IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 8/25/2014

CarPlay introductions quietly slip back into 2015
Car makers push back in-car iOS until next year

Gallery: Taking a look back at some choice Sierra gaming moments
Plus, how to play multiplayer old-school Space Quest and King's Quest, right now.

Should you go forward with a project if the code isn’t clean?
Bad code can be salvaged; resist the urge to rewrite the software.

Speed cameras issued thousands of bogus tickets in Long Island
Authorities are refunding $2.4 million in traffic-citation fines.

Say goodbye to the video store, hello to the non-profit foundation
How one of the last video stores turned non-profit with an eye on preservation.

BlackBerry can pursue contempt of court charge against Ryan Seacrest’s Typo
The keyboard-for-iPhone company violated a preliminary injunction, BlackBerry says.

Drones spotted near Los Angeles airport, police headquarters
FAA: "We contacted the LAPD to see if the UAS was theirs. It was not."

Darknet drug markets kept alive by great customer service
Because they live on the fringes, these sites are remarkably innovative.

Report: Adult women gamers now double the number of under-18 boys
Casual/social gaming also saw a rise compared to last year.

Apple announces battery replacement program for the iPhone 5
Early battery death affects phones sold between September 2012 and January 2013.

HBO could clear $600 million per year with online streaming
A set of streaming plans that allegedly wouldn't anger the cable giants.

49ers’ stadium Wi-Fi served 25,000 concurrent users, 2.13TB in all
Instant replay feature for phones will drive use even higher in regular season.

SpaceX Texas launch facility gets no-tax deal with hosting county
State also gives SpaceX $15 million as part of the spaceport deal.

Researchers make color-shifting surface modeled on squid
Devices that parallel biological materials make for one-second color changes.

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Supreme Court ruling won’t kill Apple’s ‘slide to unlock’ patent
Samsung hoped Alice v. CLS Bank might be a game-changer, but it's too late.

Comcast donations help company secure support of Time Warner Cable merger
Mayors, governors, charities praise Comcast's giving ways in letters to FCC.

GoFundMe campaign for Ferguson shooter drowns under racist commentary
Campaign raises $234,990 in donations and thousands of hate-filled messages.

British man sentenced to nearly three years in prison for movie piracy
Authorities caught Fast and Furious 6 uploader via his profile on a dating site.

China censorship filters are hamstringing posts that help their cause
Pro-government content gets caught as much as anti-government posts.

This week in iPhone rumors: It’s all about the screen
Reports about the new iPhone's screen resolution—and its production problems.

GameStop sells “over one-half of all PS4 and Xbox One titles”
Brick-and-mortar retailer is still central to the console market.

Selfie linked to stolen iPhone a case of whodunit
"I didn't steal it. I went to a swap meet and my aunt bought it for me."

Do you really need to pay $20 to delete your Ashley Madison profile?
Cheaters are pushed for money to delete profiles, but don't have to pay.

Stealing encryption keys through the power of touch
Researchers pilfer decryption keys through Ethernet and human touch side channel.

Researchers create privacy wrapper for Android Web apps
Users can wrap Facebook and other apps to better control their privacy and security, according to researchers from North Carolina State University.

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 8/25/2014

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