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Tech News Flash: Saturday -- December 12, 2015

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Headline Scan
Less Poking Around? Google Seeks Patent on Needle-Free Blood Drawing Tech
FBI Chief: High-Tech Firms Need to Rethink Encryption Stance
GeckoLinux: This Baby Knows What It's Doing
Fans Psyched for Psychonauts Sequel
Zuckerberg Has Muslims' Backs

Today's Story Highlights

Less Poking Around? Google Seeks Patent on Needle-Free Blood Drawing Tech
Google has filed for a patent on needle-free blood-drawing technology,
described in a USPTO application published last week. Application
20150342509 suggests four potential implementations of the technology,
including its use in a device that has an evacuated negative-pressure
barrel with a membrane sealing an aperture at the far end containing an
accelerator barrel.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82853.html

FBI Chief: High-Tech Firms Need to Rethink Encryption Stance
FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday told members of a U.S. Senate
committee that high-tech companies may need to adopt a new business
model regarding encryption in order to get on the same page with law
enforcement. "Encryption is getting in the way of our ability to have
court orders effective to gather information we need in our most
important work," he told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82866.html

GeckoLinux: This Baby Knows What It's Doing
GeckoLinux is a custom spin of the openSuse project. It offers an
impressive variety of options and easier operation than typical Suse-
based Linux distros provide. GeckoLinux is a newcomer. I mean very new.
Its first release was last week. You shouldn't view this distro as a
wailing infant, however. It's based on openSuse Leap 42.1 and was
leapfrogged into near-instant maturity from Suse Studio.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82869.html

Fans Psyched for Psychonauts Sequel
Double Fine founder Tim Schafer said last week that Psychonauts will get
a sequel -- if fans prove they want it badly enough. Appearing at the
Game Awards in Los Angeles, he kicked off Double Fine's Fig campaign for
Psychonauts 2, urging fans to pitch in $3.3 million toward development
of the new title. A week later, the campaign had raised $2.3 million --
70 percent of its goal.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82864.html

Zuckerberg Has Muslims' Backs
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday posted a message of support to
Muslims in the Facebook community and around the world. Zuckerberg's
post stands in stark contrast to presidential candidate Donald Trump's
verbal attacks on all Muslims, including his call earlier this week to
ban them from entering the United States. Supporters cheered when Trump
suggested the ban at a rally.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82863.html

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