IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 2/21/2015

Turkey to spend $3.4B on air defenses that won’t work with NATO network
Chinese long-range anti-air missile chosen despite sanctions, security concerns.

Dealmaster: Get a tiny Dell Optiplex 3020 Micro for a $469
It's only about 7" x 8" x 1.4", but it packs a quad-core Intel i5 and 4GB of RAM.

Dark matter vs. dwarfs: Issues for our best model of the Universe
Dark matter explains the Universe, but it doesn't work so well locally.

Producer trades sheep, two wood for “Settlers of Catan” film, TV rights
Katz says board game's "classic themes and moral challenges... resonate today."

Report: Apple will begin offering public beta builds of iOS soon
Program will reportedly begin with iOS 8.3 and, eventually, 9.0.

T-Mobile: FCC’s net neutrality rules won’t hurt our business
Sprint and T-Mobile less concerned about regulation than the biggest carriers.

Xiaomi’s Mi Note phablet outclasses the competition for half the price
Review: China's disruptive OEM builds a premium, high-end phablet for $370.

Short on machine guns, German army armed turrets with broomsticks
After big-ticket drone program, others fall flat, Bundeswehr is short on basics.

SIM card makers hacked by NSA and GCHQ leaving cell networks wide open
New Snowden docs show that in 2010, SIM makers lost control of their encryption keys.

Apple launches repair program for longstanding 2011 MacBook Pro GPU problems
Some 2012 and 2013 Retina MacBook Pros are also covered.

Save yourself from your OEM’s bad decisions with a clean install of Windows 8.1
The safest way to escape from Superfish is to wipe your PC yourself. Here's how.

How to remove the Superfish malware: What Lenovo doesn’t tell you
Uninstalling the software doesn't undo the damage it does to your system.

Lenovo CTO says, “We didn’t do enough,” promises to wipe Superfish off PCs
Company backs away from earlier claim there was no merit to security concerns.

Rabbi secretly recorded women preparing for Jewish ritual baths
He's nabbed after the discovery of a clock radio with camera in a showering room.

Comcast agent tells customer that data caps are “mandated by law”
Comcast forced to clarify that "there is no law" requiring data caps.

Grind for cheevos with Stephanopoulos: ABC News launches Xbox One app
Impressive app represents first major news network presence on now-gen consoles.

Time Warner Cable calls customer “C**t” after she reports cable box problem
Just when you thought cable companies couldn't get any worse.

“Blackshades” peeping Tom malware maker pleads guilty
The trojan is famous for allowing men to spy on women through webcams.

Cable TV is speeding up its shows slightly to show you more ads
Commercial time increased on some channels by minutes per hour in the past year.

Sony will sell a “premium sound” microSDXC card to audiophiles in Japan
"Low electrical noise" part will be 5x the cost of regular 64GB microSDXC card.

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Friday, February 20, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 2/21/2015

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