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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- April 19, 2016

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Headline Scan
60 Minutes Shows How Network Flaw Makes Any Smartphone Easy Prey
The HTC's Wow Factor May Trump Shortcomings for VR Fans
Google Calendar Offers Life-Coaching Goals Feature
LXLE Gives Aging Hardware a New Lease on Life

Today's Story Highlights

60 Minutes Shows How Network Flaw Makes Any Smartphone Easy Prey
An international team of cybersecurity experts hacked into an iPhone
loaned to a U.S. congressman who sits on a key technology committee, in
a 60 Minutes demonstration of how easy it is for a criminal to spy on
callers by exploiting an international mobile phone network
vulnerability. The hackers were able to listen in on a call by Rep. Ted
Lieu just by getting the actual phone number he was using.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83384.html

The HTC's Wow Factor May Trump Shortcomings for VR Fans
The HTC Vive drew accolades from a hyped-up base of gamers and virtual
reality enthusiasts when it launched earlier this month. However, the
Vive is proving to be an experience that is not for the faint of heart,
the light of wallet, or the short of patience. HTC earlier this year
unveiled the Vive to an enthusiastic audience at the Mobile World
Congress in Barcelona.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83383.html

Google Calendar Offers Life-Coaching Goals Feature
Google last week rolled out Goals in Google Calendar, a feature designed
to help users achieve their personal goals. Users set a goal, such as
working out more often, and answer relevant questions, such as how often
they want to work out and the best time for them to do so. Calendar then
will sift through their schedules and select the best time to allocate
for the task.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83380.html

LXLE Gives Aging Hardware a New Lease on Life
LXLE is an ideal distro for out-of-the-box functionality to handle your
everyday computing needs. It's a well-oiled lightweight distribution
based on Ubuntu's long-term support releases for Debian and Lubuntu
Linux from a community originating in the U.S. The latest version is
14.04.4, released last month. It runs an optimized LXDE that has a
comfortable look and feel.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83374.html

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