IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 16/03/2014

Ride London’s abandoned underground “Mail Rail”
Before e-mail, London had a different kind of network.

Mozilla gives up on Metro mode Firefox
Minuscule number of users during the beta leaves it untested and unwanted.

In sudden announcement, US to give up control of DNS root zone
Signs point to fallout from NSA spying that lead to "multi-stakeholder" model.

Netflix-like torrenting app Popcorn Time disappears
The creators were ready to make the app, but they weren't ready to fight for it.

Valve replaces Steam Controller touchscreen with new analog face buttons
New layout has eight directional and action buttons and will be demoed at GDC.

Understanding how fireflies evolved their glow
With the right chemicals, cells from a fruit fly will glow as well.

This week in iOS 8 rumors: Sharing APIs, OS X apps, better Maps, and more
Apple's next mobile OS begins to take shape, but take these with a grain of salt.

Google and Microsoft are out to stop dual-boot Windows/Android devices
Asus is the current target of their ire.

After fatal accident, Uber, Lyft expand insurance
New policies in wake of SF car crash that killed a child.

Phishing page hosted on Google: A true dog-bites-man scam
New trick gives tired old dog new legs.

Kremlin gets DDoS’d by Anonymous Caucasus
"This is just warming up Russian pig!" warn attackers.

AT&T’s Cricket buy raises competition, pricing, and privacy questions
AT&T promises cheap new plans but could expand Cricket's data collection.

Oklahoma station drops evolution from showing of Cosmos
The same week that a bill targeting evolution education passes the OK House.

XKCD’s book of scientific analysis hit #2 in Amazon sales
Randall Munroe's What If? comes out in six months. Just you wait, Rush Limbaugh.

Samsung’s ultrasonic case is like a guide dog in your smartphone
Samsung also introduces a book scanning stand so your smartphone can read to you.

Xbox One approaches US sales parity with PS4 during February
Both consoles pick up steam after slower January

How to set up your own private instant messaging server
In this video tutorial, we spin up Prosody, an XMPP server that runs on anything.

In two key cases, activists now ask judge to order NSA metadata preservation
After FISC reverses itself, EFF also asks Feds to disclose what was deleted.

After borking high-profile crowdfunding campaigns, PayPal updates policies
Mailpile, Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm, and Dreamfall Chapters all had funds frozen.

Future food Soylent delayed again—now arriving in mid-to-late April
It turns out that 28 tons of rice protein is a hard order for suppliers to fill.

Google: Rockstar patent group is controlled by Apple, case should be in CA
Location, location: Google and mega-patent-troll Rockstar face off over venue.

Google Fiber expansion moves fast, San Antonio approves construction
34 cities in nine metro areas laying groundwork for Google Fiber.

NSA says “indiscriminate” Facebook hacking allegations “are simply false”
Spooks "only support lawful and appropriate foreign intelligence operations."

Pwn2Own: The perfect antidote to fanboys who say their platform is safe
Despite huge leaps in secure code, nothing is immune when hackers are motivated.

Researchers warn against the rise of “big data hubris”
Use Google Flu Trends as an example of how things go wrong.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 16/03/2014

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