Tuesday, September 17, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 9/18/2013





California school district hires online monitoring firm to watch 13,000 students
Startup analyzes public social media posts: "Therefore, no privacy is violated.”
    








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Angry entrepreneur replies to patent troll with racketeering lawsuit
Patent trolls are legal. Can one be nailed for extortion? One man is betting yes.
    








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Long passwords are good, but too much length can be a DoS hazard
Django patches denial-of-service vulnerability triggered by large passcodes.
    








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World’s first 3D printed handgun now an objet d’art in London
"A non-designer has managed to make the biggest impact in design this year."
    








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“Microbial battery” could turn wastewater into electricity
A hybrid of fuel cell and battery with bacteria supplying the electrons.
    








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Gabe Newell: Linux is the future of gaming, new hardware coming soon
Valve chief blasts PC market, promises big news is coming next week.
    








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Google buys Bump, the smartphone file sharing company
Google sucks up the app developer for an undisclosed amount of money.
    








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Major Belgian telco targeted by a foreign state, Brussels says
NSA is also monitoring financial transactions in Europe and Middle East.
    








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Fatal crypto flaw in some government-certified smartcards makes forgery a snap
With government certifications this broken, the NSA may not need backdoors.
    








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Google may be trying to save Glass users from needing tethering plans
Google Glass sometimes needed tethering just to share data from a smartphone.
    








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Google and Samsung soar into list of top 10 Linux contributors
And Microsoft's days of major Linux contributions have come to a halt.
    








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Grand Theft Auto V: A crime- and sun-filled tourist destination
Sequel provides subtle gameplay tweaks, plenty of memorable moments.
    








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Box aims for NSA-resistant cloud security with customers holding the keys
Cloud storage that really can't be tapped by the government is a rare thing.
    








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