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ECT News Network Weekly Newsletter: Wednesday -- January 20, 2016

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This Week's Top News Headlines From the E-Commerce Times

FTC Issues Regulatory Warning on Big Data Use
(Posted 20-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83004.html

Cook Slams Door on Backdoor Discussions
(Posted 19-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83000.html

Netflix Cracks Down on Overseas Proxy Access
(Posted 19-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82985.html

In the Shadow of the Amazon Prime Juggernaut
(Posted 19-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82998.html

WhatsApp Scraps Fee Model
(Posted 18-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82996.html

IDC: There's Hope on the PC Horizon
(Posted 18-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82993.html

Foursquare Shifts Gears
(Posted 16-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82992.html

iAd Shakeup May Be in the Works
(Posted 15-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82988.html

Cisco Aims to Pin Down Shadow IT
(Posted 15-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82983.html

Samsung Snaps Up Snapdragon 820 Chip Manufacturing Deal
(Posted 14-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82980.html

Time Warner Possibilities Put Glint in Apple's Eye
(Posted 14-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82979.html

Google Sharpens Its Virtual Reality Focus
(Posted 14-Jan-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82977.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From TechNewsWorld

Ukraine Mounts Investigation of Kiev Airport Cyberattack
(Posted 20-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83005.html

Reading, Writing and Minecraft?
(Posted 19-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83001.html

Phishing Attack Could Net LastPass Credentials
(Posted 19-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82999.html

Gadget Ogling: Baring Souls, Soaking Up Sound, and Tracking Babes
(Posted 19-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82990.html

Microsoft Prods Skylake Users to Take the Windows 10 Plunge
(Posted 18-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82997.html

Pokken Tournament to Kick Off in March
(Posted 18-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82995.html

What the PC Industry Could Learn From the NRA
(Posted 18-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82989.html

Sony Builds Smart Home Hub Into Ceiling Light
(Posted 15-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82986.html

NASA Advances Mission to Protect Earth From Asteroids
(Posted 15-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82987.html

Google's Self-Driving Cars Still Need Human Touch
(Posted 14-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82981.html

Privacy as a Service Advocates Promise Better Data Protection
(Posted 14-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82978.html

Researchers May Have Licked Flaming Lithium-Ion Battery Problem
(Posted 14-Jan-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82967.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From CRM Buyer

Demandware Teams With eBay on Omnichannel E-Commerce Solution
(Posted 19-Jan-16)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/83002.html

The Top 20 CRM Blogs of 2015: Part 1
(Posted 15-Jan-16)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/82984.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From LinuxInsider

Deepin Takes Linux to New Depths
(Posted 18-Jan-16)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/82994.html

OpenSSH Flaw Could Leak Crypto Keys
(Posted 15-Jan-16)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/82991.html

Dronecode Project Gets More Wind Beneath Its Wings
(Posted 14-Jan-16)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/82982.html

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Tech News Flash

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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- January 19, 2016

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Headline Scan
Gadget Ogling: Baring Souls, Soaking Up Sound, and Tracking Babes
Microsoft Prods Skylake Users to Take the Windows 10 Plunge
Deepin Takes Linux to New Depths
Pokken Tournament to Kick Off in March
What the PC Industry Could Learn From the NRA

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Today's Story Highlights

Gadget Ogling: Baring Souls, Soaking Up Sound, and Tracking Babes
As time advances, more responsibilities seep into our lives. We get
wrapped up in our own worlds, and don't necessarily make enough time to
spend with the friends and family members who've been important parts of
our worlds for decades. Concepter's Soul time tracker seeks to make us
more conscious of the time we spend with those who matter most to us.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82990.html

Microsoft Prods Skylake Users to Take the Windows 10 Plunge
Microsoft last week announced that within the next 18 months, it will
end support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on machines equipped with
Intel's 6th generation Core processors, also known as "Skylake." As of
mid-July next year, Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows
platform on Skylake systems, and only the most critical security fixes
will be released for earlier versions of Windows.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82997.html

Deepin Takes Linux to New Depths
The latest release of the Linux distro now called "Depth OS" deserves
serious consideration. It is fast, reliable and innovative, with an
impressive homegrown desktop design dubbed "Deepin Desktop Environment."
Depth OS has a bit of an identity problem. The open source community
that developed the distro seems to have a difficult time deciding what
to call it.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82994.html

