IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 19/03/2014

Negropodamus disses Internet of Things, predicts knowledge pills
The founder of M.I.T. MediaLab kicks off TED 2014.

Gears of war: When mechanical analog computers ruled the waves
In some ways, the Navy's latest computers fall short of the power of 1930s tech.

Sextortionist who hacked Miss Teen USA’s computer sentenced to 18 months
"Was total luck that I got her infected because I suck at social engineering."

Xbox CPO Marc Whitten leaves Microsoft
Cancels appearance at GDC "fireside chat," picks up CPO gig at Sonos.

Pandora emerges mostly unscathed in legal showdown with songwriters
Royalties for streaming radio service will stay at 1.85 percent through 2015.

Office for iPad may (finally) arrive as soon as March 27
Like Office for iPhone, long-rumored software reportedly requires a subscription.

US intelligence oversight group from 1975 says things are way worse now
Church Committee members and staff say modern NSA snooping "dwarfs" what they examined.

The Elder Scrolls Online beta leaves us skeptical
MMO conversion trades the series' characteristic freedom for stifling control.

OpenGL ES 3.1 released, bringing GPU compute to mobile chips
Compute shaders are the big new feature of the mobile-oriented 3D API.

Comcast and Time Warner Cable lost 1.1 million video customers in 2013
Pay-TV isn't going away, though, as AT&T and Verizon boost subscriber numbers.

Google DNS briefly hijacked to Venezuela
Bad admin or some more malicious act sent requests down the wrong pipe.

Detection of primordial gravitational waves announced (Updated)
BICEP provides the first direct evidence of the Universe's early inflation.

New victims inducted into botnet preying on websites running ColdFusion
Roster includes payment card processors, government agencies, e-commerce sites.

Samsung’s “Tizen SDK for Wearable” will let anyone make a Gear smartwatch app
But developers will need to juggle Android and Tizen to build a Samsung Gear app.

Before GDC, academics skewer the games criticism industry
Ian Bogost headlines day-long panel, bemoans failings of "critical muscle."

Surface 2 picks up an LTE option
64GB unit can now be had with mobile data.

New, free OneNote for OS X is a preview of the next Office for Mac apps
We go hands-on and compare it to the also-free version of OneNote for Windows.

Popcorn Time resurrected by creators of its API to torrent another day
The streaming interface lives on.

Monday Dealmaster: 25% off many Dell monitors!
Isn't it time for a new 4k monitor?

Google rolls out cross-platform iOS/Android gaming with Play Games Services
Google offers a slew of minor updates for its gaming platform at GDC 2014.

GitHub puts founder on leave, kicks wife out of office after harassment claim
Engineer Julie Horvath quits, alleging sexism and bad behavior.

Out-of-body experiences are harder to remember
Researchers use virtual reality gear to mess with subjects' perspective.

Dorian Nakamoto denies any knowledge of Bitcoin or cryptography
Nakamoto discontinued Internet service last year "due to... financial distress."

Titanfall review: Call of Duty: Robot Warfare
If you're after a fast-paced twitch shooter, Titanfall has you covered.

Frog Fractions 2 wants to surprise players that already expect the unexpected
The odd Kickstarter effort to bring a sense of mystery to every game you play.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 19/03/2014

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