IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 11/24/2014

New battery composed of lots of nanobatteries
Its batteries all the way down, until you get to the nanotubes.

Why is polling accepted in Web development?
For real-time communication, polling works.

Why Windows 10 isn’t version 6 any more and why it will probably work
Windows 7 wasn't version 7.0, and Windows 8 wasn't version 8.0. Windows 10 is 10.0.

Nintendo Amiibo impressions: Getting friend-zoned
Beautifully constructed toys, but they don't quite come to life.

Yoga Pro 3 review: Broadwell is a mixed blessing
The design is ever more exotic, but the performance is worse.

15 arrested in new European crackdown of peeping tom malware users
UK: "Illegal use of Remote Access Trojans is a significant cyber crime threat."

Apple will pay $450M—or, maybe just $70M—to settle e-book claims
Unusual settlement structure hinges on Apple's appeal of government's case.

Lost languages leave traces on the brain
Babies' brains adjust to listening to a language, even if they never learn it.

Here’s how to run homebrew on your 3DS
Exploit uses QR code level-editor data to load homebrew from SD card.

In wake of Uber privacy scandal, Lyft announces data restrictions
"Ride location data is restricted to an even smaller subset of people."

Europe’s parliament “poised to call for a break-up of Google”
"Unbundling" of search from other services considered in nonbinding resolution.

“We are going to be sued.” FCC chairman speaks on net neutrality
Tom Wheeler hasn't talked to Obama since president called for utility rules.

Settling in Tibet required a Western import
Without a frost-resistant crop, settlements in the region were temporary.

FCC to prevent phone companies from screwing over copper customers
Dissenting Republican scoffs at “Chicken Little” concerns.

Target to judge: Banks’ losses in our card breach aren’t our problem
Files in federal court to have banks’ data breach suit thrown out.

Local judge unseals hundreds of highly secret cell tracking court records
Stingray docs unsealed by North Carolina judge could prompt wave of new appeals.

Using a password manager on Android? It may be wide open to sniffing attacks
Proof-of-concept exploit against LastPass could easily be extended to other apps.

Buy a Chromebook, get 1TB of Google Drive storage free for two years
Deal runs from now to January 1, 2015.

Six journalists sue over surveillance by UK “extremist” police unit
Intelligence unit keeps databases of activities of journalists, protestors.

Seattle PD cuts a deal with mass-video requestor, institutes “hack-a-thon”
City said the original request put plans for police body-cams at risk.

After a 3-year copyright battle, Aereo gives up the ghost
Aereo couldn't beat the networks in court, and has filed for bankruptcy.

Eyes-on with Streaming Photoshop: Adobe’s plan to bring PS to the cloud
More details about Adobe's upcoming cloud-based version of Photoshop.

Feds proposed the secret phone database used by local Virginia cops
New docs: Prosecutors offered one-stop shop for seized phone data in Virginia.

Researchers craft molecule that works as flash storage
A cage containing a chemical that holds electrons.

Seattle police may dump plans for body cams, citing records requests
Mass-video request highlights tension between open records laws and lots of data.

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 11/24/2014

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