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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- October 3, 2012

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FTC Slams Door on Tech Support Scammers
2nd-Gen Nest Thermostat Slims Down, Smartens Up
Apple Starts iPad Mini Production on the Sly
Calligra Productivity Suite: Too Much Trouble
Microsoft Takes a Stab at News Gathering
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Today's Story Highlights

FTC Slams Door on Tech Support Scammers
The Federal Trade Commission has put a stop to a handful of tech-support
scams based mainly in India that promised to remove viruses or other
malware from users' computers. The scams primarily involved
telemarketers contacting people in the United States and other English-
speaking countries, falsely telling them that their computers were
infected with malware and offering costly solutions to the nonexistent
problems.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/76306.html
2nd-Gen Nest Thermostat Slims Down, Smartens Up
If thermostats were cars, Nest Labs' would be a Cadillac. Selling for
$249, the gadget brings design verve -- the company was founded by Tony
Fadell, the former leader of the team at Apple that designed numerous
generations of the iPod and iPhone -- and mobile technology to a device
that barely registers on many consumers' consciousness scale.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/76297.html
Apple Starts iPad Mini Production on the Sly
Apple's Asian component suppliers reportedly have begun mass-producing
parts for a new tablet, which is believed to be smaller, and with a
lower resolution, than the latest iPad that went on sale last March.
Last month, South Korean LG Display and Taiwanese AU Optronics
reportedly began mass-producing LCD screens to be used on the new
devices
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/76303.html
Calligra Productivity Suite: Too Much Trouble
The Calligra Suite is an unusual compilation of office tools with much
potential -- but it has a good deal of maturing to do before it can
advance beyond its mediocre performance following a debut almost three
years ago. Calligra is a fork of KDE's KOffice that grew out of
unresolved disputes among KOffice developers. The project team recently
announced the second stable release.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/76291.html
Microsoft Takes a Stab at News Gathering
Microsoft is moving deeper into a strategy of content generation as part
of its launch of Windows 8. The company is planning to create a news
organization that will provide MSN.com with a steady stream of original
content. As it releases its latest operating system designed to help it
compete in the evolving mobile marketplace, the redesign of Microsoft's
Internet news hub reveals another focus for the software giant.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/76296.html