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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- August 4, 2015

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OS X Zero-Day Exploit Threatens Massive Mac Attack
Hey, Siri - Get Out Your Steno Pad
The Cloud's Open Source Seeds Are Growing Strong
Windows 10: Changing the Apple vs. Microsoft Dynamic

Today's Story Highlights

OS X Zero-Day Exploit Threatens Massive Mac Attack
Mac users, beware -- the ads you see on the Web could let hackers hijack
your device. Malwarebytes has discovered a new zero-day exploit in OS X
that lets apps bypass passwords during installation to get root
permission through a Unix shell. A new adware installer downloaded by a
Malwarebytes researcher modified his sudoers file -- a hidden Unix file
that controls access to root permissions.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82339.html

Hey, Siri - Get Out Your Steno Pad
Apple reportedly is working on a service that will enlist Siri to
transcribe voice mail messages for iPhone users. The service could roll
out in 2016, possibly as a new feature in iOS 10. When a call is placed
to a phone that has iCloud Voicemail enabled and you don't answer it,
Siri will pick it up for you. If your caller leaves a voice message,
Siri will notify you and send you a transcription.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82337.html

The Cloud's Open Source Seeds Are Growing Strong
Open source seeded the cloud, 451 Research found five years ago -- and those
seeds have grown. Open source now plays an even
more prevalant and important role -- not only in cloud computing, but also
in other, related areas, such as big data, DevOps
and application containers. One can consider any layer of cloud computing --
Infrastructure as a Service, for example -- and
see the impact.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82336.html

Windows 10: Changing the Apple vs. Microsoft Dynamic
What I find most interesting about Windows 10 is that if Apple wanted to
knock Microsoft off the desktop, then it -- not Microsoft -- should have
released a product like this. When I say "like this," I mean one that
could transform a smartphone into a PC. My reasoning is that Microsoft
is relatively weak in smartphones, and Apple currently is kicking Google
all over the market.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82328.html

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