Wednesday, May 16, 2012

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 16/05/2012





How to harden your smartphone against stalkers—Android edition
With great power comes great responsibility, so lock up that smartphone.

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Finnish court rules open WiFi network owner not liable for infringement
Several hundred use a network, someone infringes—can’t blame for the owner.

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LightSquared files for bankruptcy, insists network project will continue
It’s the latest setback for the company as it pursues a national 4G LTE network.

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LulzSec member pleads not guilty to charges he hacked Stratfor website
Hammond answers charges that he took data belonging to 860,000 Stratfor clients.

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Leopard users get Flashback removal, Flash disabler tools, too
Leopard users won't be left behind just yet when it comes to OS X security.

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Oracle v. Google patent phase wraps up
Oracle is handed another small win by the judge—along with a warning.

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Record-setting 2012 warmth largely confined to North America, western Europe
Most of the rest of the world has seen little change from 2011.

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iCloud expected to gain photo, video-sharing services with iOS 6
There may be more to iOS 6 than we expected.

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Ars Video Chat: Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, and authors of The Mongoliad
Join the authors live for the chance to win a signed copy of the book.

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Music labels force pioneering MP3tunes into bankruptcy
The latest in the recording industry's ten-year grudge match with Michael Robertson.

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Ex-Yahoo CEO Thompson reportedly has thyroid cancer
The diagnosis impacted Thompson's resignation, according to anonymous sources.

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Good wood: temperate countries sequester carbon in their lumber
In the tropics, carbon from cleared forests goes straight to the atmosphere.

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Kaspersky performing independent security analysis on OS X (Updated)
The firm's CTO says Apple asked for help—and at just the right time.

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Stars aligning for June Ivy Bridge Mac launch alongside Mountain Lion (Updated)
Yet another reason all eyes will be on WWDC.

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