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Tech News Flash: Monday -- August 31, 2015

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Apple TV May Finally Grab the Spotlight
How the Windows Phone Could Rise Up and Dominate
Gadget Ogling: Smart Bikes, Contactless Cards, and Roll-Up Keyboards
Come September, Apple TV Will Outshine the iPhone
Earthlings Flock to Facebook by the Billion

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Apple TV May Finally Grab the Spotlight
The next version of the Apple TV set-top box could be ready for prime
time in October, priced at either $149 or $199, based on rumors
circulating Monday. The current version goes for $99. With the higher
price could come a seriously upgraded device: It will include support
for Siri, a new touchscreen remote control, and a new and more intuitive
interface.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82438.html

How the Windows Phone Could Rise Up and Dominate
Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of Windows 95. What
people often forget about Windows 95 is that it not only kicked Apple's
butt, but also kicked IBM's -- and it wasn't even a complete product.
The thing was an operating system. It's especially hard to imagine now
that these things typically are downloaded from the Web, and there's no
need to stand in line.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82433.html

Gadget Ogling: Smart Bikes, Contactless Cards, and Roll-Up Keyboards
I never had much interest in riding a bicycle as a child, and although I
now live in a tremendously bike-friendly city, I haven't found a way to
learn without feeling like a total chump in public. Yet I am more
interested than ever in leading a life on two wheels after discovering
SmartHalo. This is a tool that attaches permanently to one's ride and
turns it into a smart vehicle.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82434.html

Come September, Apple TV Will Outshine the iPhone
About Apple's September event... Apple's annual September media event is
an oxymoron -- it's become almost entirely predictable. One year it
introduces a major new iPhone redesign and the next it offers
incremental iPhone improvements. And make no mistake about it, despite
last year's Apple Watch debut, at the core of the September event is the
critically important iPhone.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82436.html

Earthlings Flock to Facebook by the Billion
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced that for the first
time more than a billion people had used the site on a single day. The
counter hit the milestone earlier in the week, on Monday. Nearly 1.5
billion users log on at least once monthly, according to Facebook, but
Monday marked the first time that more than two-thirds of its members
used the network on the same day.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82432.html

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Tech News Flash: Friday -- August 28, 2015

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Weaponized Drones May Fly the Friendly Skies of North Dakota
YouTube Opens Video Game Floodgates
Shadow IT Feeds 'Man in the Cloud' Attacks
No Joke, MultiFab Prints 10 Materials at Once
At 24, Linux Has Come Out of the Basement
Cortana Cozies Up to Android Users

Today's Story Highlights

Weaponized Drones May Fly the Friendly Skies of North Dakota
Police in North Dakota can use drones armed with what are optimistically
called "nonlethal weapons," thanks to the passage of House Bill 1328,
which Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed into law this spring. The new law gives
police the authority in a roundabout way: Section 5 states a law
enforcement agency may not authorize the use of an unmanned aerial
vehicle armed with lethal weapons.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82426.html

YouTube Opens Video Game Floodgates
It's alive! YouTube Gaming, a hub that's home to over 25,000 video game
pages, on Wednesday began broadcasting live and on-demand streams, let's
play videos and the like. The gaming hub is accessible on desktop PCs,
and on Android and iOS devices. YouTube's new hub is likely to offer a
serious challenge to Twitch, the video game streaming service Amazon
bought last year.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82428.html

Shadow IT Feeds 'Man in the Cloud' Attacks
Shadow IT -- the use of unauthorized online services by company
employees -- is a concern of cyberwarriors charged with defending
business systems against network attacks. There's new evidence that
those concerns are justified. A new attack vector on business systems
leverages the synchronization features of services like Dropbox and
Google Drive to perform malicious mischief.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82425.html

No Joke, MultiFab Prints 10 Materials at Once
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer
Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, or CSAIL, this week
presented a new MultiFab printer at SIGGRAPH, an annual computer
graphics conference. For all of the promise 3D printing has offered,
additive manufacturing techniques generally have been limited to one
material at a time -- until now.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82420.html

At 24, Linux Has Come Out of the Basement
Happy Birthday, Linux Project -- this week you turned 24. The Linux OS
has grown up everywhere. Its code and the open source model are found
worldwide. People often use linux without knowing it -- when they search
on Google, buy metro tickets or surf the Web. Linux travels worldwide on
airplanes, and it's embedded in many of the smart devices that bring
ultra convenience to our homes and cars.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82423.html

Cortana Cozies Up to Android Users
Microsoft has released a public beta of its Cortana personal assistant
for Android. The Cortana app can do most of the things Cortana does on
Windows: set and get reminders; search the Web on the go; track
information such as flight details; and begin and complete tasks across
all a user's devices. Cortana will find answers on the Web in response
to spoken or typed requests.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82419.html

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ECT News Network Weekly Newsletter: Wednesday -- August 26, 2015

