IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 9/2/2013

E-book purchasers could get up to $3.06 per book in price-fixing settlement
Settlements from five publishers trickle down to the masses.

Mega Man designer crowdfunding a new, PC-based side-scrolling shooter
Mighty No. 9 is a mighty familiar spiritual successor for the Blue Bomber creator.

Dragon Age: Inquisition preview shows combat and consequences
Bioware's next fantasy epic focuses on dilemmas and weightier battles.

Latest Snowden leak: NSA spied on Al Jazeera communications
German paper Der Spiegel breaks first report of NSA spying on media.

My boss just gave me a warning. Is there a way to get faster at solving bugs?
Sometimes you're just slow. Sometimes your boss is out to get you.

Beardyman captures the quiet sounds of the 21st century
The beatboxing British artist paints an aural comparison to past generations.

There’s a better way: Getting more for your iPhone than Apple will give you
These easy trade-in services offer most of the convenience and more of the green.

Ars readers choke down Soylent reviews, mull cell tower data dumps
And sorry to get your hopes up, but 3D printing is still hit and miss.

Ars does Soylent, Day 4: The Soylent-powered man
We find ourselves living the Soylent life as our experiment nears its conclusion.

Check out Google’s new “Remind Me” feature for TV shows, authors, and more
Easily follow your favorite media properties in Google Now.

Surprise! It looks like Google’s been planning a smartwatch for quite a while
Google quietly bought WIMM Labs, an Android smartwatch company, a year ago.

US won’t let Microsoft, Google reveal more data on FISA orders
Tech rivals vow to press forward with litigation after talks with DOJ fail.

Report: After patent loss, Apple tweaks FaceTime—and logs 500,000 complaints
Apple is doing a "design around" in a case where it already lost $368 million.

Feds plow $10 billion into “groundbreaking” crypto-cracking program
Consolidated Cryptologic Program has 35,000 employees working to defeat enemy crypto.

Godus preview: Ambitious, expansive, and “absolutely crazy”
Peter Molyneux's effort to revive the god game makes some bold gameplay choices.

Mega-canyon discovered beneath Greenland ice sheet
The formation has been hidden under ice for more than four million years.

Don’t pawn your work laptop (or the US Marshals will hunt you down)
West Virginia is serious about laptop recovery.

You must buy a new iPhone to use Apple’s now-confirmed trade-in program
You can't leave the the store without a new phone in hand.

Partner of NSA leaks reporter carried paper with password, says UK
Multiple passwords protected documents, keeping them safe, Greenwald says.

Samsung mass produces DDR4—which still has nowhere to go
Fast 16GB and 32GB modules coming, but memory controllers won't follow until 2014.

Texting drivers in NJ? You might be liable for their car crash
A girl who texted her boyfriend while he drove was slapped with a lawsuit.

Anti-patent-troll ads launch on radio and in print in 15 states
Tech companies join retailers, restaurants, and grocers to get Congress' attention.

Ars does Soylent, Day 3: Moderation leads to actual, for-real enjoyment
By only actually eating when I'm hungry, Soylent becomes pretty awesome.

In three-hour hearing, Prenda attacks its former lawyer
Phone calls said to be Steele, lying about his identity, are played in court.

Parallels puts Start menu back in Windows 8 virtual machines and Mac dock
Parallels Desktop 9 comes out ahead of OS X Mavericks.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 9/2/2013

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