IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 8/13/2013

How Cold War nuclear testing once made orbit unsafe for Apollo
Studies said astronauts could face fatal radiation in orbit—how did we get to the Moon?

New meta-analysis checks the correlation between intelligence and faith
First systematic analysis of its kind even proposes reasons for the negative correlation.

Capcom re-issues NES DuckTales as an ultra-limited golden cartridge
Promotional press freebie actually works—and you'll be able to win our copy!

When geek cultures collide: a day at Baltimore’s Otakon
Anime, manga, comics, and video game fans bring their game faces for the 20th year.

Lawmakers tasked with overseeing NSA surveillance programs feel “inadequate”
"Was [surveillance] approved by a fully knowing Congress? That is not the case."

Apple’s next iPhone event will apparently be September 10
Anonymous sources confirm some details with AllThingsD.

Apple Developer Center lives again; company offers extra month of membership
An "intruder" to the site's servers brought down some services for three weeks.

Ars readers react: possessed photocopiers and life-changing Lego sets
Plus there's a small, err not-so-small, issue with Android flagship handsets.

Drama over: Google posts images and binaries for 2013 Nexus 7
The software's fate was uncertain just a couple of days ago.

Ask Stack: Is it OK to split into small functions, even if they’re called once?
Stack Exchange encourages you to get granular.

Review: Two new color-changing lights want to be friends with Philips Hue
Plus a video peek into one editor's life with the fancy LED bulbs.

Hubble solves the 40-year-old mystery of the Magellanic Stream
Gas ribbon may eventually fall into Milky Way, spurring new star formation.

Crypto experts blast German e-mail providers’ “secure data storage” claim
GPG developer calls move a "great marketing stunt at exactly the right time."

Don’t worry, NSA says—we only “touch” 1.6% of daily global Internet traffic
New seven-page document from Ft. Meade defends agency's activities and policies.

Acer will have a tough time using Chrome OS and Android to offset sliding PC sales
Android tablets may provide sales, but profitability is another matter.

Apple ITC win will kick Samsung phones off market—unless Obama steps in
Obama stopped an exclusion order for Apple, but will Samsung get the same favor?

New leak: NSA can search US e-mail data but theoretically won’t
New Snowden leak says NSA needs to wait for an "effective oversight process."

At press conference, Obama denounces Snowden—and promises reforms
Obama pans "sensationalized" leaks, says Snowden is "not a patriot."

Microsoft details “Home Gold” sharing program for Xbox One
Different Gamertags can share Gold features, games on one console.

Report: Asus, not Samsung, lined up to produce the next Nexus 10
Original report source backtracks, blames Twitter character limit for confusion.

New “semi-floating” gate makes for fast, low-power circuitry
As well as a very compact image sensor.

No, this isn’t a scene from Minority Report. This trash can is stalking you
Smartphone-monitoring bins in London track places of work, past behavior, and more.

7Gbps transmissions up to a mile will boost wireless Internet coverage
FCC rule change lets industry send higher-power signals on 60GHz band.

White House talks privacy, surveillance with tech CEOs, Vint Cerf, and others
No one's talking for now, though—"This was off the record," Cerf tells Ars.

Something is up with the 2013 Nexus 7’s GPS
GPS stops functioning during sustained use, only comes back after a reboot.

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Monday, August 12, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 8/13/2013

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