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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- March 20, 2013

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Feds Probe Microsoft Whistleblower's Bribery Accusations
Congress Puts Privacy Front and Center
All Things Appy: Top 5 Chrome Entertainment Apps
Street View Captures Sky-High Mountain Views
FCC Buckles on Cybersecurity
Smartwatch Wars: Samsung Fires Shot Across Apple's Bow
THX Blasts Apple With Lawsuit
Florida Hack 1st Election Cyberattack to Hit US, Say Pros

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Today's Story Highlights

Feds Probe Microsoft Whistleblower's Bribery Accusations
Two federal agencies are reportedly probing the relationship between
Microsoft and business partners in China, Italy and Romania that
allegedly bribed foreign officials to land software contracts. Lawyers
at the U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission
are investigating accusations made by a whistleblower who formerly
worked for Microsoft.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77586.html

Congress Puts Privacy Front and Center
Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, have introduced
legislation to provide stronger privacy guarantees to email. The
Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 calls for
the government to get a search warrant before gaining access to email or
other digital communication channels.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77585.html

All Things Appy: Top 5 Chrome Entertainment Apps
Here's a look at the top five must-have free entertainment apps for the
Chrome Web-browser based platform. Google's Chrome Web browser features
three types of add-ons -- Web apps, themes and extensions -- available
at the Chrome Web Store. Crackle, owned by Sony, supplies a vast array
of free movies on demand. They aren't the latest, but they are full-
length and uncut, and a lot of them were blockbusters at one time.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77572.html

Street View Captures Sky-High Mountain Views
Google Street View has unveiled shots from some of the world's highest
mountains. In addition to Argentina's Mount Aconcagua, Tanzania's Mount
Kilimanjaro and Russia's Mount Elbrus, Google has captured
photos from Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Because Street View's camera-
equipped vehicles were unable to make the trek, a tripod and digital
camera were used.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77584.html

FCC Buckles on Cybersecurity
Internet service providers are resisting the Federal Communications
Commission's recommendations for implementing security best practices,
the agency has reported. Additional evaluation is required to determine
whether those best practices should apply to their industry, according
to the ISP members of the Communications, Security, Reliability and
Interoperability Council.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77578.html

Smartwatch Wars: Samsung Fires Shot Across Apple's Bow
Samsung has had a smartwatch in the works for a long time, according to
Lee Young Hee, EVP for the company's mobile business, Bloomberg reported
Tuesday. He didn't say what exactly the wearable wrist device might
offer feature-wise, but the public acknowledgment suggests this could be
the next highly contested arena for new gizmos.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77577.html

THX Blasts Apple With Lawsuit
THX filed a lawsuit against Apple last week, claiming that the company's
consumer electronics are infringing on one of its sound patents. The
sound technology company, founded by George Lucas, alleges that some
models of the iPhone, iPad and iMac devices violate a THX patent
regarding a "narrow profile speaker."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77579.html

Florida Hack 1st Election Cyberattack to Hit US, Say Pros
Florida has again made election-related headlines -- this time for an
attempted hacking of online election systems during voting last August
in Miami-Dade County. It is the first certified case of an online
election attack in the U.S. Fraudulent requests for about 2,500 absentee
ballots were sent to the election system from various IP addresses, but
they were detected by system software and rejected by election workers.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77574.html

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