IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 08/05/2014

Largest vinyl record pressing plant in the US is expanding
It's no secret that LPs are making a comeback, but here's some real-world proof.

After lockups expire, Twitter stock price tumbles 18 percent in a day
Twitter has consistent growth, but it still lost $924M from 2010 through 2013.

Stanford to divest its endowment from coal stocks
A one off, or the start of a trend?

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba files for $1 billion IPO in the US
Maybe you've never heard of it, but Alibaba sells more than Amazon and eBay combined.

White House’s sprawling climate report: Change is already here
A US-focused IPCC-like report gives some idea of what the country is in for.

House panel voting to end NSA bulk phone metadata program
Proposal would require NSA to get approval from FISC to access records from telcos.

Intel and Google boast 11-hour battery life with upcoming Chromebooks
Fanless Bay Trail laptops and other devices expand the Chrome OS ecosystem.

Dutch student fights solo battle against Kanye West’s Coinye lawsuit
Rapper's lawyers are finalizing settlements with at least two other defendants.

Your Android phone viewed illegal porn. To unlock it, pay a $300 fine
To stoke maximum fear, ransomware geolocates users, targets them by country.

Supreme Court struggles with e-mail but will shape technology’s future
Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court is not "technologically sophisticated."

On average, Americans get 189 cable TV channels and only watch 17
A new Nielsen report raises questions about the channel-bundling system.

In his words: How a whitehat hacked a university and became an FBI target
David Helkowski set out to be a whistle-blower; he now faces the feds and unemployment.

App changes its privacy policy ten days after Facebook acquisition
Moves says it won't "commingle" data with Facebook, which means little.

Google Maps 8 brings lane guidance, Uber integration, and more
Google Maps 8 will make sure you're in the right lane so you can make your exit.

Dropbox disables old shared links after tax returns end up on Google
Vulnerability that may also affect Box sent shared documents to Google AdWords.

Sportsfriends with benefits: 2014’s best indie-party game compilation
Review: Johann Sebastian Joust leads stellar pack of multiplayer-only gems.

FAA fines ’80s band bassist for violating NYC airspace with quadrocopter
Phantom "drone" bounced off skyscrapers in Manhattan, crashed near pedestrian.

FCC commissioner says FCC “invented” new authority to regulate Internet
Netflix and Google should be worried about FCC overreach, O'Rielly writes.

Meet HashFast, another Bitcoin miner manufacturer accused of fraud
5 arbitration cases and 2 lawsuits have been filed against HashFast this year.

ARM: The $20 smartphone will be possible “in the next few months”
The chip designer foresees bargain-basement prices for entry-level phones.

How El Niño temporarily slows the Earth’s rotation
Pacific Ocean temperatures can add a tenth of a millisecond to your day.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 08/05/2014

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