IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 4/29/2015

Valve yanks new mod-sales feature from Steam after only four days
Tells Steam users "it's clear we didn't understand exactly what we were doing."

Best Buy will accept Apple Pay despite allegiance to CurrentC and MCX
The retailer disabled NFC in November, but now it’s embracing Apple Pay completely.

Android apps still suffer game-over HTTPS defects 7 months later
Apps with >350 million downloads fail to detect simple man-in-the-middle attack.

Konami delists itself from the New York Stock Exchange
Move could be a sign of trouble or simply a cost-saving measure.

Apple’s Q2 2015: iPhone 6 is still star of the show, iPads are still weak
Company makes $58 billion in revenue, 69 percent of which is from iPhone sales.

Liveblog: Apple’s Q2 2015 earnings call
Join us for coverage of the company's last Apple Watch-less quarter.

Chipotle becomes the first major US restaurant chain to ditch GMOs
It may mean a price increase, but Chipotle starts its new approach today.

Minecraft adds free female avatar to console versions
New free "Alex" skin comes after Temple Run 2 responded to similar request from fans.

Just-released WordPress 0day makes it easy to hijack millions of websites [Updated]
Exploit code lets attackers gain administrative control sans authorization.

Audi samples diesel made directly from carbon dioxide
High-temperature process just needs steam and any source of CO₂.

Google to disarm trolls by buying patents before they become weapons
This summer: If you want to sell off your patents, Google is ready to buy.

Wondering who to vote for in the UK election? Video games have the answer.
"Society collapses" with Conservatives, while Labour creates a nanotech utopia.

Oldest fossils might just be mineral look-alikes
Close look at 3.46-billion-year-old fossil microbes reveals problem.

Ars picks the top YouTube video of all time
We top off our look at the 10th anniversary of YouTube with the best video ever.

ESPN sues Verizon to stop new sports-free TV bundles
All TV customers must get ESPN and ESPN2, sports network says.

Texas admonishes judge for posting Facebook updates about her trials
Posts cause mistrial, and eventual acquittal, in high-profile child abuse case.

Gabe Newell addresses controversy over paid Steam mods
Valve CEO thinks charging for mods encourages "higher quality content."

Ask Ars: “My SSD does garbage collection, so I don’t need TRIM… right?”
Modern SSD controllers are super-smart, but using TRIM is still a good idea.

AT&T/DirecTV merger likely to be approved
And Time Warner Cable could be bought by Charter instead of Comcast.

Golden Gate Bridge officials are freaked out about drones
"If you climb over a fence and take pictures we can cite you," manager says.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 4/29/2015

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