IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 3/6/2015

Steam Controller, SteamVR, Steam Machines: Valve’s hardware push in photos
Also includes impressions of the "final" controller and a quick look at Steam Link.

Ferguson cops “routinely” block public from filming them, DOJ says
Attorney General Eric Holder calls DOJ report on Ferguson "searing."

Uber’s epic DB blunder is hardly an exception. GitHub is awash in passwords
The domain names in this post have been redacted to protect the ~~stupid~~ careless.

EA closes SimCity studio Maxis Emeryville
Publisher assures gamers that the The Sims DLC train will not be derailed.

Steam Gauge: Measuring the most popular Steam games of 2014
Free-to-play dominates "sales," while pay-to-own dominates hourly usage.

“HBO Now” coming this spring for $15 per month, with Apple as launch partner
Apple TV will get the standalone streaming service when it launches in April.

Imaging a supernova with neutrinos
Supernovae produce a flood of neutrinos, but we'll only ever see a few of them.

Netflix opposes data cap exemptions, except when it benefits from them
Netflix lobbied against cap exemptions in US and then secured one in Australia.

Probable Broadwell MacBook Air shows up in screenshots
It looks like a straightforward refresh of the current design.

New CSI: Cyber show debuts on piracy sites ahead of broadcast
Irony alert: Leaked show is about stamping out cyber crime.

Judge OKs $415 million no-poaching payout to Apple, Google employees
Judge said the original settlement was too low, but an extra $90 million does it.

Oculus ready to go “full consumer” on Gear VR later this year
Carmack says company plans for a full push alongside the next Samsung product launch.

FTC to award $25,000 for the best honeypot design to trap robocalls
Feds want tech to help cops "and other partners investigate these calls."

Dentist who copyrighted patient reviews must pay $4,766
One problem: Dr. Stacy Makhnevich is nowhere to be found.

Theaters dig in heels, refuse to show Netflix’s Beasts of No Nation
Cinema chains very upset over simultaneous theatrical and streaming releases.

Hillary Clinton ran private e-mail system while US secretary of state
Perhaps her approach was more secure than using the government's e-mail.

“Can I borrow your phone?” Hands-on with Mark Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu phone
The first mid- to high-end Ubuntu phone, the Meizu M4, is surprisingly good.

Fossil jawbone discovery is earliest evidence of human genus Homo
The indirect ancestor of modern humans lived 2.8 million years ago.

Shaking electrons brings atoms to standstill
New method of optical cooling may enable cool new experiments.

More IoT insecurity: This Blu-ray disc pwns PCs and DVD players
In the beginning there were USB worms. Now, the threat has migrated to DVDs.

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 3/6/2015

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