IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 12/18/2014

Cards supported by Apple Pay now reflect 90% of card transaction volume in US
Almost two months later, the service has the support of dozens of new services and banks.

Apple ceases online sales in Russia due to extreme ruble fluctuations
Apple has already tried increasing iPhone prices as Russia's currency crisis continues.

Ars was briefly hacked yesterday; here’s what we know
Readers, please change your passwords.

“Shadowy” anti-net neutrality group submitted 56.5% of comments to FCC
Form letter campaign makes it appear Americans don't support net neutrality.

The Dealmaster has a Windows 7 Pro-packing Dell laptop for $649.99
It's got a 2Ghz Intel Core i7-4510U processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive.

Microsoft tells J.S. Joust devs their game is “NOT possible” on Windows
PlayStation Move-enabled game only on Mac and Linux for now, will be open sourced.

Feds used Adobe Flash to identify Tor users visiting child porn sites
Operation Torpedo relied on long-abandoned Metasploit Decloaking Engine.

Sony Pictures hackers make terrorist threat against opening of “The Interview”
“Guardians of Peace” invoke 9/11 attack in latest message, post CEO’s e-mails.

Judge lifts federal control of Butterfly Labs but keeps a cautious eye
Bitcoin miner maker: "Public labeling… as scammers has caused irreparable harm."

Cops illegally nailed webcam to utility pole for 6 weeks to spy on house
Pan-and-zoom webcam spied 24 hours a day. Feed was saved to external hard drive.

T-Mobile steers customers away from cheap plans with data rollover program
"Data Stash" structured to push customers onto higher-priced plans.

Los Angeles cops latest to jump on the body-worn camera bandwagon
Mayor: "LA will be a national leader in the use of these cameras."

Jury finds for Apple in iTunes case, throws out billion-dollar lawsuit
After just a few hours of deliberation, jury nukes a 10-year antitrust case.

iFixit Amazon Echo teardown reveals a bit of computer, a lot of speaker
Cylindrical home assistant is harder to put back together than to tear apart.

Elite: Dangerous hits 1.0, is now available to the public
Galaxy opens wide to newcomers, with a cash awards for first "Elite" players.

Comcast to stop blocking HBO Go and Showtime on Roku streaming devices
Roku complained that ISPs could demand payment to un-block streaming services.

Skeptics, deniers, and contrarians: The climate science label game
Describing climate science doubt is harder than describing the science.

From PC to Navy, Ars pits casual flight sim skills against a real cockpit trainer
"You probably would have clipped noses off the planes lined up on the flight line there."

Hands-on: Drawn to Death tops Sony’s list of big-ticket 2015 games
We also went hands-on with big Sony exclusives The Order: 1886 and Until Dawn.

Is Mars habitable? That’s tougher to answer than you might think
Early conditions could have fostered life, but would it survive to the present?

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 12/18/2014

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