IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 12/4/2014

FBI seizes 20 boxes of documents on LAUSD iPad program
$1.3-billion project crashes and burns as new superintendent shelves it.

Sony Pictures hack gets uglier; North Korea won’t deny responsibility [Update]
Employee salary, health data mixed in with other corporate data leaked.

Verizon’s widely mocked tech news site is now completely dead [Updated]
SugarString banned stories on spying and net neutrality. Now it writes nothing.

Data caps, limited competition a recipe for trouble in home Internet service
Government report urges FCC intervention, but the agency is reluctant to act.

Critical networks in US, 15 other nations, completely owned, possibly by Iran
Operation Cleaver gets near-complete control of airlines, gas producers, defense.

Apple on trial: Were iTunes updates really an anti-consumer scheme?
iTunes 7 added movies, album art—and stymied competing music stores.

NTSB blames bad battery design—and bad management—in Boeing 787 fires
Maker of lithium-ion batteries didn’t foresee spreading short circuit danger.

Netflix accused of creating fast lanes “at the expense of competitors”
FCC commissioner revives claims made by Internet service providers.

New York Public Library will rent Wi-Fi hotspots to people who need it most
Sprint Wi-Fi hotspots will be funded partly by a $1 million donation from Google.

Steam streams: Valve introduces gameplay-sharing broadcast feature
"Steam Broadcasting" lets you share your gameplay with friends or the public.

Twitter announces sweeping update to reporting, blocking tools
But the update doesn't address how Twitter might better filter anonymous abuse.

HP’s fanless 2.2-pound laptop includes Broadwell and a 2560×1440 screen
12.5-inch EliteBook 1020 laptops are intriguing MacBook Air lookalikes.

Learning the science behind silencers on the range with SilencerCo
Hollywood gets it consistently wrong—in the real world, they're merely less loud.

LA man first to be sentenced under California’s “revenge porn” law
Noe Iniguez will serve a year in jail and attend domestic violence counseling.

Was Apple’s iPod DRM illegal? Starting today, a jury decides
Jurors, including one who said DRM "destroyed sharing," likely to hear from Jobs.

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

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

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

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.

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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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 12/4/2014

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