IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 1/28/2015

Hardware surprisingly strong, Windows weak, as Microsoft posts solid Q2
Revenue up, but operating income down thanks to restructuring, tax expenses.

Latest round of science education bills hits the state legislatures
See if your state is partaking in the silliness.

Verizon punished for failing to investigate phone problems in rural areas
Verizon to pay $5 million to address call completion issues.

Cops decry Waze traffic app as a “police stalker”
Google-owned app, they say, is endangering law enforcement officials.

The incredibly simple story of how the gov’t Googled Ross Ulbricht
Meet the IRS special agent who read Ulbricht's Gmail.

Feminist Frequency to pivot toward combating “gendered online harassment”
FF discloses financials, announces plans for new "masculinity in games" video series.

Rather than face ban in Turkey, Facebook blocks “anti-Islamic” pages
Turkish prime minister recently said: "We don’t allow insults to the Prophet."

Comcast ghostwrote pro-merger letters that politicians sent to FCC
Pre-written letters made it easy for politicians to support Comcast/TWC merger.

Spies track mobile users with BADASS tracker (yes, that’s what they call it)
System exploited "leaky" mobile ads, cookies, analytic data to track users.

Coinbase launches “first regulated Bitcoin exchange” in US
CEO: "Our goal is to become the world’s largest exchange."

The tooth gnashing you hear is from Flash users installing a new 0day patch
Remote code-execution bug under active attack, Adobe warns. Install now.

Gallery: Gaming all night long with 18,000 other fans
Regional music-and-gaming festival is four straight days of geeky partying.

Protestors sneak camera into Supreme Court, film arrests
High court does not allow video of its proceedings.

Ex-Motorola CEO admits to cancelled Nexus 6 fingerprint reader
Dennis Woodside says Synaptics couldn't match Apple's fingerprint solution.

Comcast put couple through “Kafkaesque” month without Internet
Comcast admits it "clearly failed" after taking three weeks to connect new home.

Small drone found on White House lawn [Updated]
Wayward "device" found in middle of night by Secret Service.

People can be induced to remember crimes they never committed
Implanting a false memory of committing a crime is easier than you think.

Sling TV review: Do cord cutters and “cord nevers” even want live TV?
For $20 a month, Dish needs to convince customers that the live TV experience is great.

Tool-making may have made language genes more useful
Stone tool techniques are transmitted better through teaching than imitation.

Updated ice sheet model matches wild swings in past sea levels
Changes make Antarctica lose more ice, faster.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 1/28/2015

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