Wednesday, December 24, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 12/25/2014





Google, Microsoft throw weight in fight against Marriott Wi-Fi blocking request
The FCC is taking comments on a request from hotel chains to kill hotspots.








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What Would Twitter Do? Musician’s tweets of Sony e-mails lead to threats
"I don't know what the line is," says musician-turned-publisher Val Broeksmit.








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Immune cells tweak the body’s metabolism to help control obesity
The immune cells convert adipose tissue to a fat-burning form.








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Battle of the Five Armies is a soulless end to the flawed Hobbit trilogy
Ars' resident Tolkien nerd on Peter Jackson's problematic final chapter.








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JPMorgan Chase hack due to missing 2-factor authentication on one server
No zero-day exploits required, just a stolen username and password.








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Microsoft Store has last minute discounts on Surface Pro 3, Lenovo, HP laptops
$100 off most Surface Pro 3s, and up to $350 off the Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga.








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Sony Pictures’ The Interview will get a Christmas release after all [Updated]
Reports and tweets from theaters say movie will start showing this week.








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The Ars System Guide’s Gaming Boxes: December 2014
A gamer's needs are different from the normal system builder—time for a new guide.








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Warrant for raid on Kim Dotcom legal, New Zealand Supreme Court rules
Dotcom and his compatriots will have to pay $27,000 to Attorney General








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Mars dried out over a much longer period than previously thought
Samples taken by the Curiosity rover provide new details on how Mars dried out.








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From The Wirecutter: The best TV you can buy
Sony X900B wins the day, but Samsung, LG, and Vizio aren't bad, either.








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NES/SNES emulator sneaks into iOS App Store
"Floppy Cloud" hides emulation support in Dropbox file manager.








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Apple automatically patches Macs to fix severe NTP security flaw
It's the first time OS X's auto-patcher has been used.








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