IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 09/04/2014

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 09/04/2014

Porn site that spews copyright suits uses lie detectors on defendants
Malibu Media fights "copyright troll" label, reveals data about its caseload.

Critical crypto bug in OpenSSL opens two-thirds of the Web to eavesdropping
Exploits allow attackers to obtain private keys used to decrypt sensitive data.

Build 2014: A very different Microsoft takes aim at the future
With a new CEO and a new structure, old ideas have a new vigor.

Intel expands 10Gbps “Thunderbolt Ethernet” capability to Windows
New driver will enable high-speed links between Thunderbolt 2 PCs and Macs.

Star Wars: Episode VII charges ahead, now reportedly with Peter Mayhew
New Star Wars movie is already shooting, according to Disney Studios chairman.

As gov’t discusses expanding digital searches, ACLU sounds caution
Proposed changes not "minor"—"it is a major reorganization of judicial power."

Jerk.com scammed money to remove Facebook-scraped profiles, says FTC
Take info, post it publicly, ask for money to remove it, do nothing, profit.

Mega pile-on: MPAA sues Kim Dotcom, who’s already facing criminal charges
Focus is on the rewards program that MU's lawyer describes as a "rounding error."

Broadcasting group decries FCC’s alleged favoritism of wireless broadband
Wireless industry also wants to “milk and bilk and bill by the bit,” NAB says.

How a website flaw turned 22,000 visitors into a botnet of DDoS zombies
Everyday browsers are unwittingly conscripted into powerful attack platform.

Edward Snowden and journalist Laura Poitras awarded truth-telling prize
The pair will be recognized for exposing the vast US government surveillance apparatus.

50 years ago, IBM created mainframe that helped send men to the Moon
System/360 brought new era of compatibility, and its programs still run today.

As HTC One M8 launches, company posts $62 million quarterly loss
HTC needs to step up its game after three straight quarters of loss.

As human laws grapple with robots, there are no easy answers
Can you sue a robot for medical malpractice? For defamation?

Triathlete injured by “hacked” camera drone
Operator claims someone “channel hopped” control away.

FAA grounds humanitarian search-and-rescue drone flights
Rescue mission's attorney says the FAA's move is "absurd" and "without legal basis."

Fermi telescope detects signal that could be annihilating dark matter
Distribution and energy is what we'd expect when WIMPs collide.

Qualcomm’s new high-end, 64-bit Snapdragon 808 and 810 to arrive next year
The company's first 20nm chips use ARM's Cortex A57 architecture.

Raspberry Pi gets more Arduino-y with new open source modular hardware
Compute module and open source I/O board open path to embedded Pi.

Farewell to Arscoin: Preparing to kill our cryptocurrency
It's been fun, but Arscoin will cease to be this Friday, April 11.

Microsoft looking into Xbox 360 emulation through Xbox One
Company is "thinking through" plans, but it's unclear what form it would take.

From Game Boy to skyscraper: Playing the world’s largest game of Tetris
Last year's Guinness-certified game of Pong has a sequel, and it's twice as big.

Supreme Court passes on NSA bulk phone surveillance case
Case will head to appeals court first, but will likely end up with the Supremes.

Haswell saves another Ultrabook: The 2014 Toshiba Kirabook reviewed
Just ignore the high starting price and Windows' scaling issues.

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