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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- June 23, 2009

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Today's Headlines
Is It Quality Assurance or Quality Control?
The Folly of Predicting New Products From Apple's Patents
Twitter Game Makes Money for the Mob
China Determined to Use Green Dam to Block Porn
Sony Plugs Blu-ray on a Budget With New Vaio

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Today's Story Highlights

Is It Quality Assurance or Quality Control?
Is there a difference between quality control and quality assurance?
Just night and day. Unfortunately, many companies believe they are the
same, when in reality the differences are overwhelming. Quality control,
or black box testing, is chartered to ensure that the product is going
to meet the user's needs -- not just to demonstrate that the program
runs.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67397.html

The Folly of Predicting New Products From Apple's Patents
As a user of Apple products, I relish the mystery of what's coming next,
eagerly consuming the rumors and speculation dished out by the blogs and
Web sites. As a patent lawyer, however, I can't help but to eye with
skepticism each new patent application served up by an Apple watcher as
potential evidence of the next big thing.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67400.html

Twitter Game Makes Money for the Mob
Twitter's founders still haven't decided how to cash in on their popular
Internet messaging service -- to the delight of a rapidly growing
audience. However, the deliberate approach may not prevent a gold rush
among opportunistic outsiders. Lolplaying, the maker of a new role-
playing game on Twitter called "140 Mafia," is trying to explore
Twitter's moneymaking potential.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67402.html

China Determined to Use Green Dam to Block Porn
China is sticking to its planned launch of a controversial Internet
censoring software in about one week, an official newspaper said
Tuesday, despite Washington's concerns over the move's possible impact
on trade and access to information. The China Daily said the plan to
require the Web-filtering Green Dam Youth Escort software on all
personal computers sold in China starting July 1 remains unchanged.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67404.html

Sony Plugs Blu-ray on a Budget With New Vaio
Amid questions about consumer enthusiasm for Blu-ray technology, Sony on
Monday announced a new notebook computer positioned by the electronics
giant as an entry-level Blu-ray player for mobile viewing. The VAIO NW
notebook series carries an $880 starting price tag for a Blu-ray
equipped model.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67392.html

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