Tuesday, December 2, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 12/3/2014





Windows 7 up as Windows XP slides, Chrome growth stops in November
Google's browser falters on both desktop and mobile.








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Obama wants to buy 50,000 body cams for police, monitor military gear handouts
An extra $263 million in funding would be used towards training cops to use the tech.








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Thin Mints via thin devices: Girl Scout cookie sales finally go digital
Participating scouts to sell cookies either via apps or personalized websites.








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Cricket to pay feds $2.1M after allegations it charged too much for wiretaps
Case also settles accusations that AT&T subsidiary overbilled for pen registers.








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Phishing scam that penetrated Wall Street just might work against you, too
Advanced tactics raise the bar on spearphishing attacks, making them harder to spot.








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Save from your seat: The best Cyber Monday gaming deals
Xbox One with three games from $329, and much more.








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Making social media research more reliable and reproducible
Data sets from social sites can "misrepresent the real world," says study.








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Sony Pictures reportedly eyes North Korea after leak of five films
Sony reportedly investigating North Korean involvement, calls in FBI and Mandiant.








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Cyber Monday Dealmaster has a 24“ 16:10 Dell monitor for cheap
Save $67 on the 1920×1200 display and get a $100 gift card.








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Google Glass isn’t dead; Intel-powered hardware reportedly due in 2015
The Wall Street Journal says Glass will finally get a hardware refresh.








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Feds want Apple’s help to defeat encrypted phones, new legal case shows
Prosecutors invoke 18th-century All Writs Act to get around thorny problem.








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Kim Dotcom beats US bid to get him thrown back in jail
New Zealand judge finds Megaupload founder did not violate bail conditions.








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Finding the Ebola virus’ vulnerable points
We know what antibodies stop it in its tracks—we now know where they attach.








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