IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 1/31/2015

Life is Strange Episode One review: Trying and retrying new things
A strong, surprisingly grounded time-travel adventure game.

Woman sues Uber in US over rape by driver in New Delhi
Lawsuit argues that firm sacrificed rider safety in favor of financial bottom line.

Have a scientific problem? Steal an answer from nature
From submarines to algorithms, nature's optimality hands researchers design inspiration.

Homeland Security nabs $19.5 million in “unsafe” NFL fan gear
Crackdown comes ahead of the big game on Sunday.

Comcast now has more than half of all US broadband customers
Under new 25Mbps broadband definition, Comcast has 56% market share.

Sega cuts hundreds of jobs in PC/mobile-focused restructuring
US headquarters to move from San Francisco to southern California.

Are climate models biased?
Not really, but they may exaggerate the impact of volcanic eruptions.

LibreOffice 4.4 brings better looks and OpenGL to your presentations
New release has redesigned toolbars, menus, rulers, and a new default theme on OS X.

Silk Road trial: How the Dread Pirate Roberts embraced violence
When "redandwhite" reached out, DPR was solicitous—in more ways than one.

CBS reporter’s “hack” caused by stuck backspace key, says US govt
Sharyl Attkisson's allegations of government spying not backed by evidence, says report.

Amazon reports modest Q4 earnings and 2014 loss, but stock soars
Amazon Web Services skyrockets, Prime Membership shows strong growth too.

Collision avoidance predicts pedestrians’ behavior
A simple rule for a range of crowd behavior.

Data caps can’t be used to snuff out competition, Canada ruling says
Two carriers ordered to stop exempting their own TV services from caps.

New survey shows extent of scientists’ divide with the public
Other data points to science's problems with "post-secularists."

Report: Alibaba pumps $10 million into Ouya microconsole to launch in China
Plans for Alibaba set-top box follow 2014's console ban lift in China.

Patent litigation over human gene breast cancer testing is ending
Expect cheaper gene testing surrounding breast, ovarian cancer.

Squeezing a playable chess program into 487 bytes
Smallest version of the game breaks a 32-year-old record; its info file is 114x bigger.

FCC chairman mocks industry claims that customers don’t need faster Internet
Wheeler: If slow speeds are enough, why do you heavily promote faster service?

iTunes Connect bug logs developers in to other developers’ accounts at random [Updated]
The service is down while Apple straightens it out.

Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen, which hopes to take Android from Google
Microsoft will reportedly be a minority investor in the Android ROM builder.

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Friday, January 30, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 1/31/2015

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