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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- October 1, 2015

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Headline Scan
TiVo Bolt Zaps Ads
New Sonos Speaker Costs $500 but New Smart Tuner Is Free
Google Lines Up a Batch of Marshmallow-Ready Hardware
Black Hats Offer Million-Dollar iOS 9 Bug Bounty
Found on Mars: Cool, Clear Water?
Google to Expand India's Internet Access With Free WiFi at Train Stations
Samsung Gear VR to Test Virtual Reality's Mass Appeal
VectorLinux Light Has That Old-School Linux Feeling
Two Risky Strategies Could Threaten Apple's Long-Term Survival

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Today's Story Highlights

TiVo Bolt Zaps Ads
TiVo on Wednesday urged users to give commercials the finger with its
Bolt set-top box, which allows ad-skipping on some shows. The Bolt is
available immediately online, and it will show up on store shelves this
weekend. It comes in 500-GB and 1-TB versions, priced at $300 and $400,
respectively, inclusive of one year of service. After that, users will
pay $150 a year for the service.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82553.html

New Sonos Speaker Costs $500 but New Smart Tuner Is Free
Sonos has unveiled a new version of its top-of-the-line Play:5 speaker,
which includes three mid-woofers and three tweeters. It can be set up in
three orientations: by itself, or paired with another speaker -- either
vertically for tight sound, or horizontally for a more immersive
experience. Sonos also introduced Trueplay, an iOS app for tuning its
wireless speakers to a room's acoustic profile.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82550.html

Google Lines Up a Batch of Marshmallow-Ready Hardware
Google on Tuesday introduced a pair of new phablets, a couple of
Chromecasts and the first tablet it built by itself. The unveilings took
place at its Nexus event in San Francisco. Months of leaks drew very
accurate portraits of the $499 Huawei Nexus 6P and $379 LG Nexus 5X and
other Android hardware, but Google filled in the details ahead of
Android Marshmallow's expected Oct. 5 release.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82548.html

Black Hats Offer Million-Dollar iOS 9 Bug Bounty
Zerodium has posted a million-dollar bounty for juicy iOS 9 bugs or
jailbreaks. Zerodium runs a market where exploits and vulnerabilities
are bought and sold, according to Damballa. "While there is no insight
into a specific buyer, we can assume if an exploit for iOS 9 is found,
Zerodium will sell it for way more than $1 million," wrote Loucif
Kharouni, senior threat researcher at Damballa.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82547.html

Found on Mars: Cool, Clear Water?
Dark, narrow streaks going downhill at four locations on Mars are
evidence of water flowing on the planet. Called "recurring slope
lineae," the streaks are approximately the length of a football field,
according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. They are believed to have
been formed by the seasonal flow of water. A report on the research was
published Monday in Nature Geoscience .
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82543.html

Google to Expand India's Internet Access With Free WiFi at Train Stations
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced a plan to provide high-speed
public WiFi in 400 train stations across India. The announcement
coincided with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the
company's California headquarters. Modi is expected to promote his
Digital India initiative during his U.S. visit. One objective of the
plan is to bring high-speed Internet to rural areas of India.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82542.html

Samsung Gear VR to Test Virtual Reality's Mass Appeal
Samsung last week unveiled a consumer version of a virtual reality
headset adapter that converts Samsung smartphones into head-mounted
displays. The move represents a first strike -- ready or not -- as top
tech industry players begin to push virtual reality hardware into
consumer markets. Samsung and partner Oculus VR have imparted several
improvements to the consumer version of Gear VR.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82539.html

VectorLinux Light Has That Old-School Linux Feeling
VectorLinux 7.1 Light Edition targets fans of the IceWM desktop
environment who own older computers. VectorLinux released its latest
light edition this summer. What makes it new compared with previous
editions is the shift to the lightweight IceWM. Yes, IceWM is very old
school. Still, it is a handy and functional alternative that serves
legacy computers well.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82538.html

Two Risky Strategies Could Threaten Apple's Long-Term Survival
One of the ironies of my career is that when I first went to work for a
tech company, I specifically wanted to work for a firm that was breaking
the mold -- not representative of it. So, in my initial interview, I was
concerned that IBM was going to buy the firm because it was the mold at
that time. I was promised that there was a contract that said it
couldn't. Then, six months later, it did.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82536.html

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