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Notable software releases this week include Alfred 2.2, Default Folder X 4.6.4, and 1Password 4.2.1.

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In this week’s ExtraBITS, we take a look at the startup that’s purportedly challenging Google’s search hegemony, speculate on why Apple keeps turning on Bluetooth in iOS updates, and find out why the creator of Flappy Bird pulled the plug.

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Fem miljoner kronor. Så mycket misstänks en 24-årig väktare i Göteborg ha stulit från värdetransporter under sina arbetspass, skriver lokala medier. När polisen i fredags genomförde en husrannsakan i mannens lägenhet hittades där 100 000 kronor i kontanter.

Under måndagen hölls en manifestation i Luleå mot de finska planerna på att bygga ett kärnkraftverk Pyhäjoki, rapporterar lokala medier. När representanter för kärnkraftsbolaget Fennovoima och finska myndigheter kom till länsstyrelsen möttes de av press och demonstranter.

An anonymous reader writes "NSA surveillance has raised concerns among customers globally about the safety of their data from US government spying. More organizations, companies and countries are looking for ways to distant themselves from the NSA activities to safeguard the information of internet users. IBM is the latest to fall into the category of companies that do not want to be associated with the NSA spy activities"

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British scientists have successfully revived mosses that have been frozen under the Antarctic ice for 1,500 years.

Macworld/iWorld has moved from January to late March, but TidBITS staffers will still be wandering the aisles of the show and presenting on a variety of topics. Come enjoy stimulating discussions and sessions, or just flag us down to say hello! Here’s where you can find us.

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Stefan Löfven anklagades av statsministern i SVT Agendas valduell för att ha att miljardhål i sin budget. Nu kontrar Socialdemokraterna med att Fredrik Reinfeldt försöker blanda bort korten. Det är i stället regeringen som står för budgethålet och det är på 87 miljarder kronor, menar partiet.

KentuckyFC writes "Imaging is undergoing a quiet revolution at the moment thanks to various new techniques for extracting data from images. Now physicists have worked out how to create an image of an object hidden behind a translucent material using little more than an ordinary smartphone and some clever data processing. The team placed objects behind materials that scatter light such as onion skin, frosted glass and chicken breast tissue. They photographed them using a Nokia Lumina 1020 smartphone, with a 41 megapixel sensor. To the naked eye, the resulting images look like random speckle. But by treating the data from each pixel separately and looking for correlations between pixels, the team was able to produce images of the hidden objects. They even photographed light scattered off a white wall and recovered an image of the reflected scene--a technique that effectively looks round corners. The new technique has applications in areas such as surveillance and medical imaging."