IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 2/5/2015

Windows on ARM lives on, even as it dies
Out go the Surface 2 and Lumia 2520, in come the Raspberry Pi 2 and a mystery tablet.

Serious bug in fully patched Internet Explorer puts user credentials at risk
Microsoft engineers are working to patch universal XSS vulnerability.

Silk Road trial closes: “It’s a hacker! It’s a virus! It’s ludicrous.”
Defense counters: "Keeping a journal? Does that sound like Dread Pirate Roberts?"

Experts decry “nibbling at the edges” rather than real surveillance reform
Intelligence community tweaks data interception, National Security Letters.

Op-Ed: Ross Ulbricht got a fair trial (but not a fair investigation)
Did Ulbricht’s lawyer believe the defendant, or did he cynically want to keep getting paid?

Pilot’s selfies “likely” caused fatal crash, flight investigators say
Phone use distracted pilot and contributed to "spatial disorientation."

Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock Plus, 10% pay to play
Microsoft, Amazon, Taboola among companies paying AdBlock to protect revenue source.

League of Legends e-sports organizer limits lesbian and transgender participants
Official Asian LoL partner claims "unfair advantages" for gay and trans women.

ARM wants to double its CPU speed with the new Cortex A72
Chipmakers can get ARM's faster CPUs and GPUs now; consumers get them next year.

Congress mulls law requiring warrant for e-mail data—yet again
Proposals to expand Americans' cloud privacy rights have gone nowhere.

The FTC and New York AG cracking down on herbal supplements
Major chains under fire in NY; FTC goes after company featured on Dr. Oz's show.

AT&T previews lawsuit it plans to file against FCC over net neutrality
AT&T says Title II proponents "are only deceiving themselves."

California man found guilty of running “revenge porn” website
Kevin Bollaert, who ran ugotposted.com, could be sentenced to up to 20 years.

Ex-RadioShack worker charged with stealing customer’s racy cell phone pics
Defendant is accused of texting to himself risqué photos from woman's phone.

UK approves creation of embryos with DNA from three individuals
IVF procedure will avoid inherited metabolic diseases.

Malicious Google Play apps (may have) hosed millions of Android handsets
"After a week, you might start to feel there is something wrong with your device."

Blizzard releases Warcraft III content for use by Starcraft II modders
Characters, sounds, interface, and more available for cross-franchise modding.

South African gold traced to 3 billion year old volcanoes, microbes
Massive deposits formed in conditions that could not occur today.

Sony adds five PS3 games to PlayStation Now streaming subscriptions
Uncharted 2, Red Faction: Armageddon lead first monthly expansion.

Android 5.0 Lollipop comes to the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5
Verizon shocks the world by being the first US carrier to update something.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 2/5/2015

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