IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 23/04/2014

Digging for answers: The “strong smell” of fraud from one Bitcoin miner maker
A Butterfly Labs exec loses a probation hearing, but details from the case are worse.

Active malware campaign steals Apple passwords from jailbroken iPhones
Origin and source of mysterious "unflod" app remain unknown.

Apple reportedly hopes to replace your credit card with your iPhone
New hires and old quotes suggest Apple is pushing forward with mobile payments.

How Heartbleed transformed HTTPS security into the stuff of absurdist theater
Certificate revocation checking in browsers is "useless," crypto guru warns.

Google‘s next design challenge: Unify app design across platforms
Google wants a single app design across iOS, Android, the Web, and wearables.

Netflix plans price hike for its subscriptions [Updated]
Snipes at AT&T, Comcast, and Time Warner along with a rollout on cable boxes.

GitHub co-founder quits after investigator finds “errors of judgment”
"No evidence" of sexism—but former employee says investigation was a whitewash.

Easter egg: DSL router patch merely hides backdoor instead of closing it
Researcher finds secret “knock” opens admin for some Linksys, Netgear routers.

Search-and-rescue drone mission, grounded by FAA, sues for right to fly
Feds say it's illegal to deploy five-pound drones to find missing persons.

AT&T copies Google, names 100 cities where it could offer gigabit fiber
Don't celebrate yet—AT&T is making no promises to build anywhere.

Shamed on Twitter, corporations do an about-face
General Mills, Sallie Mae, and Macy's get taken to task through social media.

Using radioactive krypton to find ancient glacial ice
Not kryptonite in the Fortress of Solitude—the noble gas trapped in air bubbles.

My quest to learn the Dvorak keyboard layout, the grand finale
My final wpm, a critique of the layout, and whether I'll stay the course.

Obama ordered to divulge legal basis for killing Americans with drones
Appeals court will have the veil of secrecy lifted in targeted killing program.

Samsung opens a self-obsessed “Innovation Museum” in Korea
Tech history devoid of competing products from Apple, Sony, and LG.

Nokia Devices to become “Microsoft Mobile” on April 25
Microsoft will also run the Nokia.com website for a year.

Comcast bills lowered $2.4 million by scammers who accessed billing system
Men plead guilty, face prison and have to pay money back to Comcast.

Venus’ crust heals too fast for plate tectonics
On Earth, fractures stayed fractured and created plate boundaries.

For world’s biggest troll, first patent case ends up in tatters
Intellectual Ventures rolls out the "inventors"—a lawyer and a lawyer's wife.

Review: We wear Samsung’s Gear 2 and Gear Fit so you don’t have to
Samsung doubles down on wearables, but still doesn’t get it right.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 23/04/2014

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