IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 03/04/2014

One week before its end of life, 28 percent of Web users are still on Windows XP
And Chrome overtakes Firefox for the first time.

Box wants to let businesses control cloud encryption keys “this year”
Government data requests might be thwarted if customers own the encryption keys.

Apple lawyer to jury: Samsung “crossed into the dark side”
Round three opens in a long smartphone patent battle: Apple seeks $2 billion.

Navy will test seafaring, firefighting robots
SAFFiR bots will battle blazes on test ship this summer.

Amazon adds controversial Metacritic scores to video game listings
Affected titles go back as far as PS1 era but film, music listings unaffected.

Google tells Supreme Court it’s legal to packet sniff open Wi-Fi networks
After an appeals court ruling and a $25,000 fine, Google says the law is on its side.

Hack of Boxee.tv exposes password data, messages for 158,000 users
Huge file circulating online contains e-mail addresses, full message histories.

Strange malware from 2013 propagated via fake Ukraine-related documents
MiniDuke hacker remains a mystery: "We don't know who was targeted by these attacks."

What, besides phone records, does the NSA collect in bulk?
Gun purchases? Financial transactions? A coalition of orgs wants answers.

Synology offers a Dropbox substitute—meet the personal cloud
Cloud Station doesn't do everything you might need, but it does several things well.

Spring cleaning: Five Google projects that need to die
Google has lots of redundant products. Here are the ones we'd like to see merged.

Utah city ordered to provide water records for enormous NSA facility
Reporter compelled Bluffdale to provide data on Utah Data Center's water usage.

Suspected N. Korean “drone plane” recovered by S. Korean military
The suspect drone crashed right after a major artillery drill.

My quest to learn the Dvorak keyboard layout, part 2
Ten hours of dedicated practice earns speed gains and real signs of confusion.

Liveblog: Windows Phone 8.1 and who knows what else at Build day 1
We're not entirely sure what the first keynote will contain.

Hands-on with Bioware’s Garrus Vakarian body pillow—very, very hands-on
Find out what happens when we take the tall, dreamy Turian to bed.

Tuesday Dealmaster has a Core i5 Dell touchscreen laptop for $650.99
We've got a trifecta of laptop deals on this, the silliest of days.

How mobile app weakness could let hackers track and unlock a Tesla Model S
Lack of limits on wrong passwords, threats from third-party apps increase risks.

Apple receives patent for interchangeable iPhone camera lenses
Lenses would use a bayonet mechanism to attach and detach.

Reuters: Next iPhone will come with 4.7” or 5.5” screen
Apple does what Apple always does to iPhone rumors: declines comment.

Intel upgrades MinnowBoard developer computer, cuts price to $99
Bay Trail brings CPU boost to Raspberry Pi/Arduino competitor.

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts still supports a Facebook-owned Oculus
But Wing Commander dev won't similarly "sell out" after $41M in funding.

A new microbe might have accelerated the Great Dying
The greatest mass extinction may have been enhanced by a new metabolic pathway.

OKCupid to Firefox users: “Don’t use Mozilla software”
Popular dating site lashes out at new CEO, identifies Mozilla as "our enemies."

See the front lines of pandemic virus war—thanks to The Weather Channel? [Updated]
Germaphobes: If you're willing to touch the remote, don't set your DVR.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 03/04/2014

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