IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 2/9/2015

The powerful cheat for themselves, the powerless cheat for others
The upper class isn't less ethical, just more likely to lie for selfish reasons.

Sites featuring terrorism or child pornography to be blocked in France
ISPs will have to block questionable content within 24 of notice.

Virtual letdown: Dying Light shows the difficulties of first-person VR
Interface and nausea issues highlight how hard it is to get virtual reality right.

Alleged swatting prankster “Famed God” arrested in Las Vegas
Teen's computers point to swatting incidents nationwide, authorities said.

Porsche 911 Carrera: the dual clutch gearbox alone is worth the price of admission
Mini-review: We put the latest Porsche 911 through its paces on windy mountain roads.

Lawmakers want US Congress to be able to (finally) deliberate online
"Recent advances in technology would make a virtual Congress possible."

Republicans claim Obama had “improper influence” over net neutrality
Congress launches investigation, demands FCC-White House communications.

Report: Live-action Legend of Zelda series being developed at Netflix
Would be Link's first US TV show since short-lived '80s animated series.

OS X 10.10.3 beta points toward better emoji diversity
Update includes placeholders for different skin tones and new Unicode 7.0 emoji.

Gamer gets swatted while streaming before thousands of viewers
Incidents of so-called swatting pranks appear to be increasing.

Once-starving GnuPG crypto project gets a windfall. Now comes the hard part
With project understaffed for a decade, code has fallen into disrepair. What now?

Craigslist personals associated with 16 percent boost in HIV infections
Quick and easy personals could potentially have a serious downside.

Leaked images of Windows 10 for phones show us what to expect
Lots of small changes on display as Microsoft unifies its platforms.

The first Ubuntu phone will finally go on sale next week
Is there space in the market for a mid-range phone without many apps?

Dealmaster: Get a Lenovo X1 Carbon for $810—over 45% off!
It's packing a 14-inch 1440p screen, 1.9GHz Core i5, 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD.

Researchers call in the artillery to image the Earth’s interior
All you need is a borehole and 1,100 pounds of dynamite.

All aboard the dox bus! Suburban Express owner keeps going after customers [Updated]
Post a negative review on Yelp and bus company founder will fight back.

Mt. Gox’s parent company files for bankruptcy
Bitcoin exchange owner hopes to stave off lawsuits in the US.

UK spent $15.6 million guarding embassy housing Julian Assange
The costs amount to more than $15,000 daily to monitor WikiLeaks founder.

Tizen versus Android, in pictures
See how Samsung’s interface designs stack up across its two platforms.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 2/9/2015

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