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Tech News Flash: Monday -- March 8, 2010

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Today's Headlines
Security and Privacy? Forget About It
Google's Long-Term Prognosis: Death by CEO
Microsoft and the Incredible 'Internet Usage Tax'
Aperture's Makeover Delights Photogs
Opera's All-Out Bid to Build the Best Browser
Say It Ain't So, Microsoft
YouTube's Captioning: Accessibility, Searchability, Profitability?
Apple's Core Problem: Making Consumers Crave an iPad

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Today's Story Highlights

Security and Privacy? Forget About It
As the Obama administration grapples with the thorny issue of beefing up
the United States' cybersecurity infrastructure, and as security experts
warn of impending cyberwarfare, a debate is raging over how much
surveillance is enough. One of the biggest problems about implementing
cybersecurity is that it involves a measure of surveillance, and the
line between surveillance and snooping is razor thin.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69495.html

Google's Long-Term Prognosis: Death by CEO
Last week I was asked to comment on a study of CEOs. It found that young
ones do better than old ones do, which kind of pissed me off. At the
same time, like a lot of folks in my business, I've been looking back at
the lessons learned from Steve Jobs, who is kind of the CEO gold
standard, and comparing him to Eric Schmidt, who appears to be the most
highly paid empty suit since John Sculley.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69481.html

Microsoft and the Incredible 'Internet Usage Tax'
It's not often that Linux Girl is struck speechless by some tidbit of
news in the tech world, but every once in a while it happens. Last week,
it happened. Amid all the high-level discussion of Internet security at
the RSA Conference 2010 in San Francisco, Microsoft's Scott Charney
actually suggested a government tax to help the company improve Windows
security.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69489.html

Aperture's Makeover Delights Photogs
The new features in Apple's makeover of its image editing and archiving
program Aperture appear to be a hit among photographers, even though the
initial release of the application was so flawed an upgrade had to be
released within two weeks of its launch. Aperture 3.0 ($199) has more
than two hundred new features.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69477.html

Opera's All-Out Bid to Build the Best Browser
Usually software companies have the luxury of picking their own
deadlines, and typically -- especially in the case of open source or
free programs -- those deadlines are allowed to slip or even lapse. But
the European Commission gave Opera a solid opportunity to get back in
the game, to be discussed once again in the same company as Mozilla
Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69484.html

Say It Ain't So, Microsoft
Although its operating system and apps are so buggy that new
vulnerabilities are discovered with frightening regularity, Microsoft
now wants Internet users to pony up to cover the cost of cybersecurity.
The idea was put forth by Scott Charney, Redmond's vice president for
trustworthy computing, during a speech at the RSA Conference 2010
security convention earlier this week.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69491.html

YouTube's Captioning: Accessibility, Searchability, Profitability?
YouTube on Thursday opened its previously restricted automated
captioning beta program to the public, saying it will help the hearing-
impaired. Currently, the feature is only available for videos that
contain speech in the English language, although YouTube plans to add
other languages. Ultimately, the auto-captioning feature might help
YouTube monetize its videos.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69486.html

Apple's Core Problem: Making Consumers Crave an iPad
We now know when the first iPads will be available for sale in U.S.
Apple Stores: April 3rd. We now know what kinds of iPads you'll be able
to buy at that time: the WiFi models only. And we now know when you'll
be able to pre-order your iPad via online delivery or Apple Store
pickup: March 12. What we don't know: How will Apple sell the iPad?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69488.html

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