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Wednesday, 14 September 2011

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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- September 14, 2011

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Headline Scan
Intel Gets Android Inside
Chipping Away at the Great Firewall, Pebble by Pebble
Once It's Motivated, Wipe Really Takes Out the Garbage
Windows 8 Jumps Onto the Metro Line
Will Amazon Book Rentals Challenge the iPad?

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Podcast
Singing in the Rain: How the Cloud Can Pour Down Money (20:19 minutes)
No single type of cloud is appropriate for every business. All companies
must transition themselves into a new cloud deployment in their own
ways. The goal, of course, is bottom-line savings, and when the
operation is done right, those savings are very real. That's what
cosmetics company Revlon learned as it implemented its private cloud,
which it claims has saved it in the neighborhood of $70 million.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/shared/audio/ect-gardner-2011-09-12.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

Intel Gets Android Inside
In an effort to carve out a niche in the burgeoning mobile market, Intel
has partnered with Google to optimize future versions of the latter's
Android mobile operating system for Intel's Atom line of chips. The
announcement was made by Andy Rubin, Android head honcho and Google
senior vice president, on Tuesday at the Intel Developer Forum, which
runs in San Francisco through Thursday.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73280.html

Chipping Away at the Great Firewall, Pebble by Pebble
Online cencorship is relatively commonplace in China, but lately the
country's micro-blogging platforms seem to be gaining more attention
from government censors. The tentacles of this issue stretch into
various nooks of the tech world, from the logistical challenges of
policing the biggest Internet-using country in the world to the economic
vitality of these companies.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73276.html

Once It's Motivated, Wipe Really Takes Out the Garbage
My quest for a secure file deletion app started by accident. But it
resulted in my finding a solid solution with Wipe. My approach to making
sure nobody harvests sensitive data from my cast-away aging equipment is
to never give it away. Instead, I yank the hard drive from the
computer's innards and literally drill it full of holes.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73269.html

Windows 8 Jumps Onto the Metro Line
Microsoft inched further toward the tablet world Tuesday by revealing a
slew of new details about its upcoming Windows 8 operating system at its
Build developers conference, being held in Anaheim, Calif., through
Friday. Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky headlined the
presentation, which demoed various aspects of the new operating system.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73273.html

Will Amazon Book Rentals Challenge the iPad?
Amazon.com is planning to launch a Netflix-like paid subscription
service for e-books, according to The Wall Street Journal . This could
possibly be a move to strengthen the challenge its forthcoming tablet
would pose to the iPad family. Amazon's tablet -- or perhaps two tablets
-- is widely expected late this summer.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73268.html

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Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- September 13, 2011

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Headline Scan
Don't Try This at Home: Overclocked AMD FX Chip Breaks Speed Record
The Swift Erosion of Online Trust
Can Yahoo Escape the Valley of the Dulls?
Congress Gives US Patent Process Extreme Makeover
German Court Deals Another Flesh Wound to Samsung's Galaxy Tab

Today's Story Highlights

Don't Try This at Home: Overclocked AMD FX Chip Breaks Speed Record
AMD announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded the Guinness World
Record for computer processor speed for an overclocked version of its
upcoming eight-core FX desktop processor. This CPU hit a top speed of
8.429 GHz with the help of specialist teams, as well as a heavy dose of
liquid nitrogen and helium for cooling.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73270.html

The Swift Erosion of Online Trust
The break-in and theft of security certificates from a Dutch authority
brought home, once again, how vulnerable Web browsers can be to hackers
pretending to be who they're not. The authority, DigiNotar, is one of
many that issue security certificates for websites. The digital
certificates tell a browser to "trust" content coming from a certain
site.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73265.html

Can Yahoo Escape the Valley of the Dulls?
When the end of her stint as Yahoo CEO came for Carol Bartz, it arrived
via a phone call from the company's chairman. That's what she told
employees in a profanity-free, company-wide email when she learned the
news. Bartz was fired after nearly three years as Yahoo's chief
executive, having failed to turn around the once-great Internet company.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73254.html

Congress Gives US Patent Process Extreme Makeover
After six years of debate over patent reform, the U.S. Senate last week
overwhelmingly approved the America Invents Act, a sweeping overhaul of
the U.S. patent system that intends to weed out unnecessary patents and
put the country more on par with international patent procedures. The
bill, authored by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., passed with a bipartisan
vote of 89-9 in the Senate.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73263.html

