Wednesday, July 17, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/18/2013





Canadian “patent troll” Wi-Lan loses East Texas trial
Trial loss results in a steep drop in stock price.
    




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Behind the joystick at the Evo 2013 fighting games championship
A firsthand look at hyped-up crowds, thrown fight sticks, and Mexican candy donations.
    




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Broadcasters lose final appeal to take down Aereo
Only two out of 12 judges supported the broadcasters, but the fight isn't over.
    




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Manifesto: Let my upload bandwidth flow!
Op-ed: What good is the ability to sync a TB of data when the upload takes a year?
    




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Hands on with OWA for iPhone, Microsoft’s Outlook for iOS (sort of)
OWA for iPhone brings more Windows Phone functionality and feel to Apple's device.
    




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Google in talks to create its own streaming live TV service
Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner... Google? It could happen.
    




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ISS spacewalk aborted when water begins to fill astronaut’s suit
EVA called off to keep astronaut Luca Parmitano from inhaling water.
    




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UK gov’t approves autonomous cars on public roads before year’s end
Our friends across the pond join a small club: Florida, California, and Nevada.
    




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Can fracking cause bigger, more frequent earthquakes?
New reports show growing data on causal links between fluid injections and earthquakes.
    




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“Drunkard,” “homoerotic,” and other words your iPhone won’t help you type
There are about 14,000 obscure or quasi-offensive words that iOS won't fix for you.
    




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Scientists put nature’s infinite playlist on iPods to monitor wildlife
Wireless listening posts allow remote real-time IDs of tropical species.
    




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Dealmaster’s got some gadgets and low-price monitors this week
Bringing you more of what you want, when you want it!
    




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New lawsuit is broadest challenge yet to NSA spying
Marijuana users, gun owners, civil rights groups unite—helped by Snowden leaks.
    




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Man organizes satirical NSA walk, authorities come to his front door
"If we’re lucky, we might even be able to see a real NSA spy," event page says.
    




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Linus Torvalds defends his right to shame Linux kernel developers
"My culture is cursing": Linux kernel world is a hostile place—by design.
    




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DARPA’s government-issued robot goes for a stroll
You provide the software, DARPA will give you an ATLAS robot.
    




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Apple announces Logic Pro X, available in App Store for $199
Apple's professional music software gets a major makeover.
    




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