Monday, April 15, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 16/04/2013


New F-1B rocket engine upgrades Apollo-era design with 1.8M lbs of thrust Dynetics and Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne rebuild the F-1 for the "Pyrios" booster. Read More ...
Gallery: Behind the scenes at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center We watched a rocket test and came away with a ton of awesome photographs. Read More ...
How NASA brought the monstrous F-1 “moon rocket” engine back to life The story of young engineers who resurrected an engine nearly twice their age. Read More ...
An ode to iTunes DJ, a beloved feature that died before its time The raves at my house just aren't the same. Read More ...
Mining Bitcoins takes power, but is it an “environmental disaster?” Also, Adam Smith would be appalled. Read More ...
Challenge accepted: Dwarf Fortress pros show Ars up with insane 10-hour forts DF vets prove the inscrutable game can be something other than a torture device. Read More ...
Will the Supreme Court end human gene patents after three decades? Court considers invalidating breast cancer gene patents—and thousands of others. Read More ...
This AI “solves” Super Mario Bros. and other classic NES games Program even takes advantage of bugs and glitches. Read More ...
European tax inspectors take to Google Street View to investigate cheats Lithuanian authorities say they've found “dozens of alleged tax violations." Read More ...
Google head worried about privacy risk posed by civilian drones "How would you feel if your neighbor…bought a commercial observation drone?" Read More ...
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