IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (CNET) 05/02/2014

Microsoft gets mom to get nasty about Chromebooks
Microsoft might want you to think it's a forward-thinking company. But it's acting toward Google as if it's a cheating ex-spouse [Read more]

Target works on security-heavy credit cards, after breach
The retailer accelerates its $100 million program to offer users chip-enabled "smart credit cards" that encrypt users' personal data and are said to be harder to hack. [Read more]

Tumblr lets loose its first Transparency Report
The blogging platform's first biannual report detailing government requests for user data shows it fulfilled 76 percent of the 462 requests it received. [Read more]

Can't get enough Radio Shack all of a sudden? Here's more
After its triumph in making people consider that Radio Shack has finally emerged from the '80s during the Super Bowl, the company has released an array of videos featuring Cliff the mailman and Jason the serial killer, among others. [Read more]

AT&T ends payouts aimed at attracting T-Mobile customers
Carrier ends promotion offering T-Mobile customers up to $450 to switch wireless carriers. [Read more]

Man who posts online vid of kitten abuse gets year in prison
A French man is sentenced to prison for animal cruelty within days after posting a Facebook video of himself throwing a cat against a wall. [Read more]

Facebook celebrates 10 years with Look Back
The company thanks its 1.23 billion members with a product that celebrates their social-networking past. [Read more]

Tim Cook lands in Turkey, could he be planning an iPad deal?
While the CEO's visit is timed with the opening of the country's first Apple retail store, it's said that he also may be discussing a possible $4 billion project to bring iPads to Turkey's schools. [Read more]

Samsung Galaxy S5 likely at Feb. 24 launch event
Samsung will once again stage a major product launch at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month. It really couldn't be anything other than the Galaxy S5 marquee phone. [Read more]

Hey, business users, the Samsung Galaxy TabPro could be your next tablet
With its Galaxy TabPro 12.2 Samsung targets productivity users and represents a sizable challenge for Microsoft's Surface 2. [Read more]

Apple offers workaround for Mail-checking bug in Mavericks
If Mail in OS X Mavericks will check your e-mail account only after being launched, then this workaround will help at least check messages until an update is released. [Read more]

Tumblr activates SSL, but with a catch
Tumblr blog owners can encrypt all visits to their sites, as long as they opt in. Why didn't Yahoo just make SSL the default setting? [Read more]

New Senate, House bills would restore Net neutrality
Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced legislation that will give the FCC authority to impose its Net neutrality rules until it can come up with a more permanent legal fix. [Read more]

The real big game Sunday: The Super Bowl trounced porn
According to a study by PornHub, the amount of porn consumed nationwide during the big game was down by 6 percent. And then it went right back up after the game ended. [Read more]

Samsung's Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 arrives this month costing $850
Office Depot began pre-order sales of the high-powered tablet that runs Android 4.4 KitKat; its release date is February 13. [Read more]

Help NASA find where planets are born
NASA has turned to crowdsourcing for help in its search for embryonic planetary systems that the Hubble can study. [Read more]

Oh, the suspense: Netflix's Europe push set for late 2014
The streaming-video company says its expansion farther into Europe won't come until late this year, after previously confirming that a major rollout on the Continent is in the cards. [Read more]

A ride with Horacio Pagani in his Zonda S 7.3
While I was interviewing Horacio Pagani he offered me a go in his very own Zonda. Who was I to say no to not only more face time with the man himself, but a go in the ride he chose to keep? [Read more]

Facebook turns 10, copies Paper app name
As the social network hits a decade milestone, it launches a new app with a familiar name. Also, Aereo expands its streaming TV service and Flappy Bird drives everyone mad. [Read more]

Google Barge must find a new home, agency says
A California agency says Google doesn't have permission to construct its floating showroom at Treasure Island and must move to an approved location. [Read more]

Tech firms reveal even more about FISA requests
Six major technology companies publish new statistics on National Security letters and FISA Court requests made of them. [Read more]

Five ways I survived the switch from iPhone to Android
It can be jarring to move from one mobile platform to another. Here are a few ways to ease the transition. [Read more]

Panasonic working on actual 'Alien' Power Loader
Panasonic subsidiary Activelink has a powered exosuit in the works that will let humans lift up to 220 pounds and run at speeds up to 5 miles per hour. [Read more]

Super Bowl may have stunk, but wireless traffic soars
At its peak, Verizon saw the number of data connections rise by 800 percent over the busiest hour in New Orleans a year ago. AT&T saw its traffic rise 52 percent during the peak hour. [Read more]

Bitcoin-operated arcade machine is a game changer
Fund your next round of Donkey Kong with your cryptocurrency stash. [Read more]

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 05/02/2014

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