Pokken Tournament to Kick Off in March
Nintendo last week announced that "Pokkén Tournament" will be available
worldwide for Wii U on March 18. The Pokémon-themed fighting game,
developed by Bandai Namco and published by Nintendo, will retail for
$60. For the first production run, Nintendo is tossing in a Shadow
Mewtwo amiibo card. When used with a Wii U gamepad, the amiibo card will
unlock Shadow Mewtwo as a playable character.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82995.html

What the PC Industry Could Learn From the NRA
One of the fascinating things about the NRA is that buyers of guns think
the organization represents them, when in fact its mission is to
represent gun sellers -- not gun buyers -- and certainly never gun
buyers against gun sellers. Guns for consumers largely have been banned
in most of the world, with the exception of the U.S., which uniquely has
the NRA.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82989.html

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Tech News Flash

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Tech News Flash: Saturday -- January 16, 2016

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Headline Scan
Sony Builds Smart Home Hub Into Ceiling Light
OpenSSH Flaw Could Leak Crypto Keys
NASA Advances Mission to Protect Earth From Asteroids
Google's Self-Driving Cars Still Need Human Touch
Dronecode Project Gets More Wind Beneath Its Wings
Privacy as a Service Advocates Promise Better Data Protection
Researchers May Have Licked Flaming Lithium-Ion Battery Problem
EFF Urges Revival of Human Rights Case Against Cisco

Today's Story Highlights

Sony Builds Smart Home Hub Into Ceiling Light
Sony this week announced its Multifunctional Light, a ceiling lamp
that's kitted out with sensors to talk to smart things. It includes
sensors for motion, illumination, temperature and humidity. There's also
WiFi radio, a memory card slot, a condenser microphone, and an infrared
controller for air conditioners. The lamp form factor offers convenient
placement, said a Sony Electronics spokesperson.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82986.html

OpenSSH Flaw Could Leak Crypto Keys
Qualys on Thursday reported a flaw in the OpenSSH client that could let
a hacker steal the client's private crypto keys. The bug is the result
of an undocumented feature called "roaming" that exists in version 5.4
and above. It's one of two vulnerabilities that a malicious SSH server
or a trusted but compromised server can exploit, Qualys said. The other
is a heap-based buffer overflow.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82991.html

NASA Advances Mission to Protect Earth From Asteroids
NASA last week announced that it has established the Planetary Defense
Coordination Office to formalize its efforts to detect and track near-
Earth objects. The PDCO will supervise all NASA-funded projects to find
and characterize asteroids and comets that pass near Earth's orbit
around the sun. It will issue notices of close passes and warnings of
any detected potential impacts.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82987.html

Google's Self-Driving Cars Still Need Human Touch
Google's self-driving cars showed major safety improvements over the
past year -- but there were dozens of incidents when test drivers had to
intervene, the company said in a report recently filed with California
regulators. There were 272 so-called immediate manual control
disengagements due to a failure of the autonomous car technology,
between September 2014 and November 2015, Google reported.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82981.html

Dronecode Project Gets More Wind Beneath Its Wings
The Linux Foundation this week announced an expansion of the Dronecode
project with investments from new members and the creation of three
technical working groups. The foundation launched the open source
project in 2014 in an effort to create a unified platform for commercial
drone technology. Twenty-seven companies have joined Dronecode since,
bringing membership to 51, officials said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82982.html

Privacy as a Service Advocates Promise Better Data Protection
There's been a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth about the Sisyphean
task of protecting privacy in the Digital Age, but that hasn't stopped
innovators from searching for ways to preserve it. One of the latest
ideas to emerge in the field is Privacy as a Service. As with many
emerging technologies, the definition of "PaaS" (not to be confused with
Platform as a Service) is in flux.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82978.html

Researchers May Have Licked Flaming Lithium-Ion Battery Problem
Incorporating a polymer switching material into lithium-ion batteries
could prevent their overheating due to a process known as "thermal
runaway," according to Stanford researchers. Lithium-ion batteries
consist of an anode, a cathode, a separator and a flammable electrolyte.
The separator melts when a large amount of heat is generated by
overcharging or shorting, ultimately resulting in a thermal runaway.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82967.html

EFF Urges Revival of Human Rights Case Against Cisco
The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Monday pressed to revive a lawsuit
against Cisco Systems for violating human rights in China, in a brief
filed with a U.S. Court of Appeals. Members of Falun Gong, a religious
group persecuted in China, originally filed the lawsuit in 2011, but a
federal district court in California dismissed it in 2014. The federal
appeals court now is considering a challenge to that dismissal.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82973.html

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