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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- February 23, 2016

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Apple FBI Standoff Stretches Into Week Two
Gadgets: Gaming Revivals, Clever Cameras, and Smartphones for All
The FBI's iPhone Problem: Tactical vs. Strategic Thinking
Google Gives iOS Devs Open Source EarlGrey Testing Tool
Hollywood Hospital Succumbs to Hacker Shakedown
Neverware Brings Windows Into Its Anti-Aging Fold

Today's Story Highlights

Apple FBI Standoff Stretches Into Week Two
Apple has called for the creation of a government panel to help resolve
a standoff between the company and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
over the issue of national security vs. data privacy. The proposal for a
commission followed FBI Director James Comey's Sunday post on Lawfare --
an apparent effort to quell the controversy. Comey emphasized that the
bureau was not seeking a master key.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83143.html

Gadgets: Gaming Revivals, Clever Cameras, and Smartphones for All
Sir Clive Sinclair helped popularize video games as a viable home
entertainment option with the ZX Spectrum. After reviving the brand a
little over a year ago with the introduction of the Vega
microcontroller, which plugs into televisions, Sinclair and Retro
Computers now have launched a handheld version, the Vega+. The Vega+
design is aligned with other current handheld consoles.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83140.html

The FBI's iPhone Problem: Tactical vs. Strategic Thinking
I'm an ex-sheriff, I've been in and out of security jobs for much of my
life, so I've got some familiarity with the issues underlying the drama
between the FBI and Apple. Law enforcement officials would like an
easier way to do their jobs. Wouldn't we all? If they could put cameras
in every home and business on the planet, they'd find a way to do it.
That would solve a lot of tactical challenges.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83130.html

Google Gives iOS Devs Open Source EarlGrey Testing Tool
Google last week introduced EarlGrey, a functional user interface
testing framework for Apple iOS apps. YouTube, Google Calendar, Google
Photos, Google Translate and Google Play Music have successfully adopted
the framework, the company said. EarlGrey has been open sourced under
the Apache license. Developers can add it to their projects using
CocoaPods or manually add it to Xcode project files.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83142.html

Hollywood Hospital Succumbs to Hacker Shakedown
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center on Wednesday announced that it
paid approximately $17,000 to resume normal operations after digital
extortionists knocked its computer systems offline. The Los Angeles
hospital discovered its computer network infected with ransomware
earlier this month. After paying the ransom, the hospital was able to
bring its electronic medical record system online.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83134.html

Neverware Brings Windows Into Its Anti-Aging Fold
Neverware on Thursday announced the addition of dual-boot support,
allowing its CloudReady operating system and Microsoft Windows to run on
the same computer. The feature preserves existing data on computers.
Adding it to CloudReady -- which lets PCs and Apple computers function
like Google Chromebooks -- will let users keep their existing computer
configuration or access Google's environment.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83136.html

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