IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/12/2013

Five consecutive quarters of sliding PC sales mark a new industry record
Lenovo continues to edge out the dying PC industry with 16.7 percent market share.

Dino-killing asteroid also triggered mind-blowing submarine landslides
Huge deposits identified in Gulf of Mexico and beyond.

How elite security ninjas choose and safeguard their passwords
There are many ways to manage your digital keys. Here's how five experts do it.

T-Mobile’s new service plan gives customers two upgrades per year
Break, lose, or just plain hate your phone? T-Mobile gives upgrades very early.

Nokia’s thinner, less-plasticky Lumia 925 launches on T-Mobile for $50
You can grab the latest Lumia iteration on July 17th.

LTE-compatible Sony Xperia Z handset finally arrives in the US
The device will be sold exclusively on T-Mobile for $99.

How Apple led an e-book price conspiracy—in the judge’s words
And why publishers accepted less money from Apple than from Amazon.

Strange “ransomware” title pushes surveys, knows Close Encounters tune
Shadowlock creators may have a sense of humor. Or maybe they're from another world.

As Latitude falls, 3 more services Google may kill for the sake of Google+
Google+ killed Reader and Latitude. What service will be next?

Apple conspired to raise e-book prices, judge rules (updated)
Second trial will decide how much it has to pay.

Lonely lemurs listen to, understand other species’ warning calls
Without peers to warn them of predators, the lemurs will listen to other species.

Prenda’s motion to reduce $238,000 appeal bond falls flat
Also: John Steele is summoned to LA, asks to show up by phone, and gets denied.

Internet petitioners want Xbox One’s digital sharing features back
Thousands argue Microsoft went too far in giving in to "uninformed" consumers.

London’s police spend over $16,000 per day to stake out Julian Assange
But Metropolitan Police commissioner hopes the Home Office will reimburse.

A catch-22: commercial fishing and the evolution of fish
Evolving catches can help or hurt bottom line, depending on how fishing is done.

Price cut: Dedicated hardware in Amazon’s cloud now 37-80% cheaper
Another battle in the cloud computing price wars.

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/12/2013

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