Wednesday, July 3, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/4/2013





Bolivian president’s plane redirected due to fear Snowden was aboard
Jet forced to land in Vienna after words of support for the leaker in Moscow.

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Internet troll “weev” appeals 41-month sentence for AT&T/iPad hack
The EFF and law professor Orin Kerr join forces to reverse a federal conviction.

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SkyDrive in Windows 8.1: Cloud storage the way it’s meant to be
Instant access to all your files with much less syncing.

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Motorola taps into American patriotism to advertise the upcoming Moto X
There's no launch date for the Android handset just yet, but the advertising has begun.

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Review: Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded is all too familiar
Raunchy humor, lame puzzles, and objectification, now with a new coat of paint.

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Gigabit Internet and phone service for $48 a month? It really exists
With $116M in federal funds, Vermont telco offers gigabit fiber and LTE.

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If your sperm have no taste, you may end up sterile
New research shows taste receptors are key to maturation of sperm.

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HTC pulls the plug on promised Android 4.2 update for a year-old phone
Last April's HTC One S was due for an Android 4.2 update, but no longer.

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A “bionic eye” renders the world in 6×9 resolution for the blind
The eye will be available in 12 markets later this year.

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Anti-spying activists plan rallies across US on July 4th holiday
Stopwatching.us anti-spying petition racks up 530,000 signatures in 3 weeks.

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Riding the bomb curve to find the age of a tooth
Leftovers from atomic tests are good for biologists, bad for ivory smugglers.

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Tuesday Dealmaster has a quick 256GB Samsung 840 Pro on sale
And last week's $549 27-inch UltraSharp is still available, too!

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Microsoft: Xbox One won’t hit Japan until 2014
"Tier 2" country is part of the "second wave" of console rollout.

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Unmanned Russian rocket veers off course, crashes, and explodes
Proton-M and GLONASS satellites destroyed seconds after launch, cause unknown.

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Apple’s back-to-school promo is back, gives you more to spend on Apple
Buy a Mac, iPhone, or iPad, get an App Store gift card.

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How the US (probably) spied on European allies’ encrypted faxes
Grainy image stokes speculation of old-school, Tempest-style attack.

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Cops shouldn’t have easy access to 220+ days of cell location data, lawyers say
In appellate case, ACLU and others argue that a warrant should be required.

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How Facebook threatens HP, Cisco, and more with its “vanity free” servers
Ars tours Facebook's DIY-hardware lab to learn why it embraces open source hardware.

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