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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- April 25, 2012
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Headline Scan
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1. Online Storage: Pick a Cloud, Any Cloud
2. Cleaning Up With High-Tech Housekeeping Tools
3. Google Drive Hits China's Wall
4. Advanced Easy Editor Goes Bare Bones, Then Breaks Out the Sandpaper
5. Asteroid Miners May Set the Stage for Space Colonization
6. Google Drive Kicks Into Gear
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Story Highlights
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1. Online Storage: Pick a Cloud, Any Cloud
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With the launch of Google Drive on Tuesday, the number of cloud storage
service options for consumers has become bewildering. Players include
Google with Google Drive, Windows Live SkyDrive, iCloud, Dropbox,
YouSendIt, SpiderOak, SugarSync, Box.net, Amazon Cloud Drive and Ubuntu
One. On a basic level, they all offer similar services.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74952.html
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2. Cleaning Up With High-Tech Housekeeping Tools
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Marla Cilley, aka the FlyLady, knows a thing or two about housecleaning.
One of those things is that it's hard to get motivated to do it. To
address this problem, she created an empire around inspiring others to
step up their housecleaning game. "We do behavior modification through
email, Facebook and Twitter, and that behavior modification helps our
members establish simple habits and string them into a routine," said
Cilley.
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74815.html
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3. Google Drive Hits China's Wall
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Today in international tech news: Google Drive is "dead in the water" in
China. Meanwhile, a soap opera is unfolding in South Korea, where
there's a feud between the chairman of Samsung and family members who
want a bigger piece of the company's fortune. Elsewhere, Twitter plays a
central, and unfortunate, role in an English court case.
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74948.html
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4. Advanced Easy Editor Goes Bare Bones, Then Breaks Out the Sandpaper
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Sometimes too much of a good thing in free software can create bad
impressions. For instance, some of the free stuff so easily available in
Linux distro package managers is so archaic that newcomers to the OS
might understandably shriek in horror. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely
am a big fan of FOSS applications.
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74942.html
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5. Asteroid Miners May Set the Stage for Space Colonization
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On Tuesday, the founders of Planetary Resources held a press conference
at the Museum of Flight in Seattle to announce a new megamillion-dollar
plan to use commercially built robotic ships to travel to the asteroid
belt to mine for valuable minerals including platinum and gold. "As we
move beyond the bounds of Earth to a universe that is full of resources,
we can finally bring those materials back to Earth," said speaker Peter
Diamandis, cofounder of Planetary Resources.
See the Full Story:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74943.html
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6. Google Drive Kicks Into Gear
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Google on Tuesday unveiled Google Drive, its long-anticipated storage
locker in the cloud. The service incorporates Google Docs and lets users
upload, access and share their files, including videos, photos and PDFs.
Google Drive works on Macs and PCs, and an Android app is available. An
iOS app is in the works.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74944.html
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