IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (CNET) 6/27/2013

Square challenges Amazon, eBay with online marketplace
Mobile payments startup's Square Market will allow merchants to sell their wares online without the expense of building and maintaining their own sites. [Read more]

iPhone loses market share in Europe as Android surges
Apple's iPhone is not faring well in two large markets: Western Europe and India. [Read more]

Mobile malware grows by 614 percent in last year
The rate of mobile malware is higher than ever and the operating system of choice is Android, which receives 92 percent of all detected threats, a new report by Juniper shows. [Read more]

Verizon upgrades rugged G'zOne series with LTE model
The Casio G'zOne Commando 4G LTE is largely the same as its immediate predecessor, while adding support for the carrier's high-speed data network. [Read more]

SK Telecom launches world's first LTE-Advanced network
The LTE standard is capable of data transfer rates of 150Mbps, roughly twice as fast as the 4G LTE speeds available in the United States. [Read more]

Leak confirms WebGL, SPDY for IE11
On the eve of Microsoft Build 2013, leaked details on Windows 8.1's Internet Explorer 11 confirm that the browser will support next-gen Web technology, including Google's SPDY protocol. [Read more]

BitTorrent: We don't deal in pirated content
In an effort to clear its name association with pirated movies, music, and games, the company BitTorrent works to set the record straight. [Read more]

Space Shuttle Atlantis on display at new NASA exhibit
NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis has a new $100 million home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. [Read more]

Financier pleads guilty to $13M Facebook IPO stock scam
Former Oregon gubernatorial candidate admits bilking more than 120 investors out of $13.2 million with promises of an early shot at the highly coveted pre-IPO shares. [Read more]

Top waterproof iPhone 5 and iPhone 4/4S cases
Looking for some watertight protection for the summer pool and beach season? Check out these waterproof iPhone 4/4S and iPhone 5 cases. [Read more]

Uber, Lyft, Sidecar get cease-and-desist letters from LA
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation is ordering the three ride-sharing apps to halt all vehicle operations "immediately." However, the companies say there aren't grounds for such demands. [Read more]

Cornell's boasting, luminous, Twitter oopsie
Cornell is proud that its home town, Ithaca, N.Y., is named the most brainy city in the U.S. However, on its Twitter feed, it misspells the name of the organization giving the accolade. [Read more]

'Bridge of Life' projects messages to prevent suicides
A bridge in South Korea where many people have taken their lives has been revamped with inspirational messages of hope that light up as people walk by. [Read more]

Barnes and Noble leaves the tablet biz
Barnes and Noble gets out of the tablet business, Ouya sold out online, Sony ups its music service, and Windows 8.1 gets its start button back. [Read more]

Snapchat founders reportedly pocket $20M from funding deal
College-age co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy are said to have netted $10 million a piece from a secondary offering. [Read more]

Smart tech, big data top priorities at Intel Labs
Intel CTO offers glimpse at what the chipmaker is working on to improve people's lives, rather than just making things faster or more efficient. [Read more]

Google's Chromebook photo app tries to pick your best pics
The software imports, sorts, syncs, and packages up photos imported onto Google's high-end Chrome OS laptop. It's a very Googley way of handling photos. [Read more]

Prevent a partition from mounting in OS X
If you have a specific volume on your Mac that you would like to keep from being edited when attached, here's how to protect it. [Read more]

Google: Hacked sites far worse than attack sites
The new Safe Browsing section of Google's Transparency Report shows that you face a significantly bigger threat from compromised legit sites than intentionally dangerous sites. [Read more]

Concept gadget would cook better than a microwave
The Whirlpool Fastronomy is a concept appliance that would cook single-serving meals. A delivery service would provide fresh food packed into vacuum-sealed containers. [Read more]

Best Buy offers $50 gift card with Samsung device purchase
Customers who buy any Galaxy mobile device from June 26 to July 6 will receive a $50 Best Buy gift card. [Read more]

This is what happens when a jet engine explodes during takeoff
Monday, an Airbus 330 is taking happy people off to the Dominican Republic from Manchester, England, when its right-hand engine starts spouting flames. [Read more]

How to pause and resume programs in OS X
If a program is using excessive CPU, you can pause it without quitting the program. [Read more]

The 404 1,291: Where we paddle out to North Brother island (podcast)
A tiny abandoned island nestled in the middle of New York beckons us to explore its forgotten shores, an ArsTechnica writer endeavors to install every "free" program offered online, and a magic spray that repels water is now on the market. [Read more]

FTC to search engines: Make it clear which results are ads
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is repeating its warning from 2002 that it's not easy to distinguish paid search results from other results. [Read more]

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IT News Head Lines (CNET) 6/27/2013

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