IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 11/18/2014

Rightscorp nails 30,000 users for piracy in one month, still loses money
Company's revenue is up 282 percent, but it's desperate for more capital.

Stuck on Mars with nothing but disco: Ars talks with The Martian’s Andy Weir
Quick review: If you haven’t read Weir’s book, you should—it’s bloody great.

The Nexus 10, Lollipop, and the problem with big Android tablets
When it comes to tablets, Google doesn't even follow its own design guidelines.

Online, legal gambling site craps out even in Vegas
Prospects for US online gambling dimming in wake of November mid-term elections.

One of world’s largest landslide deposits discovered in Utah
A landslide with a 90 kilometer-long debris field? That's pretty big.

Rosetta’s Philae lander has lost power
The spacecraft managed to send back scientific data before it shut down.

How do I remember what I was working on and why several months ago?
To-do lists are lifesavers.

Man has NFC chips injected into his hands to store cold Bitcoin wallet
Entrepreneur: "It's not cold because it's 37 degrees Celsius inside my body!"

People with “purpose” spend less time in the hospital
People who feel their lives have purpose do what they can to prolong them.

OneDrive getting worse to get better in Windows 10
One of the best parts of OneDrive's Windows 8.1 integration is going away.

Facebook is no longer a place for “promotional posts”
Down with free promos and up with paid advertising, Facebook says.

Microsoft builds a Skype Web client… for at least one version of the Web
The Web standards for Web-based telecoms remain a bit of a mess.

Oracle wraps up fight against SAP, taking $357M instead of a retrial
SAP admitted wrongdoing, but it took years of litigation to agree on damages.

Polygraph.com owner indicted for training customers to beat the polygraph
"I can teach you how to pass, nervous or not, no matter what."

AT&T stops using undeletable phone tracking IDs
Verizon says its tracking is still ongoing, with no immediate plans to stop.

At long last, Federal Circuit kills patent on watching ads online
Third time's the charm: "Watch an ad, see a video" patent is finally gone.

Ebola-infected doctor headed to US for treatment
Surgeon's expected arrival Saturday will end the US being briefly Ebola-free.

The Nexus 4 gets an Android 5.0 Lollipop factory image
Google's 2012 flagship smartphone is the latest to get updated.

FCC calls AT&T’s fiber bluff, demands detailed construction plans
AT&T claims net neutrality forced it to "pause" fiber builds it never started.

New cryptoware title borrows page from drug dealers
Ransomware that encrypts entire hard drive allows one free decrypt.

Verizon Wireless makes canceling contracts up to $70 more expensive
$350 early termination fees now remain $350 until eight months into a contract.

SanDisk makes a $60 USB drive with a Lightning connector for your iPhone
16GB, 32GB, and 64GB drives promise easy iOS storage expansion.

Samsung Gear VR headset launching next month, starts at $199
Oculus-powered HMD requires a Galaxy Note 4 for display and processing.

NOAA weather data interruption due to alleged Chinese cyber attack
NOAA shut down access to systems but failed to report intrusion for a month.

Verizon settles charges that it never gave “free TVs” to FiOS customers
Verizon has to pay $1.375 million back to Maryland residents.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 11/18/2014

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