Thursday, June 20, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/21/2013





Bus company that threatened redditor with lawsuit tries to reopen suit
Owner also sent university FOIA request to "dox" reddit user.

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New attack cracks iPhone autogenerated hotspot passwords in seconds
Default password pool so small scientists need just 24 seconds to guess them all.

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Feds: we can’t give up cellular location data, because NSA doesn’t collect it
In wake of NSA-Verizon disclosure, lawyers are asking for new information.

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Xbox One Eighty: Microsoft fails to sell the future, retreats to the past
How Microsoft's marketing failure is everyone's loss.

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WSJ: Microsoft’s plans to buy Nokia faltered, not likely to be revived
Nokia's asking price and market share discouraged Microsoft.

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Old-school 3D printing firm buys a hot little startup, MakerBot, for $403M
MakerBot says it made $11.5M in revenue for Q1 2013—2/3 of 2012's total revenue.

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Sources say Samsung may have declined to produce the next Facebook phone
In a meeting with Zuckerberg, the company expressed its disinterest.

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Secret Sqrrl: NSA “spin-off” company releases data mining tool
Version of tool used to plow through Internet monitoring data now can be yours.

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Microsoft reverses controversial game licensing policies [Updated]
Online check-ins, used game restrictions, and more are dead.

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Everything we think we know about the Moto X
Still no official announcements, but rumors about the supposed superphone won't stop.

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No, Jimmy Fallon, the PS4 isn’t the only console with used games
"Late Night" host shows Microsoft has an Xbox One messaging problem to solve.

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FBI head says it’s using surveillance drones in US skies “very seldom”
Director Robert Mueller says the bureau is working on privacy guidelines, too.

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Cancer immunity of strange underground rat revealed
Naked mole rats may have their supple skin to thank for their cancer resistance.

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Microsoft will pay up to $100K for new Windows exploit techniques
Redmond finally joins Google, Mozilla, by offering cash rewards for security flaws.

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Kim Dotcom: Megaupload data in Europe wiped out by hosting company
Data was deleted because Dotcom didn't pay the bills, server company says.

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New tech may let current graphics cards drive a $500 holographic display
Sound waves are key to making a cheap, color hologram.

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Defense lawyer says gov’t hid NSA role in California terrorism case
"We're going to evaluate our options as to what to do now," attorney says.

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Gigabit Wi-Fi is here, but device makers can go faster if they want to
Samsung Galaxy Mega and Galaxy S4 the first certified 802.11ac Wi-Fi phones.

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Sony pulls PS3 firmware update on reports of bricked systems
Booting to safe mode seems to get around the problems, for now.

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The good news: HBO Go, WatchESPN coming to Apple TV
Inevitably lame bad news: You still need cable to actually watch anything.

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TELEGRAM NOT DEAD. STOP.
Despite end of India's national telegraph service, telegraphy lives on.

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PlayStation 4 interface highlights friends’ activities via social feeds
Sony video also shows "multiplayer first" downloads, mobile phone integration.

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The Trajectory of Television—Internet rebellion and hardware renaissance
Today, the state of television is hopelessly embattled and better than ever.

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