Tuesday, February 17, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 2/18/2015





Password cracking experts decipher elusive Equation Group crypto hash
Mystery solved after crackers find Arabic word that dogged Kaspersky for weeks.








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Net neutrality advocates identify holes in FCC’s net neutrality plan
"Legal obstacles" seen in how FCC intends to reclassify broadband.








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Bethesda parent forces Fortress Fallout developer into name change
Fallout publisher's trademark protection efforts echo previous Scrolls dispute.








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Strange show spotted high above Mars’ surface remains mysterious
Amateur astronomers saw it, professional astronomers aren’t sure what it was.








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LG president indicted for allegedly damaging Samsung washing machines
As the wash cycle turns: A bizarre drama between Seoul's biggest electronics makers.








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Gallery: Fringe gaming comes together for Indiecade East 2015
Love, education, eSports, and full contact party games spend a weekend in a museum.








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In rare move, local cops reveal details to judges on “stingray” use
Charlotte police show more, "but this isn’t happening in every town in America."








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How “omnipotent” hackers tied to NSA hid for 14 years—and were found at last
"Equation Group" ran the most advanced hacking operation ever uncovered.








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That flickering lightsaber from Star Wars: Ep VII? Blame Apple’s Jony Ive
Rough-textured "spitty" lightsaber was a dinner party suggestion by Ive to J.J. Abrams.








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Samsung’s first 14nm SoC is a 64-bit, 8-core Exynos aimed at high-end phones
New manufacturing process extends to other Exynos and third-party chips soon.








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AT&T charges $29 more for gigabit fiber that doesn’t watch your Web browsing
AT&T goes head to head against Google in KC on fiber and targeted ads.








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LG’s new “Watch Urbane” is an all-metal “luxury” smartwatch
It's a G Watch R with a thinner body and smaller bezel.








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Sling TV takes a swing at HBO with Epix video-on-demand
Dish is trying to build a cord-cutter's Swiss Army knife of entertainment.








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