IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 2/19/2015

Patent troll claims to own Bluetooth, scores $15.7M verdict against Samsung
Big patent trolls see court wins, twice in two weeks. Will it matter for reform?

Yelp sues startup that claims it can facilitate “all positive reviews”
Meet Revleap, which Yelp says "bombards their clients’ customers with surveys."

PSA: 51 classic Sega Genesis games on Steam for about five cents each
Amazon offers PC port download code bundle for a ridiculously low price.

People who fired lasers at landing planes almost certainly won’t be caught
Four new incidents at Houston's Hobby and Bush airports reported Sunday evening.

Obama hedges position on encryption. It’s good. It’s bad.
"Public's going to demand answers," Obama says, if there's a terrorist attack.

Mars One narrows applicant pool to 100 potential dead Martians
Group training for manned Mars mission will begin "later this year."

Police talk about use of “stingrays,” but aren’t saying anything
In new e-mail, Seattle cop says it's vital to keep spy technique "confidential."

Office for iOS picks up support for iCloud Drive, all other cloud services
If your cloud storage app uses iOS' extensions, Microsoft Office can save to it.

US carriers still stink at unlocking phones, analysis finds
Sprint is especially bad, while Verizon is the most customer-friendly.

Attorney General nominee Lynch doubles down on pro-Web gambling views
Online betting is legal in Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey. More states want it.

Modern Family episode takes place entirely on OS X desktop
Lifts idea from a dark short film about broken relationships and Facebook.

“How do I stop this virus?” Equation Group victim pleaded for online help
Little did dkk know, s/he was wrestling with same 0-day that hit Stuxnet victims.

Apple tested (and cut) more advanced fitness sensors from the Apple Watch
Report: Technical and regulatory hurdles cut down on the number of sensors.

Nintendo’s Amiibo will soon unlock NES, SNES game demos
Figurines will be used to access time-limited "scenes" from classic titles.

Linux version dilemma: Linus Torvalds is “running out of fingers and toes”
Do version numbers mean something, or are they just vestigial arbitrariness?

Ars UK is looking for writers and reporters
The sun never sets on the Ars Technica empire.

Available Tags:Samsung , Sega , Steam , iOS , other , Apple , Apple , Linux , Ars , UK ,

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 2/19/2015

No comments: