Newslinx

• Tech firms seek surveillance reform - TG Daily
  Mon, 09 Dec 2013
  Eight leading technology firms including Google and Facebook call for "wide-scale changes" to US government surveillance.
  
• Warning over 4Chan Xbox One prank - TG Daily
  Mon, 09 Dec 2013
  Xbox One owners are being warned about an internet prank that could wreck their console and render it inoperable.
  
• Got the chills yet? Invasive cockroach found in NYC can withstand harsh winter cold - Fox News
  Mon, 09 Dec 2013
  The High Line, a park that turned a dilapidated stretch of elevated railway on Manhattan's West Side into one of New York's newest tourist attractions, may have brought a different kind of visit...
  
• BBC launches five new HD channels - TG Daily
  Mon, 09 Dec 2013
  The BBC is to launch five new subscription-free HD TV channels on Tuesday.
  
• Police crackdown on pirate site ads - TG Daily
  Mon, 09 Dec 2013
  City of London Police crack down on pirate sites and ask companies to stop advertising on them.
  
• Tech firms call on U.S. to reform spying activities - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 09 Dec 2013
  Major U.S. technology companies including Google and Facebook have joined together to ask the U.S. government to reform spying activities
  
• Bluetooth may make digital wallets mainstream - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 09 Dec 2013
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• The Worst (And Best) Company Name Changes - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 09 Dec 2013
  As Dow Chemical rethinks its identity, it should consider: a name change is sometimes more trouble than it's worth.
  
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to Integrate Default Torrent Scope for Unity - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 08 Dec 2013
  

  Softpedia: We reported a short while ago about the development of a torrent scope that could be used in Unity, for the newly released Ubuntu 13.10 and the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04.

  
  
• NTRU crypto software available to open-source community - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 08 Dec 2013
  

  GCN: NTRU is a public key cryptosystem that uses lattice-based cryptography to encrypt and decrypt data.

  
  
• Is piracy possible on any object? - TG Daily
  Sun, 08 Dec 2013
  Could everything from kids' toys to Aston Martins be pirated?
  
• Cisco Sees IPv6 as Driving Future Internet Growth - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 08 Dec 2013
  

  EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: Could 2014 finally be the breakout year of IPv6?

  
  
• HP Launches Portal to Sell Its Software Online (Drupal!) - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 08 Dec 2013
  

  eWEEK: The new HP Pronq effort is not set to be officially announced until next week, though the site is now live.

  
  
• IBM's losing ground with Unix -- and Oracle may follow - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 08 Dec 2013
  

  InfoWorld: Proprietary Unix and mainframe products have long been on the wane as Linux and commodity-cloud solutions have eclipsed them over the past several years.

  
  
• Lift-off for £1bn UK space project - TG Daily
  Sun, 08 Dec 2013
  The London-based Inmarsat company launches the first spacecraft in a new £1bn global telecommunications network.
  
• To give birth, sharks return to own birthplace, study says - Fox News
  Sun, 08 Dec 2013
  A near 20-year study of female lemon sharks has discovered the species may wander far-and-wide over their life, but always return to the exact location where they were born to give birth.
  
• IBM, Mirantis Launch OpenStack Benchmarking Tool - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 07 Dec 2013
  

  Talkin' Cloud: Rally is a testing and benchmarking tool that measure OpenStack performance when running various enterprise workloads.

  
  
• Open Source is the Next Focus on Facebook's Agenda - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 07 Dec 2013
  

  Tech Zone: Facebook is not only developing in-house resources for Android.

  
  
• Today in Open Source: Should Microsoft and Sony worry about Valve and SteamOS? - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 07 Dec 2013
  

  IT World: Today in Open Source: Valve joins the Linux Foundation. Plus: openSUSE 13.1 review, and a screenshot tour of Tiny Core 5.1.

  
  
• Zorin OS 7 Released - A Ultimate Linux Desktop with Windows 7 Feel - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 07 Dec 2013
  

  Tecmint: Based on Ubuntu Linux which is the most popular Linux desktop across the globe, Zorin OS is trying to influence Windows users.

