IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 5/13/2015

Supreme Court of Sweden refuses to revoke Assange detention order
WikiLeaks founder's lawyer says he is "of course disappointed."

Warrantless airport seizure of laptop “cannot be justified,” judge rules
Feds said a laptop is simply a "container" that can be searched without warrant.

Nintendo “optimistic” about removing region lock for next console
Geographic limitations will remain for Wii U, 3DS, however.

Small ISP stands up to Rightscorp’s “piracy fishing expedition” and wins
A Rightscorp DMCA subpoena, asking for 71 subscriber identities, is thrown out.

Illinois State Police will fly “unmanned aircraft” not “drones”
The FAA approved a two-year license to let police photograph crash and crime scenes.

Castlevania dev’s new Kickstarter is Castlevania in everything but name
Symphony of the Night developer asks for crowdfunding after Konami's seeming collapse.

Wyden: If Senate tries to renew NSA spying authority, I’ll filibuster
Republicans are split as big surveillance votes loom in both houses of Congress.

Google temporarily shuts down Map Maker due to vandalism
An Android peeing on an Apple logo forces Google to revamp approval process.

With vinyl sales on the rise, this startup lets anyone press their own LP
Qrates is a unque mix of vinyl pressing, crowdfunding, and digital store.

Worker fired for disabling GPS app that tracked her 24 hours a day [Updated]
"This intrusion would be highly offensive to a reasonable person," lawsuit says.

North Korea test-launches “Polaris-1” ballistic missile from submarine
Analysts say DPRK missile subs could threaten Japan, South Korea in five years.

AT&T to fix Internet congestion before it can be hit with complaint
Potential net neutrality complaint to FCC prevented by deal with Level 3.

Dev puts Web browser on Apple Watch: a cool hack, but useless for now
Surfing the Web on your wrist is masochistic today, but in the future it might be OK.

PSA: Elite Dangerous owners now get Steam version for free
Players will be able to generate their own Steam keys from May 28.

Russia now selling home-grown CPUs with Transmeta-like x86 emulation
Russia joins China in seeking technological independence from the US.

LG G4 Review: More than competent, but less than stunning [Update]
The G4 is a decent phone, but struggles to stand out against the competition.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 5/13/2015

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