IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 10/22/2014

Microsoft “loves Linux” as it makes Azure bigger, better
11 million servers, new giant VMs, and more third party app support.

California woman charged with using spyware to tap a police officer’s phone
Investigators say Kristin Nyunt intercepted sensitive law enforcement information.

Apple: Beginning February 2015, App Store submissions need to be 64-bit
64-bit software gets a performance boost, but many apps still aren't on board.

Spotify adds family plans with independent profiles
Spotify aims to solve problems for multiple people sharing one account.

Zuckerberg sues lawyers who represented man claiming half of Facebook
The lawyers "knew or should have known that the lawsuit was a fraud."

Mac OS X Yosemite sends location, search data to Apple [Updated]
Apple reportedly collects location and search data via Mac's Spotlight feature.

People think their opponents are hate-filled—unless you pay them money
Cash for accurate judgments keeps people from thinking the opposition hates them.

Chinese government launches man-in-middle attack against iCloud
Targeting new iPhone users to capture user credentials, monitors find.

iPads fall for third consecutive quarter, iPhones and Macs boost Apple’s Q4 [Updated]
The Mac brought in more revenue than the iPad for the first time in a while.

Liveblog: Apple’s Q4 2014 earnings call may feature record sales
Check-in at 2pm PT, signs point to a record-breaking quarter on the back of new iPhones.

$90 Time Warner Cable bill becomes $190 after two years
Extra fees and expiration of promotional rate double telecom analyst's bill.

Google rolling out new anti-piracy search algorithm
"We’ve now refined the signal in ways we expect to visibly affect the rankings."

Ferrari hit with lawsuit for taking over Facebook fan page
With social media mavens, some brands waver between collaboration and conflict.

Liveblog: Microsoft loves Linux, talks Azure cloud in San Francisco
The cloud first, mobile first company tells us more about its cloud plans.

Comcast’s net neutrality commitments aren’t good enough, senator says
Sen. Leahy asks Comcast to swear off fast lanes even after NBC deal expires.

Assassin’s Creed co-creator Jade Raymond leaves Ubisoft
Ten-year tenure included leadership credits on Watch Dogs, Splinter Cell games.

Apple releases iOS 8.1 with Apple Pay, Continuity features
iOS 8 now works more closely with OS X Yosemite.

UK convicts man over manga sex images of children
Sex imagery of children can be illegal even if it's a drawing.

Struggling IBM pays $1.5 billion to dump its chipmaking business
IBM offloads unit to GlobalFoundries, but will still design its own chips.

Natural underground CO2 reservoir reveals clues about storage
CO2 has stayed down there for over a million years, but it dissolves slowly.

Review: Amazon’s Kindle Voyage e-reader is the king of its niche
At $199, even a great reading experience has limited appeal beyond its core audience.

Florida court: Come back with a warrant to track suspects via mobile phone
Florida Supreme Court says drug suspect did not "voluntarily" give up location.

DC police’s “stingray” trackers sat in a vault, unused for 6 years
New docs show Washington, DC, cops finally began using snooping devices in 2009.

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 10/22/2014

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