IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 11/21/2014

iOS 8.1.1, iPhone 4S, and iPad 2: A little faster, kind of, sometimes
Heavy users will see some improvement, but iOS 8's worst regressions remain.

Assassin’s Creed: Rogue review—A fitting AC B-Side
Despite aging hardware, Rogue is an intriguing twist on last year’s Black Flag.

Coming soon: Slow, heavy, shrieking, autonomous robot rent-a-cops
Mountain View company unveils the five-foot-tall, 300-pound K5 robotic patrol.

Mozilla ends Google relationship, Firefox will now default to Yahoo in the US
Ten-year partnership that paid most of Mozilla's bills coming to an end.

Microsoft’s mid-range Lumia 735 and 830 reviewed: price is a problem
The phones aren't really the issue. We actually like the phones.

Toronto wants court to shut Uber down
Uber spokesman laments "expensive legal tactics [in] attempt to halt progress."

Tesla’s electric SUV delayed until late 2015
Elon Musk dispelled rumors that the clever doors are being dropped.

Honda and Toyota betting the time has come for fuel cells
Will the hydrogen economy finally be a thing?

Cisco expects to pay $188M to Rockstar, the Apple-owned patent licensor
Big payment is the first public settlement for a controversial company.

Beefed up iPhone crypto will lead to a child dying, DOJ warned Apple execs
Apple is "marketing to criminals," US No. 2 cop says.

Virus may be the culprit in a disease that’s wiping out starfish
Sea Star Wasting Disease turns its victims into a paste.

Hotel charges couple’s credit card $156 for negative Trip Advisor review
Terms of service for "Dirty rotten stinking hovel" authorizes bad-review fines.

A neverending story: PC users lose another $120M to tech support scams
Court stops alleged scamming operations, but an end to the problem is elusive.

Report: Beats Music will become a default iOS app in 2015
Could become preinstalled on an iDevice software update as early as March 2015.

Malware’s new target: your password manager’s password
Citadel trojan attempts to grab your master key.

Looking for a different sort of dark matter with GPS satellites
Widely spaced atomic clocks could spot defects in the Universe itself.

Artist wants to walk in another man’s virtual reality shoes for a month
Mark Farid will experience life of "The Other" through head-mounted display.

The 2014 Ars Technica gift guide
Smartphones, tablets, video games, and so much more round out our holiday picks.

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 11/21/2014

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