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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- March 1, 2016

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Fed Judge Rules for Apple in Drug Case Involving Encryption
Fresh Raspberry Pi Has Better Hardware Baked In
Gadgets: Playful Projectors, Star Wars Sounds, and Spotify-to-Go
Microsoft Invites Devs to Tinker With HoloLens
Apple Motion Seeks to Block Feds From Acquiring 'Dangerous Power'
Google Killed the Laptop Star
Superhot Warps Time
RebeccaBlackOS Is a Class Act
Chicago School Board Elevates Computer Science to Graduation Requirement

Today's Story Highlights

Fed Judge Rules for Apple in Drug Case Involving Encryption
A federal magistrate judge on Monday ruled that Apple did not have to
unlock an encrypted iPhone used in a federal drug case. The ruling gave
the company a key victory against the Department of Justice in the midst
of a legal struggle over an FBI request that the encrypted phone of one
of the suspected shooters in the San Bernardino, California, massacre
also be unlocked.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83175.html

Fresh Raspberry Pi Has Better Hardware Baked In
The Raspberry Pi Foundation on Monday announced the availability of the
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B for $35, the same price as the previous model. It
is the second major upgrade to the board in just over a year. The
hardware upgrade boosts the single-core processor of the original Pi to
a faster, more capable quad-core chipset in the Pi 3. The current model
is based on a 64-bit chipset.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83176.html

Gadgets: Playful Projectors, Star Wars Sounds, and Spotify-to-Go
Sony's Xperia Projector Concept turns any surface into an interactive
display. One can, for instance, check the latest temperature, play
games, edit documents, or make video calls. It is a self-contained
system, and it does not need to connect to a smartphone or a computer to
operate. It seems that Sony has designs on turning this into a portable
device as well.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83168.html

Microsoft Invites Devs to Tinker With HoloLens
Microsoft on Monday announced that its HoloLens Development Edition was
available for preorder, with units set to ship to developers beginning
March 30. The company early last year introduced the holographic
computer technology as a feature for Windows 10. It later announced a
partnership with Volvo that would allow the application to be applied to
the automobile sales floor.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83173.html

Apple Motion Seeks to Block Feds From Acquiring 'Dangerous Power'
Apple last week filed a motion to vacate a federal order requiring the
company to create a tool or code to unlock the iPhone of one of the San
Bernardino, California, shooters. The order would set a dangerous
precedent and release a powerful means to breach security on potentially
millions of phones around the world, Apple argued. It transcends one
phone, the company said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83170.html

Google Killed the Laptop Star
Anyone who went to business school recognizes the basic tenet that you
use marketing to build demand in order to sell products. Through the
1990s, there was impressive marketing surrounding laptops. Apple
aggressively marketed this class, as did Microsoft, and it seemed every
other brand on TV was trying to convince us we needed a new PC. PC
marketing dropped off a cliff in the last decade.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83159.html

Superhot Warps Time
Three years of thought went into the think-between-steps shooter game
Superhot, which was released Thursday. Born of a week-long first-person-
shooter game jam, Superhot 's concept caught the attention of the
Kickstarter crowd, raising $250,000. The indie title is available on
Windows, Linux and OS X. It will arrive on Xbox One next month. It's a
novel approach to the FPS genre.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83169.html

RebeccaBlackOS Is a Class Act
RebeccaBlackOS is a Debian Testing-based live distribution that offers a
developmental view of Wayland-based Linux desktop sessions. A few other
distro makers have prototypes of Wayland running, but the options for
different desktop environments available all from one live-session DVD
caught my attention. Anyone curious about where Wayland development is
headed can get a first look from RBOS.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83163.html

Chicago School Board Elevates Computer Science to Graduation Requirement
The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday voted unanimously to make
computer science a graduation requirement for all high school students
beginning with next year's freshmen. Chicago Public Schools has become a
national leader in computer science education since Mayor Rahm Emanuel
launched the Computer Science for All initiative for grades K-12 in
2013, the board said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83167.html

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