German Court Deals Another Flesh Wound to Samsung's Galaxy Tab
First it gave Apple the preliminary injunction it was seeking against
Samsung's Galaxy Tab. Then it suggested it might have been at least
partly mistaken. Now the Dusseldorf court that has been hearing Apple's
patent suit against Samsung's Galaxy 10.1 tablet, has confirmed that
yes, Samsung's German subsidiary may not sell the device in Europe.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73255.html

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Monday, 12 September 2011

Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Monday -- September 12, 2011

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Headline Scan
AT&T Plans Mango Feast
Can an Anti-Child Porn Bill Go Too Far?
Passion Is the Thin Line Between Success and Failure
Linux and the Giant Breach
Scan: A Neat Way to Solve the Mysteries of QR Codes

Podcast
Can Yahoo Escape the Valley of the Dulls? (11:38 minutes)
In this episode: Carol Bartz is fired from her position as CEO of Yahoo
as the company remains in a years-long rut; AT&T weighs its options in
light of the lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice filed to block the
company's purchase of T-Mobile; Sprint attempts to further stifle AT&T's
efforts with a lawsuit of its own; Groupon reportedly gets cold feet
regarding its planned initial public offering; a judge significantly
reduces the damages SAP must pay Oracle over the TomorrowNow incident.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/shared/audio/ect-recap-2011-09-09.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

AT&T Plans Mango Feast
AT&T announced on Monday that it would add three new 4G smartphones
running Windows Phone 7.5, aka "Mango," in the fourth quarter. It also
pledged to update existing WinPho7 devices to Mango this fall. The three
new devices are the HTC Titan, with a 4.7-inch screen; the Samsung Focus
S, with a 4.3-inch display; and the Samsung Focus Flash, with a 3.7-inch
screen.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73262.html

Can an Anti-Child Porn Bill Go Too Far?
H.R. 1981, a U.S. federal bill which apparently seeks to combat child
pornography, has stirred up opposition from various lawmakers as well as
civil rights groups. The proposed law, introduced in May and now under
consideration in Congress, is the joint creation of Rep. Lamar Smith, R-
Texas, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73259.html

Passion Is the Thin Line Between Success and Failure
Carol Bartz got fired last week -- the Yahoo Board handled it badly, and
she went ugly. Steve Ballmer is also seen as a failure both inside and
outside Microsoft, and it is widely held that the only reason he hasn't
been fired is that he and his best friend, Bill Gates, own the Microsoft
Board. President Obama's approval ratings indicate that if the U.S.
could "Bartz" him, we would.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73252.html

Linux and the Giant Breach
Security scares are so commonplace in the tech industry today that it's
virtually impossible to keep track of them all. Security scares in the
Linux world, however, are still rare enough as to cause at least a small
collective gasp of consternation. That, indeed, is just what happened
recently when it was discovered that the Kernel.org site had been
breached last month.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73261.html

Scan: A Neat Way to Solve the Mysteries of QR Codes
As you are out and about, walking around the world, if you ever bother
to look up from the screen on your iPhone, you've probably seen a QR
code -- a black and white square with three ringed black squares in the
corners and a bunch of seemingly random white and black pixels scattered
all over it.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73256.html

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Friday, 9 September 2011

Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Friday -- September 9, 2011

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Headline Scan
Greenies Give Google 'Good Example' Props
Behind the Pay Wall, Part 3: A Breed Apart
FSF's Star Turn in the Android FUDathon, Part 4
Parallels 7 Swings In
Google Slips Zagat Up Its Sleeve

Today's Story Highlights

Greenies Give Google 'Good Example' Props
For the first time in the search engine's history, Google revealed just
how much electricity it takes to power its massive computing
infrastructure. Google announced that for the year 2010, it used 2.6
million megawatt-hours of energy to run its data centers, search
mechanisms, Gmail, YouTube and display ads globally.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73253.html

Behind the Pay Wall, Part 3: A Breed Apart
Fan sites are immune from many of the Achilles' heels that plague other
media outlets. Indeed, people don't need fan sites to be in the know.
When news breaks about a player, it will within moments be splattered
all over the Web. But even if fans don't need these sites for news, they
need them for camaraderie. This is one of the things that insulates fan
sites from the pay wall pitfalls that have ravaged other media outlets.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73250.html

