IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 10/30/2014

HTML5 specification finalized, squabbling over specs continues
It only took 15 years.

Verizon-bankrolled “news” site bans stories on US spying and net neutrality
Verizon Wireless launches "SugarString," your source for happy tech stories.

FCC moves to treat online video like cable, a boon for Aereo
Chairman Wheeler: video competition rules shouldn't be a barrier to innovation.

Research links massive cyber spying ring to Russia
Foregoing crime, the group targets European, US governments in 7-year spree

Orbital Sciences ISS mission explodes during launch [Updated]
After yesterday's scratch, today's launch failed.

Newly Facebook-owned WhatsApp lost roughly $200M in 2 years
App co-founder: "We're the most atypical Silicon Valley company you'll come across."

Fear of a cloud planet
Ars UNITE experts agree—cloud privacy starts with you. (Sorry.)

Study: Comcast and Verizon connections to Cogent dropped below 0.5Mbps
Measurements show how bad it got before Netflix money disputes were resolved.

Pope reminds Catholics: evolution, Big Bang are true
God is not a "magician."

Windows 10 to get OS X-like trackpad shortcuts, better window snapping
Continuum could be available before the year-end.

After unclear Tweet, Adobe issues resounding anti-GamerGate statement
Singles out "harassment of women by individuals associated with Gamergate."

Twitch to streamers: no shirt, no service
Twitch says streamers that don't button up will get suspended.

Judge clears Activision for use of Noriega’s likeness in Black Ops II
Ruling notes dictator's notorious reputation wasn't actually harmed by the game.

Newspaper outraged after FBI creates fake Seattle Times page to nab suspect
Is it beyond the pale for law enforcement to impersonate the press?

Transcript: Ars talks to Android execs about Lollipop and the Nexuses
The raw transcript of our conversation with the Android Team

The iPad Air 2: A host of hidden upgrades in one skinny package
Review: iPad's "off-year" update boosts specs and drops weight, but will users notice?

Cold winters tied to drop in Arctic sea ice
But only in Asia. And by the end of the century, warming will dominate.

US sues AT&T, alleges severe throttling of unlimited data customers
FTC: 3.5 million customers throttled, speeds reduced up to 90 percent.

UNITE Live: Hashing out the future of cloud privacy
Join Ars and tech, policy experts at 2:30 PM ET to discuss how to fix the cloud.

New data shows more signs that patent troll suits are in decline
It's still no cause for premature celebration according to patent reform groups.

Feds have identified, searched suspected “second” intelligence leaker
Gov't sources also tell Yahoo News it may not have stomach to fully prosecute.

GoG offers X-wing, TIE Fighter games as legit downloads for first time
Partnership with Disney/LucasArts will bring 20+ classic games to the service.

Comcast trademarks “True Gig” and plans multi-gigabit Internet service
Trademark application also points to "online video-on-demand service."

iFixit tears open the Retina iMac to see what makes it tick
Turns out that 5K LCD panel is from LG, but getting a look at it is tricky.

Taking back privacy in the post-Snowden cloud
Governments aren’t going to fix cloud’s privacy problem. It’s up to the industry—and us.

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 10/30/2014

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