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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- April 23, 2013

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Driving While Texting Dilemma: Voice No Better Than Thumbs
Google Now May Find Its Way Home
Germany Levies Max Fine Against Google; Max Fine Is Piddly
Android: A Second Career in Security?
Reeder's a Comfy Refuge for Google's RSS Orphans
Samsung Tinkers With Mind-Controlled Tablet

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Today's Story Highlights

Driving While Texting Dilemma: Voice No Better Than Thumbs
Voice-based systems offer no real safety advantage over manual texting,
according to a study sponsored by the Southwest Region University
Transportation Center and conducted by the Texas A&M Transportation
Institute. The study, reportedly the first of its kind, is based on the
performance of 43 research participants driving an actual vehicle on a
closed course.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77864.html

Google Now May Find Its Way Home
A page of computer code being tested by Google may point the way
toward future integration of the Google Now mobile virtual assistant
into the search company's famously minimalist home page. The code was
first found by Google Operating System, a blog that labels itself as
"unofficial news and tips about Google." The page includes user options
for setting home or work locations.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77859.html

Germany Levies Max Fine Against Google; Max Fine Is Piddly
Dramatic rhetoric, tiny fine. German data regulators fined Google less
than $190,000 for collecting information from unsecured WiFi networks
while it compiled data for Google Street View. The data scoop was,
according to Germany's data chief, "one of the biggest known data
protection violations in history." The fine? Hardly the biggest in
history.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77862.html

Android: A Second Career in Security?
Many of us have a wealth of decommissioned corporate-provisioned mobile
devices: We've bought them, handed them out, and seen them used
successfully for years. Now they're on their way to the great docking
station in the sky. However, because these devices are already off the
books adapting them for specific security functions can mean achieving
certain goals practically for free.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77858.html

Reeder's a Comfy Refuge for Google's RSS Orphans
When Google announced it was killing its Reader app as of July 1, it not
only annoyed hordes of users, it pulled the rug out from under app
developers who built their livelihoods on the Web software. One of those
app makers is Silvio Rizzi, maker of Reeder, a free RSS program for
iPhone, iPad and Mac. Like all the developers who plugged into Reader,
Rizzi is facing extinction. However, he's not quite ready to go into
that good night.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77857.html

Samsung Tinkers With Mind-Controlled Tablet
Samsung reportedly is researching a system that would allow consumers to
use thought control on a tablet computer. The company is testing how
sensors and brainwaves could let users turn on a Samsung Galaxy Note
10.1 tablet, launch applications, select contacts or choose songs from
playlists. The research is part of Samsung's efforts to find new ways to
interact with mobile devices.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77856.html

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