Thursday, May 16, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 17/05/2013






Google wants your WordPress blog—and everything else—in its cloud
Google adds PHP to AppEngine, tweaks compute and storage services to match AWS.

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App developer calls critic “f*cken little know it all”; site goes down
Site comes down after two ZPanel official forum accounts are compromised.

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Steam players can now earn coupons for new games by playing old ones
Trading cards earned by playing games generate goodies for Steam users.

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Google: “Take down your ad-free YouTube app” Microsoft: “Let us add ads”
Downloading videos and showing restricted videos are the app's two other sins.

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RIP and good planet hunting, Kepler
A second reaction wheel failed on the exoplanet-hunting telescope

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Carnivorous plant has deleted most of its junk DNA
Genes overlap, share regulatory sequences in order to compact the genome.

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Powerful winds on giant planets confined to a thin atmospheric layer
High winds on Uranus and Neptune confined to high, thin layer of atmosphere.

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Google Maps adds better directions, suggestions, and 3D Earth rendering
Finding places to go and getting there easily are the priorities of new Maps.

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Google overhauling flagship search with “Answer, converse, anticipate”
Voice-based "hotwording" to eventually become predominant search experience.

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Google beefs up Hangouts into text, photo, video chat powerhouse
Babel opens hailing frequencies and unites Google+, Google Talk video/text chat.

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Gran Turismo 6 announced for PS3
The newest installment of the world's best-selling racer is due by year's end.

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Apple was “ringmaster” in conspiracy to fix e-book prices, US says
Steve Jobs allegedly told publisher to "throw in with Apple" and raise prices.

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Google to sell unlocked Galaxy S 4 with stock Android 4.2 on June 26
The S 4 with Android 4.2 "feels really awesome," will cost $649.

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Google gives developers app beta testing, multiplayer API
Android Studio gives developers more flexibility.

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Google unveils new music subscription service to compete with Spotify
Google Play Music All Access operates across PCs and mobile devices.

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Google Play services get substantial API update today
New features will work for Android 2.2 and up.

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Critical Linux vulnerability imperils users, even after “silent” fix
A month after critical bug was quietly fixed, "root" vulnerability persists.

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Liveblog: Google I/O 2013 Keynote
Ars is on the scene to bring you Google's latest and greatest.

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Feds reveal the search warrant used to seize Mt. Gox account
Bitcoin exchange shouldn't be dealing in "crypto-currency" without a license.

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Class action lawsuit targets iPhones with defective power buttons
iPhone 4 power buttons that seem to stop working after a year aroused suspicion.

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Android 4.3 release today teased in fast-vanishing search results
Listing appears and quickly disappears—but expect to see it back after keynote.

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VMware’s dual-persona smartphones phones finally available to purchase
Verizon selling Motorola and LG devices loaded with VMware software.

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From Nexus One to Nexus 10: a brief history of Google’s flagship devices
A look back at all of Google's developer-centric Android reference hardware.

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The secret laser-toting Soviet satellite that almost was
Rushed production, faulty code doomed a Cold War game changer 26 years ago today.

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