IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 11/21/2013

A new Skype experience in the living room, with Xbox One
Xbox One's Skype client uses Kinect features to keep sofa-based chatting intimate.

Xbox One review: More than a game console, less than a living room revolution
Limited multitasking and voice commands aren't worth an extra $100 on their own.

Wikipedia wants PR firm to stop paid editing services, hints at lawsuit
Wiki-PR apparently created new articles at prices up to $1,000, plus fees.

Shoppers buy up over 10,000 PlayStation 4s on eBay over launch weekend
If you're looking, there are still about 13,000 listings left.

US senators say there’s “no evidence” bulk metadata surveillance is useful
Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) and others join as amici to lawsuit filed against NSA.

Stability first: Ubuntu’s Mir won’t replace X in 14.04 desktop
And Ubuntu for phones and tablets will eventually support Android apps.

Hands-on with the Nokia Lumia 1520 at Mach 0.6 and 13,000 feet
Shooting with the 20 megapixel PureView while airborne in a Folland Gnat trainer.

Google launches Glass Dev Kit preview, shows off augmented reality apps
Native apps will finally unlock the full power of Google's futuristic headset.

E-sports site settles covert Bitcoin mining case for $1 million
But it will only have to pay $350,000 if it follows terms of 10-year deal.

Smart TV from LG phones home with user’s viewing habits, USB file names
It's not the premise of a sci-fi novel. Internet-connected TVs are watching you now.

Samsung “ships” 800,000 Galaxy Gears in 2 months, which means very little
New numbers don't do much to dispel the poor retail reports.

San Jose City Hall to be permanent home for Silicon Valley patent office
Now a patent can get made down the street from the courts arguing over it.

Hands-on with Firefox’s new “Australis” interface
Rounded tabs, less clutter..

Verizon surprises everyone by updating its Moto X to KitKat first
The worst carrier for Android updates turns the trend on its ear.

Nokia shareholders back sale of unaffordable phone division to Microsoft
Microsoft wasn't the only company interested in the Finnish phone business.

Hairy metal laser show produces bright X-Rays
Setting metallic wires on fire creates a bright X-Ray glow.

Holiday Dealmaster continues with $120 off an HP Spectre Ultrabook
We've also got plenty of other portables and some neat toys and gadgets!

Report: $399 PlayStation 4 costs about $381 to build
New console is much less expensive to make than the PS3 was at launch.

Google to replace satellite image showing scene of California teen’s murder
“When I see this image, it’s still like that happened yesterday,” father says.

People who don’t forget can still be tricked with false memories
People with highly superior autobiographical memory also form fake memories.

Live gameplay streaming on Xbox One delayed until 2014
Twitch app will let you watch, but not broadcast, on launch day.

Newegg on trial, day one: Picking a patent jury
Lawyers for a Web-spanning encryption patent ask about shopping and logging.

You can’t beat politics with technology, says Pirate Bay cofounder Peter Sunde
He does comedy, thinks The Pirate Bay should shut down, and distrusts Netflix/Spotify.

Judge: “NSA exceeded the scope of authorized acquisition continuously”
New declassifed documents show legal arguments over bulk metadata collection.

Second anti-patent-troll bill shows up, and splits emerge on the first
A bigger review system for "business method" patents is out—in both bills.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 11/21/2013

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