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Tech News Flash: Friday -- February 13, 2015

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Headline Scan
Digital Dark Age Imminent Warns 'Father of the Internet'
Revived View-Master Is a Virtual Reality
Why Tim Cook Would Build an Apple Car
Facebook Launches ThreatExchange to Stymie Cybercrime
Facebook Lets Members Prepare for the Digital Beyond
Obama's Cyberthreat Intel Aggregator Plan Divides Security Experts
Samsung Smart TV Owners Fume Over Sneaky Pop-Up Ads

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Today's Story Highlights

Digital Dark Age Imminent Warns 'Father of the Internet'
"Old formats that contain documents, photos and other data may not be
readable with the latest version of the software," warned Vint Cerf,
vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google. Cerf added that
backwards compatibility is not guaranteed, and over time there could be
vast archives of digital content that becomes lost because it simply
can't be accessed.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81708.html

Revived View-Master Is a Virtual Reality
Remember the View-Master? You slotted a disc of slides called a 'reel'
into the top, clicked the lever on the right, and were thrilled by the
scenes before your eyes. Google and Mattel now are teaming up to revive
and modernize the View-Master. Mattel on Friday announced a new version
that works with Google Cardboard and Android smartphones. Mattel will
offer the new View-Master and a sample experience reel this fall, for
US$30.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81707.html

Why Tim Cook Would Build an Apple Car
According to Business Insider, an unsolicited Apple employee emailed to
say that a group at Apple is working on a project that would "give Tesla
a run for its money." For this to be true, it means that an Apple
employee either broke Apple's strict rules for secrecy in some obvious
way that makes Business Insider believe the email actually came from an
Apple employee, or that it was some sort of vague and intentional leak
from Apple, sent straight to Business Insider.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81706.html

Facebook Launches ThreatExchange to Stymie Cybercrime
"Threat researchers do already share this data manually," Jeremy Demar,
director of threat research at Damballa, told TechNewsWorld. "The value
in systems like this isn't the ability to share raw intelligence [it's
the] structured data that allows for the information to be accessed
quickly and easily by the users." ThreatExchange is based on Facebook's
ThreatData threat analysis framework.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81705.html

Facebook Lets Members Prepare for the Digital Beyond
Facebook on Thursday announced a new feature for members who want to
plan for their passing into the digital beyond. The feature allows
Facebook members to appoint a "legacy contact" to administer their
account when they die. Legacy contacts will, among other powers, have
the authority to download an archive of the deceased member's public
information, including photos, posts and profile information.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81704.html

Obama's Cyberthreat Intel Aggregator Plan Divides Security Experts
The Obama Administration on Tuesday announced plans to set up a national
Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center to integrate all data from
government agencies and the private sector, and disseminate it
appropriately. The intelligence integration center will initially have a
staff of 50 and a budget of US$35 million. Reactions from cybersecurity
experts were mixed.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81702.html

Samsung Smart TV Owners Fume Over Sneaky Pop-Up Ads
Samsung Smart TV owners, already shaken by news earlier this week that
their TVs can transmit voice commands and other private data to third
parties, have been hit by another revelation -- that the devices sneak
ads into movies they're watching, without the owner's knowledge or
consent. A user on the Plex forum complained that a Pepsi ad popped up
every 10 to 15 minutes while he was watching his Samsung TV.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81700.html

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