Sunday, December 22, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 23/12/2013





Data brokers won’t even tell the government how it uses, sells your data
They do disclose consumer types like "credit reliant" and "resilient renter."
    








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Target says sorry again, offers 10% off and free credit monitoring
CEO takes to the Web to report shoppers’ PINs, birth dates, and SSNs are safe.
    








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Why do most programming languages only return a single value from a function?
Wouldn't support for more "natural" outputs be better?
    








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Ars readers react to the light on their webcams
We also talk limitations on spying and island binary.
    








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Watch NASA make critical ISS repairs during 6.5-hour spacewalk
The faulty ammonia pump being replaced is roughly the size of a double-door fridge.
    








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How I use Evernote to stave off hoarding tendencies
Working technology to cope with my irrational sentimentality.
    








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Scientists make exotic chemicals with high-pressure salt
It's time to rewrite the chemistry textbooks: NaCl isn't the only option.
    








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Atari game burial mystery gets Xbox documentary
Filming starts in January for broadcast via Xbox Live.
    








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Flower Shell’s inventor on his need to spread seeds with a shotgun
"I like gardens more than gardening. I also like guns more than killing."
    








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