IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 21/12/2014

Judge: It’s OK for cops to create fake Instagram accounts
"No…warrant is required for the consensual sharing of this type of information."

BT, Sky, and Virgin “hijacking” browsers to push porn blocks
Measures are "completely unnecessary, heavy handed," say Internet rights groups.

Watching lava fight with snow in Kamchatka
The result isn’t as straight-forward as you might think.

Attack code exploiting critical bugs in net time sync puts servers at risk
Updates available for remote code-execution vulnerabilities. Patch now!

Hollywood v. Goliath: Inside the aggressive studio effort to bring Google to heel
Leaked Sony e-mails show states' top lawyers and studios are closer than ever.

EFF: Feds can’t get around Fourth Amendment via automated data capture
At hearing for years-old digital snooping case, EFF and DOJ lawyers face off.

Malware believed to hit Sony studio contained a cocktail of badness
Feds release new details about exploit targeting major entertainment company.

Birds clear out of breeding ground as severe weather approaches
After a 5,000 mile migration, an impromptu 1,500 mile reversal.

Open Bay lets you run your own copy of The Pirate Bay—emphasis on "copy"
At least for now, you can’t easily add your own torrents or really do much with it.

Report: “Android M” to support use as a car infotainment OS
But will car makers agree to cede control of the infotainment system to Google?

Film of graphic novel Pyongyang killed in wake of Sony hacks
Adaptation by cartoonist Guy Delisle suffers same fate as The Interview.

Cyber espionage targets Syrian activists, linked to ISIS
Activists tracking human rights abuses face cyber spying by the Islamic State.

Obama thinks Sony “made a mistake” pulling The Interview after hack
The president also promised a "proportional response" to North Korea.

Republicans may have plan to save Internet providers from utility rules
Legislation would enforce net neutrality without reclassifying broadband.

FBI claims North Korean involvement in Sony Pictures attack
Attribution based on similarity to Seoul attack, others attributed to North Korea.

T-Mobile gives up fight over cramming fees, will pay $90M back to customers
Carrier disputed government's accusations, but will now offer refunds.

Google moves to halt investigation by Mississippi AG, cites MPAA lobbying
A major counterattack against a state lawyer's attempt to alter search results.

NASA just e-mailed a wrench to space
First time an object designed on Earth transmitted to space for manufacture.

T-Mobile to offer LTE over 5GHz Wi-Fi airwaves to boost data rates
Cellular and Wi-Fi signals will have to avoid interfering with each other.

Hackers tell Sony “The Interview may release now”—with edits
As long as Kim Jong-un doesn't die in film, says alleged message from Guardians of Peace.

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Saturday, December 20, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 21/12/2014

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