  
  
• Android app caught sharing ID data - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Millions of Android users have been "deceived" by a developer who covertly gathered personal data, says the US Federal Trade Commission.
  
• No time for shopping? A robot can do it for you - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  How one startup hopes to reinvent the act of gift-giving.
  
• Samsung and Philips raided by EU - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Samsung and Philips are among several consumer electronics companies raided by the European Commission over suspected breaches of competition rules.
  
• Warning over rare metals in gadgets - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Modern technology is too reliant on rare materials whose scarcity could drastically set back innovation, a report warns.
  
• New X-Men film, Apocalypse, for 2016 - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Fox announces that the next film in the franchise will be called Apocalypse and will be released in cinemas in May 2016.
  
• WSJ: Apple e-book judge is 'a disgrace to the judiciary' - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  News Corp's Wall Street Journal calls for Judge Denise Cote's ouster.
  
• NatWest services hit by cyber attack - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  A deliberate attempt to disrupt services at NatWest left some customers struggling to access online banking on Friday.
  
• Samsung reattempts botched update - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Samsung has started again to roll out an update to its Galaxy S3 smartphone, weeks after a botched attempt angered users.
  
• Google's Eric Schmidt wants a ban on Amazon drones - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Warns that the technology can be used to spy on -- and record -- your private activities.
  
• Grindr's performance issues could doom its relationships - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  One app's downtime is another's opportunity.
  
• When will Facebook be added to S&P 500? - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Facebook is one of the largest U.S. companies by market value, and investors are hungry to know when it will join the market's most closely-tracked index.
  
• Why Emily White's move to Snapchat is unsurprising - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  The Instagram exec has always been drawn to a challenge. Snapchat just happens to be the newest one on her list.
  
• VIDEO: Christmas tablets reviewed - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  BBC Click's Marc Cieslak looks at the tablet market, explains the different systems and reviews three devices.
  
• Someone bought a $100,000 Tesla with Bitcoins - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  The things you can buy with the digital currency Bitcoin continues to grow, from sandwiches to fine art -- and now expensive cars.
  
• VIDEO: 'Feeling' virtual objects in mid-air - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Spencer Kelly finds out how ultrasound can give virtual objects a tactile sensation.
  
• Alien planet 11 times bigger than Jupiter found in bizarre, massive orbit - Fox News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  An enormous alien planet — one that is 11 times more massive than Jupiter — was discovered in the most distant orbit yet found around a single parent star.
  
• Major US winter storm spotted from space - Fox News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  The West and Midwest have gotten a harsh blast of winter thanks to a powerful storm that blanketed a large swath of the country.
  
• Ask a science teacher: What makes the colors in fireworks? - Fox News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  There is much chemistry and physics in fireworks; the color of fireworks, for one thing, is all in the chemicals. Your basic fireworks have been around for hundreds of years.
  
• Air Force's mysterious space plane nears 1 year In orbit - Fox News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is nearing a major milestone — one year of travel in Earth orbit, performing duties in support of long-term space objectives.
  
• Why is China targeting the moon -- and should NASA as well? - Fox News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Americans from Buzz Aldrin to president Barack Obama say it’s a waste of time to put men back on the moon -- so why are foreign countries like China so eager to take that one small step?
  
• Comcast purchase of Time Warner Cable looks more and more unlikely - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  It appears unlikely that Comcast would be able to acquire all of Time Warner Cable. If it makes a bid at all, it would more likely be for just part of the company, with Charter Communications getting the rest.
  
• VIDEO: The minute before we knew - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  #BBCtrending looks at the intense activity on social media in the 60 seconds before Nelson Mandela's death was officially announced by South African President Jacob Zuma.
  
• 'Gran Turismo 6' $300 million launch focuses on PS3 - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Sony's Gran Turismo racing franchise celebrates its 15th anniversary with sales of 70 million copies and revenue of over $2.5 billion, but is ignoring the PS4 (for now).
  
