IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 2/12/2015

Samsung smart TVs inserting ads into third-party apps
Pepsi ads shown during locally-stored movie playback have pissed off a number of consumers.

How Earth’s orbit shapes climate and the seafloor
A surprising connection between sea level and volcanism at the bottom of the ocean.

Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show “later this year”
Comedian pioneered revolution in news and streamed TV consumption.

NSA wins key ruling in years-old phone and Internet spying lawsuit
Case not over yet, says EFF, will continue "fight to end NSA mass surveillance."

Palm-sized pwnage: Ars tests the Pwn Plug R3
Pwnie Express' latest appliance levels up hardware, steps away from sneakiness.

After months of silence from feds on flying phone surveillance, EFF sues
Since WSJ report on "dirtboxes" flown by US Marshals, few details have come out.

The LITECAR challenge is an alternative to hybrids
ARPA-E and Local Motors team up to encourage new thinking in lightweight cars.

Addresses, SSNs, phone numbers released by former Gov. Jeb Bush in e-mail dump
Former governor is exposing correspondents' personal information.

15-year-old bug allows malicious code execution in all versions of Windows
Windows admins: Patch now, unless you run 2003, in which case you're out of luck.

You probably missed the terrible Wheel of Time TV series pilot on Monday
Disjointed program aired in apparent effort to keep TV rights from changing hands.

Google announces I/O 2015 for May 28-29
Google's biggest show of the year is only three months away.

RapidShare calls it quits: Veteran file-sharing site to close in March 2015
For over 13 years, Switzerland-based site has fought hard to be seen as legitimate.

Hack the planet? Comprehensive report suggests thinking carefully first
Geoengineering for climate change could make an expensive mess.

Republicans launch attack on FCC’s net neutrality plan
A commissioner, a former chairman, and Congress target Obama and Tom Wheeler.

Megaupload developer arrested in Virginia
Head of Megaupload's development software division may be ready to cop a plea.

Surveillance society grows as government demands for Twitter data jump
Trending: Global governments are requesting more user data from tech companies.

To the audiophile, this $10,000 Ethernet cable apparently makes sense
In reality, one-way silver cable does nothing but make "audiophools" poorer.

Larger, LTE-enabled next-gen Moto E pops up on Best Buy site for $100
This may be a Sprint-subsidized price, but the upgrades look promising.

Box hands cloud encryption keys over to its customers
Key management system keeps data safer from intrusion—and government demands.

Meet Spot, Google’s newest four-legged robot
Boston Dynamics shows off a smaller, electric robo-dog that works indoors.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 2/12/2015

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