-paced growth in the Information Technology (IT) industry and low
unemployment rates for technology workers are making it difficult for
corporate executives to find qualified hires. Add to that a bullish
frenzy of investor support and corporate acquisitions as key factors
driving the continued growth of the technology industry.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81689.html

In Search of the Perfect Windows 10 Hardware
I'm well into the user testing of the next generation of Microsoft's
operating system and things are really looking up. Windows 10 is
becoming a blend of the many things we liked about Windows 7, and the
things that most folks don't know about that are great about Windows 8.
Windows 10 should be like a breath of fresh air for those truly annoyed
with Windows 8.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81688.html

Dish Network Slings New TV Service
Dish Network on Monday officially launched Sling TV, its widely
anticipated US$20 per month streaming service, and further announced
that customers could sign up for a "Sports Extra" add-on pack for $5 per
month. The service, which is available now via a one-week free trial,
can be accessed via Roku devices, and through Android, iOS, Mac and PC
devices -- with support for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick coming
soon.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81690.html

3D-Printed 'Urban Concept' Car Assembled by Singapore Students
Students at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University have built the
island republic's first 3D-printed concept car. The NTU Venture 8 (NV8)
is built on a carbon fiber single-shell chassis. Its 150 3D parts were
made out of lightweight plastic that were created on printers at the
university, 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys, and the Singapore-MIT
Alliance for Research and Technology.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81687.html

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