FSF's Star Turn in the Android FUDathon, Part 4
"Strike while the iron is hot" -- and the usual suspects have made
Android licensing a hot issue. However, the title of the FSF article,
"Android GPLv2 termination worries -- one more reason to upgrade to
GPLv3," gives the game away. This is about politics, not licensing.
About pushing a specific agenda. About promoting the GPLv3 license at
the expense of the GPLv2, Linux, Android and reality.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73251.html

Parallels 7 Swings In
A new version of Parallels Desktop, the software that allows you to run
multiple operating systems on your Mac simultaneously, was released this
week. This latest edition of the popular virtualization software, which
is on more than 3 million desktops worldwide, has more than 90 new and
enhanced features, as well as a new mobile app that runs on the iPhone,
iPad and iPod touch.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73248.html

Google Slips Zagat Up Its Sleeve
Google's acquisitions occur so frequently that they tend to attract
interest for a few hours after they're announced, and the market then
goes about its business. However, the company just made a deal that the
online ad industry has been fixated on all day: Google has bought Zagat,
the famed restaurant review publisher and provider of original content.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73247.html

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Thursday, 8 September 2011

Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Thursday -- September 8, 2011

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Headline Scan
Amazon Redesign: Limbering Up for Tablet Action?
Behind the Pay Wall, Part 2: You Gotta Have a Gimmick
FSF's Star Turn in the Android FUDathon, Part 3
The iPad's Powerful Academic Potential
Which Linux Distro Leads the Pack?
Overachievement May Be Droid Bionic's Achilles' Heel

Podcast
Hybridizing the Cloud (21:40 minutes)
Specialized hybrid clouds can often address a particular industry's
needs more comfortably than one-size-fits-all services. Sometimes these
can turn into sources of new business. For many companies, "maintaining
their own infrastructure is not a competitive advantage for them," said
NYSE Euronext's Steve Rubinow. "It's really a cost of doing business
like telephones and office furniture."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/shared/audio/ect-gardner-2011-09-06.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

Amazon Redesign: Limbering Up for Tablet Action?
The next time you make a shopping trip to Amazon.com, you may be in for
a surprise. The Net's largest retailer will be rolling out significant
design changes to its online store -- changes that some say make the
site more tablet friendly. The new design is airier than the old one.
There's more white space on the home page.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73245.html

Behind the Pay Wall, Part 2: You Gotta Have a Gimmick
If recruiting followed porn's lead into the world of 900 numbers, it did
the same on the Internet. Porn was among the first and most successful
industries to charge for content online, supplying a different type of
fix for an equally zealous audience. However, like so many others, the
porn industry's ability to charge for content has eroded over time. News
is another commodity that people have been devoutly unwilling to pay
for.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73239.html

FSF's Star Turn in the Android FUDathon, Part 3
Where did this "you are permanently barred from distributing" stuff
originate? In digging around, I found a post titled "A Practical Guide
to GPL Compliance" at the Software Freedom Law Center dated August 26,
2008, written by the team of Bradley M. Kuhn, Aaron Williamson and Karen
M. Sandler.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73241.html

The iPad's Powerful Academic Potential
My gut response when I heard that some school districts are rolling out
iPads to elementary, middle and high school kids was, "Wow, lucky little
goobers." And that reaction was quickly followed by, "Wait a minute,
iPads ? What's wrong with a good old fashioned textbook? Are schools
going to start showing 30-second video clips as a teaching method now?"
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73244.html

Which Linux Distro Leads the Pack?
Between Googlerola, the tempestuous software patent storm, HP's
shenanigans and the one-two punch delivered by CmdrTaco and Steve Jobs,
we've surely displayed all the stamina any group of completely
overwhelmed souls could reasonably be expected to have. Time now for a
little fun. And how do Linux bloggers have fun? That's right, by
engaging in a little high-spirited debate.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73240.html

Overachievement May Be Droid Bionic's Achilles' Heel
Eight months after Verizon Wireless showed off the prototype for the
Droid Bionic, it is finally coming to market. The device is among the
handful of phones that will run on the 4G LTE network that Verizon is
rolling out this year -- and the carrier's first to sport a dual-core
processor. If that makes it sound fast, that's because it is, said
Verizon Wireless national spokersperson Brenda Ranei.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73238.html

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