IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 25/11/2013

Photojournalist gets $1.2 million in damages for images cribbed from Twitter
Jury maxxed out statutory damage awards for eight photos.

FindTheBest destroys “matchmaking” patent, pushes RICO case against troll
The patent is found abstract, six months and $200,000 after the suit was filed.

Texas school board approves all but one science text book
The exception is authored by someone who testified against Intelligent Design.

The Lumia 1520: enormous hardware, troublesome software
We review Nokia's latest phone, and find the experience isn't quite right.

Ars readers react to our reviews editor pulling major Gs
Ars also talked about the Xbox One and a Newegg lawsuit this week.

Ars Technicast, Ep. 38: So, an Xbox One and a PS4 walk into a room…
In which Lee says, "The truth of a product is rarely described by its specs."

Review: The productivity suite formerly known as iWork
Updates move Keynote, Pages, and Numbers from a state of limbo to a state of flux.

AT&T and T-Mobile Moto Xs get KitKat in time for the weekend
What if all Android updates rolled out so quickly and smoothly?

President’s tech council plays sad trombone for federal cybersecurity
Report finds that government "rarely follows accepted best practices."

Berners-Lee: Insidious government surveillance may be worse than outright censorship
US and UK drop in Web rankings for freedom and openness in 2013 Web Index.

id Software cofounder John Carmack leaves company
Move follows Carmack's earlier shift to CTO role at Oculus.

Google Play rolls out “designed for phones” tag of shame for apps on tablets
Google hopes the new tag and hiding phone apps on tablets will boost tablet design.

Google squashes nasty bugs that led to perfect-storm account hijacking
Simple but elegant exploit created high-impact threat.

iFixit opens up the Playstation 4—replaceable hard drive earns big props
However, getting at the rest of the guts requires security screwdrivers.

Intense gamma-ray burst spells doom—for our models of gamma-ray bursts
Closest, most intense one we've observed yet.

House intel bill adds $75 million to NSA budget to stop future Snowdens
Senate version also adds money to NSA's budget to stop "insider threat."

Newegg’s chief counsel testifies: 30 infringement claims in last 8 years alone
"Unfortunately," Cheng tells the jury, TQP is not Newegg's first patent lawsuit.

Tired of social media? Why not have Google tweet for you
Google tries patenting computer-generated, personalized social media reactions.

GameStop: 2.3 million have registered interest in new console supplies [Updated]
Microsoft, meanwhile, predicts shortages amid "unprecedented" demand.

iFixit disassembles the Xbox One and finds NAND, high repairability
No weird screws or glue make for easy repairs—and what's this 8GB of flash for?

A spurned techie’s revenge: Locking down his ex’s digital life
Revenge porn is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cyber-domestic abuse.

Fed up with slow and pricey Internet, cities start demanding gigabit fiber
Google Fiber can't do it all, so city governments start taking charge.

Feds say Silk Road suspect’s computer shows he (thought he) plotted 6 murders
"made sure backup crons are working. sent payment to angels for hit on tony76."

Asus Transformer Book T100 review: Bringing the netbook back, almost
Intel's Atom steals the show, as Bay Trail outperforms.

Snapdragon 805 coming in 2014, putting Qualcomm in even more devices
The chip improves CPU and GPU performance and can address more than 4GB of RAM.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 25/11/2013

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