IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 04/06/2014

Could tree rings skip a beat? Astronomical event tests tree ring dating
Latest salvo in debate over whether some trees are skipping rings.

Before and after: The WWDC keynote experience
You saw the keynote in our liveblog, but here's what was left un-live-blogged.

Google releases Android 4.4.3 to Nexus devices
The Nexus 4, 5, 7, and 10 can all manually update right now.

With Apple’s blessing, a private search option arrives in Safari
DuckDuckGo doesn't track users, says traffic rose 300 percent post-Snowden.

Governments disrupt botnet “Gameover ZeuS“ and ransomware “Cryptolocker”
DOJ: Gameover Zeus is most sophisticated and damaging botnet "ever encountered."

PSA: The iDevices and Macs that will support iOS 8 and OS X 10.10
Nothing lasts forever, but most devices will be good for at least another year.

Reported Paris Hilton hacker cops to new intrusions targeting police
Two-year hacking spree ransacked e-mail account belonging to chief of police.

Apple scrambles over the rise of group chat
WhatsApp and Line are better for conversations; Apple struggles to keep up.

Xbox One goes World Cup-crazy with free Brazil Now app
Reality TV series, FIFA Ultimate Team part of Xbox's "Destination Brazil" push.

Latter-day Saints claims IP rights to block “Mormon” dating site
Church says site cannot use trademarked word "Mormon" for promotional reasons.

What the NSA can (and can’t) mine from intercepted photos
While facial recognition is getting easier, obtaining the images isn't.

Supreme Court shoots down two more rules put in place by top patent court
Raising the bar on vague patent, and throwing out "induced infringement" theory.

The desktop, flattened: OS X Yosemite in pictures
OS X 10.10 gets a new design that borrows from iOS 7 without cloning it.

Hollywood to FAA: Let us use drones to make movies, TV shows
One firm says its drone ops will have "at least a private pilot’s certificate."

Apple gets heavy with gaming, announces Metal development platform
Epic, Crytek, PopCap reveal working demos of games with "ten times" the power.

Apple shows off Swift, its new programming language
Successor to Objective C has "none of the baggage of C."

Apple’s new HomeKit home automation can control your appliances and more
System aims to "bring rationality into the home automation space," Apple says.

OS X Yosemite’s “Continuity” links apps and more across desktop and mobile
Most interesting feature: Finally being able to use your Mac like a speakerphone.

Bugs in widely used WordPress plug-in leave sites vulnerable to hijacking
All in One SEO Pack gives unprivileged users admin powers.

Apple announces iOS 8 with Healthkit, QuickType, sharing, and cloud features
Sharing, productivity, and seamless organizing are the new OS' priorities.

OS X Yosemite unveiled at WWDC, features big UI overhaul
Tenth formal release of OS X coming for free this fall.

Google inundated with “right to be forgotten” requests
Humans, rather than algorithms, will process info-removal requests, one at a time.

Pixar will soon release a free version of Renderman
The software behind Pixar's minutely-animated hairs, flowing water, and more.

Liveblog: Apple’s WWDC keynote
Join us to see what Apple's planning for the rest of the year.

Broadcom will sell or “wind down” its cellular baseband business
Company plans to save $700 million by exiting market dominated by Qualcomm.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 04/06/2014

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