Thursday, July 12, 2012

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 12/07/2012





Op-ed: TSA should follow the law
A Whitehouse.gov petition seeks to force the TSA to comply with a court ruling.

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Apple on EPEAT: our products "superior" in other environmental areas
Says it goes above and beyond the rest of the CE industry on green issues.

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Black hole shines a light on dark galaxies
Researchers spot galaxies without stars using a black hole as a black light.

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Confirmed: Mountain Lion sends some 64-bit Macs gently into that good night
Rage if you want, but it appears the reason is related to graphics drivers.

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A step back in time with Windows 8's File History
Microsoft reinvents Time Machine for the second time.

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Samsung to offer $599 "Developer Edition" Galaxy S III for Verizon
The phone comes with an unlockable bootloader, but no support from VZW.

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More malware found hosted in Google's official Android market
The discovery demonstrates limitations in Google Play's antimalware service.

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PayPal sets down stricter regulations for file-sharing sites
Payment firm seems to be washing its hands of potentially sketchy sites.

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SOPA-style protests reject Russian bill to blacklist websites
Child porn, extremist ideas, drug-related content would be considered illegal.

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Kim Dotcom offers to come to US rather than be extradited
Megaupload head wants legal defense, living expenses paid from frozen assets.

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Oh yeah! Ouya receives over $1M in crowdfunding in less than 8 hours
Hackable, Android-based game console on pace to break Kickstarter records.

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Ion qubits could get electronic quantum bus
Combining trapped ions and superconductors may make quantum computing magic.

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Anonymous launches #OpPedoChat, targets pedophiles
The group claims to already have information on offenders.

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Google+ app for iPad makes giving Google+ another look worthwhile
Google+ arrives on iPad with video chats and a photo-heavy layout.

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Microsoft kills more code-signing certs to stop Flame-like attacks
5 weeks after Microsoft revoked certificates abused by Flame, 28 more are nixed.

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San Francisco turns its back on Apple after green registry pull-out
Several other institutions are reconsidering future Mac purchases as well.

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Web exploit figures out what OS victim is using, customizes payload
Different versions of trojan infect machines running OS X, Windows, or Linux.

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A Higgs boson Q&A
Our staff pelts our science editor with their questions about the big discovery.

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Chrome team to Leopard users: no Chrome 22 for you!
With Mountain Lion coming out soon, Leopard users might want to upgrade.

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Valve to crowdsource distribution choices with Steam Greenlight
User votes will help determine which titles show up on Steam.

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Accused of downloading porn, Kentucky woman sues the pornographers
One-woman crusade against "extortion," "trolling," and "shakedowns."

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Google may pay $22.5 million penalty for ignoring Safari Do Not Track
The FTC's investigation shows Google misled consumers about their privacy.

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