IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 14/04/2014

Gallery: More costumes, competitions, and consoles at PAX East 2014, day 2
King Hippo, Princess Elsa, and sexy shirtless Professor Layton, all in one place.

PAX South show to premiere in San Antonio Jan. 23, 2015
Penny Arcade's celebration of gaming culture expands to a fourth annual show.

Private crypto keys are accessible to Heartbleed hackers, new data shows
Four people have been able to see server keys and certificates in a test.

Review: Why buy an HTC One M8 Google Play edition instead of a Nexus 5?
There are some good reasons, just maybe not $350 worth of them.

Firaxis takes Civilization to the stars with Beyond Earth announcement [Updated]
Spiritual successor to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri to launch Fall 2014

Why should passwords be encrypted if they’re stored in a secure database?
It's not just about your programming problem this time.

Twins’ immune systems look like those of complete strangers
When it comes to our immune response, genetics takes a back seat to pathogens.

Next Attenborough documentary being filmed for Oculus Rift
Immersing yourself in a new world may become more of a reality.

It’s not a fun week to work at OpenSSL
A look at the volunteer organization whose project suffers Heartbleed.

Here’s how Windows 8.1 Update tries to give you the right UI on any device
And how to tame it when it doesn't.

Gallery: The faces, places, and costumes of PAX East 2014, day 1
Ars is on the scene, in the mix, and snapping pix!

Journalists who got Snowden docs arrive in US for first time in months
Glenn Greenwald says he wasn't 100 percent sure he wouldn't be arrested.

New bill tells federal bureaucracy: “Let me Google that for you”
Legislation tells government to search for documents online before buying them.

PC gaming: Not just still alive, but still dominant, says PAX East panel
Chris Roberts and others on "The Incredible Future of PC Gaming."

Report: Amazon plans to release glasses-free 3D phone in September
Vague rumors of a Kindle phone have been swirling for months.

SF housing protests get personal as another Googler is confronted at home
Protest is the third in recent months to target a Google employee.

“Zeus” scammers accused of stealing millions, infecting thousands of computers
Botnet helped defendants get bank account numbers, passwords, RSA SecureID tokens.

NSA denies report that it knew about Heartbleed from the start [Updated]
Bloomberg cites unnamed sources, says agency regularly used it to spy.

US pushes fellow UN member states to ban texting while driving
US Ambassador Power: "No one should die—or kill—because of a text message.”

Massive asteroid may have kickstarted the movement of continents
Ancient impact would have boiled the upper ocean.

Amazon offers workers $2,000 to quit, but the incentive is nothing like Zappos’
At an Amazon warehouse, a year's work is a feat deserving of reward.

Samsung’s cancer-stricken workers are focus of fresh debate in South Korea
New movie tells story of 20-year-old who got leukemia—but no compensation.

Appeals court reverses hacker/troll “weev” conviction and sentence [Updated]
Appeals court skirts Computer Fraud And Abuse Act analysis.

Chrome 35 will help developers build better mobile Web apps
Browser update gives coders more control over touch and zoom input.

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Big carriers remove Samsung’s ‘Download Booster’ from the Galaxy S5
AT&T, Sprint, Verizon don't want you on their networks while you've got Wi-Fi.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 14/04/2014

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