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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- February 6, 2013

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Headline Scan
All Things Appy: Top 5 Firefox Utilities
Google Victorious in 6-Year Aussie Legal Battle
This Wink Doesn't Come With a Smile
Foxconn Pledges to Give Workers Greater Say
HP Enters Pavilion 14 in Chromebook Games

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Podcast
Online Gambling: The WTO Loads Antigua's Slingshot (34:08 min.)
The WTO ruling that lets Antigua suspend U.S. copyright law has its
roots in the birth of online gambling. It quickly became a major part of
the Antiguan economy, but dried up after the U.S. pulled the plug on its
agreement with the island nation. The WTO ruling gives Antigua a new
card to play: the threat of opening the floodgates on U.S. copyrighted
content.
http://www.ectnews.com/shared/audio/tnw-vranicar-2013-02-01.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

All Things Appy: Top 5 Firefox Utilities
One of the ways apps and plug-ins contribute to our computer-driven
lives is in providing utilities that streamline the optimization and
configuration necessary to get the best out of our machines. Firefox,
the Mozilla browser, has a formidable set of utilities. This week, All
Things Appy takes a look at the five best, must-have utility add-ons
available within the Firefox browser environment.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77235.html

Google Victorious in 6-Year Aussie Legal Battle
A court in Australia has ruled in favor of Google in its lengthy legal
fight with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, according
to The Sydney Morning Herald. The case, which lasted six years,
concerned search results from 2006-07. The Commission claimed that
sponsored links published by Google diverted users to rival companies.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77246.html

This Wink Doesn't Come With a Smile
Wink, a software package for creating tutorial and presentation screen
shots, works reasonably well when it works at all. However, getting it
to run may not be worth the bother, given the better alternatives
available. Wink's premise is a good one for anyone who needs to create a
show-and-explain presentation on how to do things with a computer.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77236.html

Foxconn Pledges to Give Workers Greater Say
Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturing firm that assembles Apple's iPhone,
said it is implementing labor reforms in an attempt to address
allegations of harsh working conditions and low wages. The Taiwan-based
company, which assembles products for several major technology
companies, has faced scrutiny from fair labor advocacy groups in the
past.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77240.html

HP Enters Pavilion 14 in Chromebook Games
After years of being one of Microsoft's biggest supporters in the
Windows-based laptop market, HP has officially released its first
Chromebook: the Pavilion 14 running Google's Chrome OS. Now that HP has
followed Samsung, Acer and Lenovo in jumping on the multi-OS bandwagon,
the question is this: Can this portable computer maintain the Chromebook
shine?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77231.html

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