IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/25/2013

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/25/2013

SF court orders Prenda to pay $22,531 in attorney’s fees
SF judge cites weak evidence, apparent forgery, and "planted" porn.

Drug ads may enhance drug performance
But, oddly, only in people who don't suffer from the problems the drug treats.

Record iPhone sales and reduced margins dominate Apple’s third quarter
The company's revenues were flat, but reduced margins cut into its profits.

Hey kids! Learn to be “cyber smart” from the NSA’s youth page!
Word searches, code games, and tips on how to behave online while surveilled.

Hands-on with the 48-hour-battery Motorola Droid Maxx
A gallery and video of the Maxx and its little friend, the Droid Ultra, too.

Senator: Weak oversight of NSA may lead to massive location tracking
"Most of us have a computer in our pocket that can be used to track us 24/7."

Liveblog: Apple’s Q3 2013 earnings call
This quarter brought lots of big announcements but few new products.

Second state cracks down on patent-wielding “scanner trolls”
Trolls must back off their plan to get "fast money" from Nebraskans, says AG.

Motorola’s “8-core” X8 chip gives us a lesson in marketing-speak
It's hard to imagine how Motorola and Verizon could have been more misleading.

Viber’s online help desk sacked by pro-Syrian hackers
Syrian Electronic Army defaces the messaging service's site, posts employee info.

Liveblog: Breakfast with Google on July 24, 9am PDT
A new Nexus device? A new version of Android? Tune in to find out!

Texas man raised over $4.5M in Bitcoin Ponzi scheme, feds allege
Bitcoin Savings and Trust promised a 7 percent return—then shut down in August 2012.

NSA says it can’t search its own e-mails
The NSA's system is “a little antiquated and archaic."

New FiOS top speed is half that of Google Fiber—and 4x the price
500Mbps FiOS now available for $310 per month.

Equal-opportunity malware targets Macs and Windows
Janicab ushers in cross-platform era as OS X becomes more appealing target.

New Motorola Droid sports 48-hour battery life
The new Droid Maxx is part of Verizon's reboot of the Droid line.

Hot and leaky: Fukushima two years later
Steam, radioactive groundwater continue to raise concerns.

“Stable” parts of Antarctic ice may have retreated in the past
Ice in one region retreated hundreds of kilometers when CO₂ was last this high.

IBM unveils new “mainframe for the rest of us”
At half the cost of the equivalent x86 computing power in commodity hardware.

Check out Blizzard’s new, Origin-style unified game launcher
Beta app collects updates, news, and more for Blizzard franchises in one place.

New OpenGL 4.4, OpenCL 2.0 specs help you get the most from your GPU
Small improvements and easier porting of Direct3D applications are on the table.

Forests not as thirsty because of increasing carbon dioxide
Northern forests are using less water but also releasing less into the air.

The great Ars Android interface shootout
We cut through the clutter—apps, lock screens, bloatware, and more.

The Web’s longest nightmare ends: Eolas’ patents are dead on appeal
Web pioneers united to stop "interactive web" patents at an East Texas trial.

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