Friday, April 24, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 4/25/2015





Kleiner Perkins asks Ellen Pao for nearly $1 million in costs after trial
Venture capital firm says it will waive reimbursement request if Pao doesn't appeal.








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Microsoft beats Q3 estimates, but profits decline on strong dollar, weak PCs
Surface, Lumia sales both up year-on-year.








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Potent, in-the-wild exploits imperil customers of 100,000 e-commerce sites
Actively exploited bug in Magento could compromise customer data on a massive scale.








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170 year old champagne provides clues to past winemaking
Found in a Baltic Sea shipwreck and subjected to modern chemical analysis.








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ARM details its new high-end CPU core, Cortex A72
Smaller, faster, more power efficient, and comparable to Broadwell in some workloads.








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Steam Workshop lets users sell mods, but only shares 25 percent of revenue
Functionality debuts in Skyrim, offers static or "pay what you want" price options.








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Xiaomi’s $205 Mi 4i mirrors the iPhone 5C design, claims 1.5-day battery
A mid-range 1080p device with a 3,120mAh battery should last a while.








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All Android Wear watches have Wi-Fi chips, but some won’t get Wi-Fi support
Wi-Fi is more than just a chip, and unfortunately some OEMs didn't pack an antenna.








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Creepy but legal phone-tracking company gets wrist slap for empty privacy promise
Nomi tracked customers' phones' MAC addresses through stores without in-store opt-out.








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Comcast will reportedly abandon Time Warner Cable acquisition
Bloomberg reports deal is dead. Comcast says, "We have no comment."








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Details revealed about major Elite: Dangerous overhaul: “Power Play” in May
Next major free update adds competitive galaxy-wide factions for players to join, fight.








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Apple opens up the Apple Watch App Store with “more than 3,000 apps”
Day one developer support is an encouraging sign for early adopters.








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Project Elysium wants to use VR to revive deceased loved ones
Oculus VR Jam entry promises a "personalized afterlife experience."








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[Updated] Baaad attitude: Prank-messaging friends (and enemies) with Goatattack.com
It's all fun and games until the API provider's acceptable use policy gets invoked.








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In-depth with the Snapdragon 810’s heat problems
This is a hot chip that throttles early and often, and it makes a difference.








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Dealmaster: Get a PlayStation 4 bundle—from Dell—for $399.99
Bundle includes The Last of Us Remastered, a $100 Dell gift card, and a headset.








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Comcast/Time Warner Cable deal looking more doomed every day
FCC close to throwing up new roadblock that could sink Comcast's merger.








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After “Drone Dad” follows his daughter to school, DJI Phantom 2 grounded
"It's not something I'm going to be doing everyday."








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Cheaper bandwidth or bust: How Google saved YouTube
Leading the Web video revolution was an almost constant battle for survival.








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Magma beneath the Cascade volcanoes might be special blend
Wringing water from warm oceanic plate causes some of the plate to melt.








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