• In a game of chicken with Apple, Icahn blinked - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Talk is cheap.
  
• Twitter adds first female board member - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Former Pearson and Economist CEO Marjorie Scardino named to the Twitter board.
  
• Ford: Mulally not leaving for Microsoft - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Microsoft shares sank after a Ford board member said Alan Mulally is not leaving the company anytime soon. That dampens investor hopes that Mulally would succeed Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO.
  
• The one move that might put Uber in the fast lane - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The on-demand, mobile app-based transportation service has enjoyed tremendous growth. Its new financing platform promises to press the pedal even closer to the metal.
  
• How not to get hacked - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A spy virus stole millions of passwords. Here's how to keep your password secure.
  
• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' secretive Blue Origin company test-fires rocket engine - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The secretive private spaceflight company Blue Origin founded by billionaire Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has successfully test-fired a new engine for commercial rockets that may one day help launch astronauts and cargo into orbit.
  
• Orphaned mountain lion kittens given new home at zoos - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A trio of two-month-old mountain lions are headed to zoos after California wildlife officials scooped them up last week following their mother’s death and nursed them back to health.
  
• Icahn's 'missile' at Apple was more like a love note - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  He cut his buyback demand from $150 billion to $50 billion and gave Apple a year to do it.
  
• Private company plans US's first controlled moon landing in 40 years - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A U.S. spacecraft hasn’t made a controlled landing on the moon since Apollo 17 left the lunar surface on Dec. 14, 1972. That’s about to change.
  
• UK paves way for driverless cars - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The UK government wants to make Britain a world leader in developing autonomous vehicles.
  
• VIDEO: NSA 'tracking' millions of mobiles - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Almost five billion mobile phone location records are logged by the NSA every day, reports the Washington Post.
  
• NSA 'tracking' millions of mobiles - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The movements of hundreds of millions of mobile users are being tracked by the NSA every day, reveals the Washington Post.
  
• Could hi-tech make cyclists safer? - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  How new tech aims to make cycling safer
  
• Microsoft disrupts ZeroAccess botnet - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Microsoft and law enforcement agencies disrupt ZeroAccess, one of the world's largest botnets responsible for millions in fraud losses.
  
• JP Morgan in cyber hack warning - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  JP Morgan Chase is warning 465,000 holders of pre-paid cash cards issued by the US bank that their personal data may have been hacked.
  
• Prison no bar to Facebook updates - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Several prisoners awaiting trial in a notorious political murder case seem to be updating their Facebook pages from jail, it's reported.
  
• Bitcoin trade ban for Chinese banks - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Chinese financial regulators have banned the nation's banks from handling transactions involving the Bitcoin virtual currency.
  
• Next-generation USB is reversible - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  The group of companies that develop the USB cable announce that a forthcoming generation will be able to be plugged either way round into computer sockets.
  
• 2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords stolen in massive hack - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• VIDEO: Cashing in on Paul Walker's death - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  #BBCtrending investigates how some users of social media have used the death of movie star Paul Walker, as an opportunity to raise their profile and make money.
  
• VIDEO: Israeli firms woo foreign investors - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Israel's high tech companies are in London to woo European investors.
  
• VIDEO: Drone surveillance in DR Congo begins - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  The UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo has started to deploy unarmed surveillance drones to monitor rebel activity near the forested borders with Rwanda and Uganda.
  
• VIDEO: The fuel cell under Al Gore's London HQ - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  A fuel cell has been fitted in the basement of a new development off Regent Street in London.
  
• How IBM bypasses bureaucratic purgatory - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  An in-house crowdfunding platform lets employees evaluate each other's ideas -- and fund them with IBM's money.
  
• VIDEO: Webscape: Curate your own fine art - TG Daily
  Fri, 29 Nov 2013
  Kate Russell reviews a site which allows you to curate your own fine art, plus other sites and apps.
  
• VIDEO: World's largest 3D printing factory - TG Daily
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013
  Click's Jen Copestake visits the world's largest 3D printing factory in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.