IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/22/2013

The NES games we’ll be enjoying for the next 30 years
For the Famicom's 30th, Ars staffers wax poetic about their favorite NES games.

How should I behave as a developer in a project that’s headed for failure?
When everything's going south and deadlines are looming, check your options.

At last, Microsoft is starting to sell Surface RT the right way
It looks like Microsoft has learned a thing or two from its $900 million education.

Weird Science always runs a current through its brain before speed dating
And it relies on robotic frogs to increase its attractiveness.

Algorithmically-generated artworks comprise ‘average’ of faces from movies
The spooky images give off more information about a movie than you'd think.

Hardware for the future, hardware from the past: Ars readers react
We also play a variation of "six degrees of Kevin Bacon."

FAA orders wiring check for Boeing 787’s emergency locators
Battery in transmitter suspected in Ethiopian Dreamliner fire at Heathrow.

Snowden be damned: Government renews US call record order
Again, feds argue there's no "legitimate expectation of privacy" over metadata.

Canadian telcos predict “bloodbath” as Verizon eyes entry
Verizon insists it's just exploring its options, but that's rankling the neighbors.

Why I hate read receipts
Read receipts come to Facebook, Snapchat, and more—and make our lives miserable.

NSA head admits the agency made “huge set of mistakes” in 2009
President then established an internal watchdog group within spy agency.

US energy use dropped in 2012 as renewables, natural gas rose
Coal and nuclear drop as energy economy continues realignment.

Another judge has “serious question” about Prenda porn trolls
Talking signatures, spoliation—and possibly sanctions—in an SF Prenda case.

Confirmed: F-1 engine salvaged from ocean floor is from Apollo 11 rocket
Timely discovery coincides with 44th anniversary of first lunar landing tomorrow.

Cops need warrants to track cell phones, says NJ Supreme Court
State supreme court unanimously agrees cops must get a probable cause warrant.

PSA: Free year of Xbox Live with Office 365 sign-up
Microsoft's cloud software subscription becomes a better deal.

PS4, Xbox One seeing strong pre-order interest in US
Some stores selling out, but several others are still taking reservations.

Carbon monoxide snow line detected in exosolar system
Snow lines where molecules freeze can help control planet formation.

Apple patches 2013 MacBook Air Wi-Fi issue, but 802.11ac speeds still low
Photoshop graphics flickering and an audio volume bug are also addressed.

Microsoft takes $900 million hit for unsold Surface RTs in 4Q13 earnings
Fourth quarter figures show solid performance elsewhere.

Pending .kosher domain disputed by rival certification authorities
Will the real kosher authority please stand up? Oh, wait.

Judge rules anti-child-porn statute doesn’t infringe on sexting adults
Opponents couldn't prove current enforcement, breadth of legally "explicit" images.

Tech giants named in PRISM want to see an NSA “transparency report”
Pressure is on from tech and from Congress to limit spying and disclose more.

You may already be a winner in NSA’s “three-degrees” surveillance sweepstakes!
NSA's probes could cover hundreds of millions of Americans. Thanks, Kevin Bacon.

Largest viral genome yet carries 2,300 genes that are new to biology
The enormous new virus is visible with a light microscope.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/22/2013

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