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Vendors Should Keep a Weather Eye on Defense IT
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Cyber-Posse Aims to Round Up Ashley Madison Hackers
(Posted 25-Aug-15)
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McDonald's Tips Android Pay Launch
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Samsung to Ask SC to Reverse Tide in Apple Case
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iPhone Users Can Test-Drive Samsung Galaxy for One Thin Dollar
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Smartphone Sales Sag in China
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Wireless Performance Studies and You
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This Week's Top News Headlines From TechNewsWorld

Cortana Cozies Up to Android Users
(Posted 26-Aug-15)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82419.html

Wii U to Become Pokken Tournament Playing Field
(Posted 25-Aug-15)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82406.html

20 Years Later, Windows 95 Launch Brings Tears of Nostalgia - and
Hilarity
(Posted 24-Aug-15)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82413.html

Intel: Putting Innovation Back in the Hands of the Innovators
(Posted 24-Aug-15)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82408.html

Gadget Ogling: Swimming Aids, Drinks Fixers, and Sleep Rings
(Posted 22-Aug-15)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82411.html

Spotify's 'Sorry' Fails to Cut Through Confusion
(Posted 22-Aug-15)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82410.html

Mum Robot Goes Darwinian on Her Kids
(Posted 21-Aug-15)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82372.html

Sony's SmartBand 2 Takes the Plunge
(Posted 21-Aug-15)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82405.html

Ashley Madison Hackers: Catch Them if You Can
(Posted 20-Aug-15)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82402.html

Devs Get to Poke Around With Marshmallow
(Posted 20-Aug-15)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82401.html

Razer Can't Wait to Intro Its Unnamed VR Camera Baby
(Posted 20-Aug-15)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82400.html

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Spredfast Gets Something to Shout About
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http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/82416.html

Back to School
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http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/82404.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From LinuxInsider

Linux Foundation Wants to Pin a Badge on Secure Open Source Software
(Posted 25-Aug-15)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/82415.html

Nothing Could Be Finer Than Point Linux
(Posted 20-Aug-15)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/82373.html

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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- August 25, 2015

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Wii U to Become Pokken Tournament Playing Field
20 Years Later, Windows 95 Launch Brings Tears of Nostalgia - and Hilarity
Linux Foundation Wants to Pin a Badge on Secure Open Source Software
Intel: Putting Innovation Back in the Hands of the Innovators

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Wii U to Become Pokken Tournament Playing Field
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company last week announced that Pokken
Tournament -- the Pokemon fighting game developed by Namco Bandai --
will expand from arcades in Japan to a worldwide launch on the Wii U in
the spring of 2016. Instead of just issuing commands to use special
attacks, players of the fighting game can direct the blows their Pokemon
deliver.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82406.html

20 Years Later, Windows 95 Launch Brings Tears of Nostalgia - and Hilarity
Twenty years ago Monday, Bill Gates officially released Windows 95,
ushering in a new era. The OS featured a graphical user interface, along
with a task bar and multitasking support, and it introduced the now-
iconic Start button to launch applications. Those Windows 95 features
made using a PC a whole lot easier. The launch also was notable for
turning a software release into a major media event.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82413.html

Linux Foundation Wants to Pin a Badge on Secure Open Source Software
The Core Infrastructure Initiative last week announced a program that
will offer badges to open software developers who follow best practice
software development and security procedures. The CII project enables
technology companies, industry stakeholders and software developers to
collaborate on the identification and funding of critical open source
projects in need of assistance.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82415.html

Intel: Putting Innovation Back in the Hands of the Innovators
We are living in an amazing time, but many of us seem to take it for
granted. We have private spaceships. Self-driving cars are on the road,
even though we can't buy them yet, and there are plans for a 12-mile-
high inflatable building. Granted, a number of us are convinced it will
end up looking like a giant version of the inflatable fan blown stick
man often seen outside of car dealerships.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82408.html

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Tech News Flash: Saturday -- August 22, 2015

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Gadget Ogling: Swimming Aids, Drinks Fixers, and Sleep Rings
Spotify's 'Sorry' Fails to Cut Through Confusion
Mum Robot Goes Darwinian on Her Kids

Today's Story Highlights

Gadget Ogling: Swimming Aids, Drinks Fixers, and Sleep Rings
As an occasional swimmer, I'd like a better way of monitoring how well
I'm doing. It's not so easy to use a stopwatch on my phone in the pool
as it is while out for a jog. So, Misfit is looking to bring wearables
to the water with a new version of its Shine activity tracker, developed
with Speedo. The Speedo Shine apparently can monitor your progress on
laps across all types of strokes.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82411.html

Spotify's 'Sorry' Fails to Cut Through Confusion
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on Friday issued a public apology for poor
communications regarding the company's new privacy policy. The new
policy, which took effect Wednesday, immediately triggered alarm.
Several tech publications railed against the terms, and Minecraft
creator Markus Persson engaged Spotify CEO Daniel Ek in a Twitter debate
that ended with Persson and others quitting the music service.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82410.html

Mum Robot Goes Darwinian on Her Kids
A "mother" robot has demonstrated natural selection and the process of
evolution in action, according to researchers from the University of
Cambridge. Scientists typically have to go back in time to study
evolution -- it's rarely observable over the course of a human lifetime.
However, for robots and artificial intelligence, it's a different story.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82372.html

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