IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 8/11/2014

Crowd-funded ISEE-3 reboot mission to begin Sunday after lunar flyby
The 36-year-old satellite will pass the moon before going into an orbit around the sun.

Allen Telescope Array, nearly destroyed, survives California wildfire
Search for extraterrestrial life is "up and running," engineer says.

Hacking is simple, says author claiming role in breach of spyware firm
DIY guide provides instructions for carrying out similar muckraking exploits.

Father of PGP encryption: Telcos need to get out of bed with governments
Zimmermann’s Silent Circle working with Dutch telco to deliver encrypted calls.

Cops eyeing parody Twitter account in Brooklyn Bridge caper
It's the second Twitter handle in hot water this year for tweeting humor.

Road Not Taken review: The year’s best grief simulator
Triple Town's creators turned a roguelike puzzle game into a somber charmer.

NASA’s ‘falling saucer’ test vehicle footage released
New, lightweight aerobraking hardware may eventually put humans on Mars.

Astronaut performance jeopardised by sleep deprivation
Astronauts working on ISS missions sleep just over six hours a night.

$324.5 million anti-poaching settlement from Apple, Google rejected
District judge says settlement "falls below the range of reasonableness."

Three massive volcanic eruptions light up Jupiter’s moon Io
The moon put on a fiery display for astronomers.

T-Mobile becomes first American carrier to release phone unlocking app
Currently only for Galaxy Avant, the app launches ahead of February 2015 requirement.

Robot origami: Watch a flat sheet fold itself into a bot, go for a walk
A self-assembling robot designed using software meant for origami.

Leaked docs show spyware used to snoop on US computers
FinFisher spyware was used on computers that appear to be in the United States.

Babylon 5 reboot likely to become big-budget film
Original series creator will pen the script, possibly finance the film.

900 authors pay $104,000 for full-page anti-Amazon ad
Led by one thriller writer, authors pile on in the Amazon-Hachette conflict.

Ryse developer Crytek “not 100 percent happy with Xbox One sales”
Sequel will have to wait for "higher installed base across next-gen."

NFL fights to save its TV “blackout rule”
Despite $9B revenue, NFL says blackout rule needed to keep football on free TV.

The six tech policy problems Congress failed to fix this year
On tech issues, the partisan divide isn't so wide. Yet nothing happened.

UK piracy police arrest man suspected of running proxy server
Don't try to bypass Internet blocking orders.

Twitch CEO says audio muting will get better, no plans to mute live streams
Emmett Shear's Ask Me Anything session on reddit wasn't universally well-received.

Netflix surpasses HBO in subscriber revenue
New media out earns old—with a smaller customer base.

Critical WordPress plugin bug affects hundreds of thousands of sites
Custom Contacts Form is vulnerable to remote takeover exploits.

Yahoo to begin offering PGP encryption support in Yahoo Mail service
CISO Alex Stamos announces change will go into effect in the fall.

Support for old versions of Internet Explorer to be dropped—in 2016
In 18 months, only the newest version of IE on each version of Windows will be supported.

Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson leaving BioWare
Sixteen-year career also included work on Neverwinter Nights and KOTOR

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 8/11/2014

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