Tech News Flash: Monday -- February 13, 2012
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Headline Scan
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1. Samsung Throws Another Galaxy Tab at the Wall
2. Cracking Open Google Wallet
3. Apple Tells MacBook Pro to Lose a Few
4. Boycott Apple! Why Apple Is Screwed
5. The Day Canonical Pushed Kubuntu Out of the Nest
6. iBooks Author Lets You Build Astounding Texts
7. Internet Access Severely Curbed in Iran
8. Google Wallet a Pushover for Pickpockets
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The Whens, Whats and Hows of iPad 3 (12:12 minutes)
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In this episode: A report pinning the introduction of the iPad 3 to the
first week of March stirs up more speculation about Apple's next tablet;
Sprint's quarterly report reveals the pain of carrying the iPhone; EPIC
takes the FTC to task over the changes Google has planned for how it
handles user data; Google introduces a security guard for its Android
Market; Anonymous hackers release Symantec source code to the wild after
ransom negotiations fall through.
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Story Highlights
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1. Samsung Throws Another Galaxy Tab at the Wall
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Samsung on Monday announced its latest tablet, the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2.
The tablet has a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs Android 4.0, aka
"Ice Cream Sandwich." It will be available in 3G and WiFi versions in
Europe from March, starting with the UK market. "Samsung's playing all
over the board," said Tom Mainelli, a research director at IDC.
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74411.html
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2. Cracking Open Google Wallet
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Mobile shopping received a setback last week when security researchers
discovered flaws in Google Wallet that could potentially expose its PIN
to enterprising hackers. When Google introduced its wallet, it bragged
that it was secure because transaction information was stored in a
"secure element" in Wallet-enabled phones.
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74408.html
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3. Apple Tells MacBook Pro to Lose a Few
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Apple is reportedly planning a substantial design overhaul for its
MacBook Pro line. The company's next generation of high-end laptop
computers will be thinner, lighter notebooks that closely resemble
MacBook Airs and feature extended battery life. Traditional hard drives
will be replaced with flash-memory-based solid-state drives.
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74412.html
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4. Boycott Apple! Why Apple Is Screwed
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Boy, if there were ever an indication that we're in the post-Steve Jobs
years, it was last week when there was a major rally to hold Apple
accountable for the poor working conditions at Foxconn in China. Now I'm
all for accountability, but this would be like a European country
holding a restaurant there accountable for the working conditions on
U.S. fishing boats (and there was even a TV show on how bad that job can
suck).
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74402.html
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5. The Day Canonical Pushed Kubuntu Out of the Nest
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Linux fans have had a hard enough time watching the ongoing woes of
Mandriva in recent months, so when the news hit last week that Kubuntu
was under threat as well, it just felt like too much. "Today I bring the
disappointing news that Canonical will no longer be funding my work on
Kubuntu after 12.04," wrote developer Jonathan Riddell in a message to
Kubuntu developers.
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74409.html
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6. iBooks Author Lets You Build Astounding Texts
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In my mind, the most important element of any software application is
the ability to make users feel empowered, as if they can act on
information, make changes, or best yet, create. Apple's new iBooks
Author application for Mac OS X lets you create -- so much so that I
actually believe that I could write an awesome iBook textbook myself.
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74399.html
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7. Internet Access Severely Curbed in Iran
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Reports are coming out of Iran that the country is increasingly
squeezing Internet access to certain sites, including websites that use
the HTTPS protocol. Many tech-savvy users who were able to circumvent
restrictions to gain access to an unfettered Internet have found their
usual methods are no longer effective.
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74406.html
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8. Google Wallet a Pushover for Pickpockets
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News of two security flaws in Google Wallet, which lets smartphone
owners pay for purchases through the devices, has caused some concern
about the nascent mobile payment product. One works on rooted devices;
the other works on any smartphone with the Google Wallet capability.
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74407.html
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