IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 9/10/2013

Of course NSA can crack crypto. Anyone can. The question is, how much?
The known unknowns of NSA's crypto cracking.

Making the ultimate creative content OS from bits of Windows, Mac, and Linux
New Mac Pro leaving you cold too? ÜberCreate OS 1.0 would be the OS to end them all.

Amazon puts the kibosh on free smartphone rumors
Online retailer says it doesn't have a phone, and even if it did, it wouldn't be free.

What to expect from Apple’s September 10 event (and how much we expect it)
iOS 7 and a new iPhone are both near-certainties, but what about everything else?

Verizon’s bid to kill network neutrality law goes to court Monday
Gutting law would let ISPs block content, applications, services, and devices.

Our dream library: Unlimited e-books for less than $10 a month
The new app Oyster is heralded as the "Netflix for books." Let's test-drive.

Long-shot bill forbidding NSA backdoors in encryption has renewed attention
Introduced in July, the Surveillance State Repeal Act's provisions now seem more urgent.

Unraveling the origins of life with mathematical chemistry
Looking at all the possible models for reactions based on hydrogen cyanide.

Spooks break most Internet crypto, but how?
In a post-Snowden era, it's getting hard to tell prudence from paranoia.

Fantasia: Music Evolved is a new kind of abstract rhythm game
Conducting simulator could be the best use of motion controls since Dance Central.

Community matters when dumping iron into the ocean
When you try to feed an algae group, other zooplankton will come to graze.

If my team has low skill, should I reduce the difficulty-level of my code?
Should you teach your peers advanced code, clever tricks, all of the above, or none?

Smart phones, watches, and spies: Ars readers react
Microsoft buys Nokia, Samsung sells a smartwatch, and the NSA breaks encryption.

The world’s thinnest touch surface proves pretty easy to type on
Half a millimeter thick—and completely flexible.

Yahoo: US wanted data on 40,000 accounts in first half of 2013
Getting in on the transparency game, Yahoo lists user data requests globally.

Google speeding up end-to-end crypto between data centers worldwide
New measure is a defense tactic against direct taps of fiber optic cables.

Majority of Tor crypto keys could be broken by NSA, researcher says
Got elliptical curve?

California poised to implement first electronic license plates
Cops, license plate readers are obsolete. You can now track us closer.

Report: Amazon wants to offer a phone for free, without a contract
If you might not beat 'em, undercut 'em.

“Shopping cart” patent troll tries to save itself, gets pounded by Newegg
A "desperate" attempt to turn a typo into a second chance, says Newegg's Lee Cheng.

Mars’ Olympus Mons may have company in biggest volcanoes club—on Earth
Geophysicists studied an underwater body called the Tamu Massif. And it's massive.

Apple escapes App Store restrictions in e-book conspiracy punishment
Company barred from fixing book prices, but it could have been worse.

Users will soon be able control Google Glass with their smartphones
Why would you want to remote-control the hands-free Glass?

Pre-order pages up for Note 3 and Galaxy Gear, shipping early October
They'll run you $299.99 each with a contract.

In the best PCs of this year’s IFA, the resolution wars are in full swing
High-res, high-density displays are the new normal. Hopefully, software follows.

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Monday, September 9, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 9/10/2013

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