IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 9/12/2013

New York Times provides new details about NSA backdoor in crypto spec
The paper points a finger definitively at the long-suspected Dual_EC_DRBG algorithm.

A tale of two iPhones: Hands-on with the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C (update: video!)
We get our mitts on the plastic iPhone 5C and the fingerprint-reading iPhone 5S.

Once-lost Star Wars-related short to screen for the first time in 33 years
How a college script debuted before Empire, went MIA, and revived as Jedi hits 30.

Cray gives its supercomputers more cores with Ivy Bridge upgrade
XC30 "Cascade" and CS300 cluster systems get a big bump in cores, performance.

NSA: No one “had a full understanding” of 2009 call-checking program
In call prior to FISA Court doc release, top intel officials defend policy.

FCC’s wishy-washy rulemaking might doom net neutrality in court
Judges cast a suspicious eye at FCC's justification of Open Internet Order.

Intel aims another barrel at ARM with synthesizable, ultra-low-power Quark
For when Atom is too fast, expensive, and power hungry.

Google must stand trial for Wi-Fi data grab, appeals court rules
Wi-Fi data isn't like radio data, and grabbing it can be like wiretapping.

DARPA reinvents peer-to-peer for battlefield with tactical “torrents”
New project lets soldiers share content without syncing to server.

The Cheap iPhone™ has been calling from inside the house all along
Analysis: Apple took lessons from other products, applied them to the iPhone 5C.

University apologizes for censoring crypto prof over anti-NSA post
Johns Hopkins acted "on inadequate information."

iPhone 5S sports new M7 processor to handle motion apps
M7 co-processor "continuously measures motion data" without waking up main chip.

Apple unveils 64-bit iPhone 5S with fingerprint scanner, $199 for 16GB
A new M7 co-processor and camera improvements round out the new features.

Apple’s iWork suite (plus iMovie and iPhoto) free with new iOS devices
Pages, Keynote, and Numbers now come with new iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches.

Apple announces the multicolor iPhone 5C, $99 for 16GB
The new iPhone 5C packs a 4-inch Retina display, ships on September 20.

Apple’s overhauled iOS 7 is coming September 18 to an iDevice near you
The new software is finished and will arrive next week.

Tuesday Dealmaster wants you to get your gaming laptop on
We've got a line on a heavily discounted Haswell 17-inch Toshiba Qosmio.

Liveblog: Apple to “brighten everyone’s day”
Ars is on the scene with laptop and camera so you can follow along.

Is wireless USB finally real? Spec ties USB to Wi-Fi for gigabit speed
"Media Agnostic USB" to work over 2.4, 5, and 60GHz bands.

Latest XPRIZE competition takes on ocean acidification
$2 million awaits designers of pH sensors that can gather the data we need.

Microsoft exec defends Xbox One from accusations it’s “underpowered”
Says the way some are measuring spec comparisons "isn't completely accurate."

New iPhone will have a fingerprint sensor, confirms WSJ
The feature could be used for more than just the lock screen.

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 9/12/2013

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