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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- June 27, 2013

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Little Kirobo to Become First Robot Space Talker
How to Save Files to the Cloud
Giant Sharp TV Will Offer Ultra HD for $8,000
Germany None Too Pleased With UK's Digital Surveillance
Microsoft Gets the Lead Out

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Today's Story Highlights

Little Kirobo to Become First Robot Space Talker
The first human-robot conversation in space will take place later this
year aboard the International Space Station. The chat will be between
Kirobo, a humanoid communication robot, and Japanese astronaut Koichi
Wakata. "I believe that this development is a significant milestone in
the exploration of space," said William I. Newman, a professor of earth
and space sciences at UCLA.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78364.html

How to Save Files to the Cloud
Personal file storage on a computer used to involve a PC-based
hierarchical folder system that was maintained on local, PC-based hard
drives. Today we are embracing the cloud, which allows for redundancy,
remote access, remote backup and the use of convenient input/output
mobile devices like phones with limited storage but outstanding
portability.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78375.html

Giant Sharp TV Will Offer Ultra HD for $8,000
At this week's CE Week in New York City, electronics maker Sharp
introduced a new, 70-inch class Ultra HDTV that the company says is the
only model on the market to receive THX 4K certification. The Aquos
Ultra HD LED TV is the company's first set in the new Ultra
High Definition category for the U.S. market, and it offers four times
the pixel resolution of current high-definition sets.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78367.html

Germany None Too Pleased With UK's Digital Surveillance
The UK's NSA-ish surveillance program, "Project Tempora," has drawn the
ire of the German government. Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, the
Germany justice minister, sent a pair of letters Tuesday to the British
justice secretary detailing the angst and anger that Britain's snooping
has caused. Germans were already in a tizzy over U.S. surveillance
practices.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78372.html

Microsoft Gets the Lead Out
Microsoft kicked off its Build 2013 developers conference on Wednesday
with the announcement that its highly anticipated Windows 8.1, aka
"Windows Blue," has arrived. CEO Steve Ballmer also said that rapid
release will be the new norm in the Microsoft ecosystem, and that
Redmond will transform Windows devices. "Rapid release's cadence is
fundamental to everything we're doing," Ballmer said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78371.html

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