IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 09/01/2015

Hands-on: Both of HP’s cheap mini desktops are easy to open and upgrade
Unlike the Stream laptops, the specs in these boxes are just a starting point.

New generation of 802.11ac devices keep networks fast even with lots of users
MU-MIMO will be hitting the market over the next few months.

Intel’s “Compute Stick” is a full Windows or Linux PC in an HDMI dongle
Atom-powered stick comes with Windows for $149 or Linux for $89.

Updated FLIR One infrared camera is smarter, smaller, works with Android
Tinier redesign is coming in 2015 and addresses most of our issues with original.

Gallery: The weird, wacky, and wonderful world of CES
See a 20-foot-tall robot, a chair made of wires, and a man with a tablet for a face.

Troll fatigue: Earnest debate on patent abuse at CES
After the Innovation Act froze in Congress last year, moving forward is more complicated.

One coach’s nightmare—sending his wank video to female players
Don't misclick your private pics.

Title II for Internet providers is all but confirmed by FCC chairman
Tom Wheeler says exactly what giant broadband providers didn't want to hear.

A new kind of antibiotic that kills many drug-resistant bacteria
Found by sifting through the chemicals made by 10,000 soil-dwelling microbes.

Philips Hue at CES—aiming to be more than just simple colored lights
Hue creator George Yianni talks to us about openness, connectivity, and fun.

World’s first (known) bootkit for OS X can permanently backdoor Macs
Thunderstrike allows anyone with even brief access to install stealthy malware.

AT&T offers data rollover, but with much stricter limits than T-Mobile
T-Mobile lets you keep unused data for a year. With AT&T, it's just a month.

FBI Director says Sony hackers “got sloppy,” exposed North Korea connection [Updated]
Comey again expresses concern about digital communications "going dark" with encryption.

LAPD orders over 3,000 Tasers that will turn on body cameras when fired
Chief: "We [will] issue a body-worn camera and a Taser device to every officer."

The Virtuix Omni VR treadmill made us all hot and sweaty
Stand-up device is sprinting toward a Q1 2015 release—and a price bump.

Only 25Mbps and up will qualify as broadband under new FCC definition
Broadband not being deployed “in a reasonable and timely fashion," Wheeler says.

Qualcomm throws down a marker to other connected cars
Snapdragon processors, wireless networking, and safety-enhancing sensors.

Bitcoin investor who renounced US citizenship now can’t get back in
Roger Ver gave up US passport in favor of St. Kitts last year.

The 100 billion frames per second camera that can image light itself
Slow motion action captures scattered photons as light moves through objects.

Lawmaker’s Facebook rant threatens media for “unauthorized” use of his name
The First Amendment: How does it work?

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 09/01/2015

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