IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 9/23/2013

LinkedIn sued by users who say it hacked their e-mail accounts
Plaintiffs file a class-action suit on behalf of LinkedIn members.

The gaijin gamer’s guide to Tokyo’s thriving arcades
Travel with me to a world where coin-op is still common.

New iOS 7 bug lets you make non-emergency calls from the lock screen
Yet another lock screen bug, but there's no temporary bandage for this one.

Is it poor programming practice to pass parameters as objects?
Are you making code more maintainable? Or just covering up poorly defined methods?

E-readers prove easy on the eye for some dyslexics
Lots of visual space makes processing text easier for a subset of dyslexics.

iOS 7 reviewed, drone attacks solved, and last year’s cases closed
It was a productive week for the writers and the readers of Ars Technica.

Cows cleared of charges in salmonella epidemic; new suspects named
Imported foods and international travel are probable causes of global epidemic

Cracker of Apple’s fingerprint scanner to win booze, cash, and bitcoins
Over $19,000 has been pledged so far, all in hopes of "making things safer."

Grand Theft Auto V rakes in over $1 billion in three days
The launch-day record for Take-Two will more than cover the costs to make the game.

Blackberry warns of near-$1 billion loss this quarter
Massive inventory of unsold phones to blame.

“I‘m not leaving without a gold one!” Tales from the iPhone 5S line
The smartphone as a fashion accessory leads to stupid histrionics.

Spain passes new anti-piracy laws, raises maximum penalty to six years
For years, Madrid has been under great pressure from the US to enhance IP laws.

Silk Road competitor Atlantis Market shuts down for “security reasons”
You don't have to go home, but you can't obtain your ganj here.

Protected habitat not enough to keep Costa Rican crocs safe
National park boundaries can't stop pesticide runoff.

We don’t enable backdoors in our crypto products, RSA tells customers
Statement comes after firm said its products used RNG reported to contain NSA backdoor.

Chipworks: Apple’s A7 is made by Samsung, M7 is indeed a separate chip
Apple moves from 32nm process to 28nm process for its latest SoC.

Xbox One interface a clean slate inspired by Windows 8
Less clutter, more multitasking, and better Kinect controls feature.

Verizon blocks Nexus 7 and will probably get away with it
Violation of open access rules? Nope, just "reasonable network management."

EPA releases carbon dioxide emissions rules for new power plants
Natural gas can meet the standards, but coal faces a struggle.

Apple releases iOS 7.0.1 update to fix fingerprint scanner
Day one patch allows iTunes purchases to correctly work with prints

Sprint introduces One Up annual phone upgrade plan
The end of subsidies, this time with no subsidies.

Senator asks if FBI can get iPhone 5S fingerprint data via Patriot Act
"You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them."

Put the Xbox One on its end “at your own risk”
Don't lay your Xbox One the wrong way!

iFixit’s iPhone 5S teardown finds larger battery, improved LTE transceiver
If you can't find a gold iPhone today, this one may be hard to watch.

Snowden docs now show Britain, not NSA, targeted Belgian telco
"Operation Socialist" designed "to enable better exploitation of Belgacom."

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 9/23/2013

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