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Tech News Flash: Monday -- October 7, 2013

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The 'Catastrophic' Tesla S Fire: A Perspective
Russia Going for Gold in Surveillance at Winter Olympics
Intel's Quarky Arduino Adventure
Shadow Puppet Makes You the Narrator of Your Life
Hackers Purloin 2.9M Adobe Customers' Data
France Trying to Cut Down Amazon

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Today's Story Highlights

The 'Catastrophic' Tesla S Fire: A Perspective
A Tesla S caught fire last week. I have a lot of experience with cars,
with lithium-ion batteries -- and with both cars and batteries catching
fire. For a time, I was the lead battery analyst in the U.S., and my
house nearly burned down when a lithium-ion battery pack decided to fail
while charging. Thank goodness I'd also been trained to fight fires.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79114.html

Russia Going for Gold in Surveillance at Winter Olympics
Russia's FSB security service wants to ensure that every ounce of
electronic communication is monitored at next February's Winter Olympics
in Sochi, according to a team of Russian investigative journalists. The
journalists reportedly unearthed documents and tenders from Russian
communication companies that suggest the FSB will make liberal use of
newly installed telephone and Internet spying capabilities.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79126.html

Intel's Quarky Arduino Adventure
With all the cornucopia of Valve-related announcements for gamers over
the past few weeks, it may be difficult to imagine that the Linux world
could have any more good news in store. That supremely encouraging
gaming news, surely, was enough to last us a few good months here in the
Linux blogosphere. Well think again! Our friends at Intel have been busy
at work with the interests of a different set of users in mind.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79124.html

Shadow Puppet Makes You the Narrator of Your Life
Despite the nonperfect and confusing name, Shadow Puppet is the best new
app I've seen in weeks. Basically, Shadow Puppet lets you select photos
from your iPhone or iPad and then record audio as you talk over them in
a slideshow that Shadow Puppet turns into a shareable video. Along the
way, you can tap to highlight certain areas of a photo and, better
still, you can zoom in and move the photo around.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79115.html

Hackers Purloin 2.9M Adobe Customers' Data
Adobe on Thursday announced what has become depressingly familiar news
to consumers and security experts: It has been hacked, and on a large
scale. "Very recently, Adobe's security team discovered sophisticated
attacks on our network, involving the illegal access of customer
information as well as source code for numerous Adobe products," said
Brad Arkin, the company's chief security officer.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79119.html

France Trying to Cut Down Amazon
In France, members of parliament unanimously supported a bill designed
to restrict Amazon's ability to discount books. In particular, the
lawmakers want to prohibit Amazon's practice of packaging a 5 percent
discount with free delivery, a deal so tantalizingly awesome that France
is worried about the livelihood of independent bookstores. The vote
brought together right-wing and left-wing parliamentarians.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79120.html

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