IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 5/20/2015

WSJ: Apple dropped plans for a TV set “more than a year ago”
Apple's TV plans will apparently stay focused on its set-top box.

Duke Nukem lawsuit ends with settlement, possible license transfer
Screenshot confirms that embroiled Mass Destruction game reborn as Bombshell.

Alleged plane hacker said he pierced Boeing jet’s firewall in 2012
Chris Roberts also claimed to access International Space Station system.

AT&T CEO confident Title II will be overturned by courts or Congress
That's why Title II isn't killing AT&T's fiber investment, he says.

Ulbricht’s lawyer: Silk Road was “the most responsible” drug market in history
DPR paid a doctor $500 per week to give advice on "harm reduction."

Microsoft celebrates 25 years of wasting time at work with Solitaire tournament
FreeCell was always the game for me.

Appeals court says anti-Muslim YouTube video doesn’t have to come down
"A weak copyright claim cannot justify censorship in the guise of authorship."

Navy Research Lab develops cheap “swarm” glider mini-drones
GPS-guided "Cicada" could be dropped from air to spy (or predict tornadoes).

Rhetoric flies as deadline looms to renew bulk phone metadata surveillance
Spying program Snowden exposed expires June 1 unless reauthorized by Congress.

Safari address-spoofing bug could be used in phishing, malware attacks
Flaw in latest iOS and OS X versions can deceive users about the site they're visiting.

FTC proposes a compromise so RadioShack can sell consumer data
Bankruptcy court will still need to decide whether the compromise addresses all concerns.

Cable companies could escape local rate regulation under FCC proposal
FCC could declare that cable TV faces "effective competition" nationwide.

Crop-based biofuels will take years to truly help the environment
Greenhouse gas payback times can be anywhere from one to 162 years.

Are galaxies strangled or stripped of gas? A “murder mystery” solved
New result explains why most galaxies stop forming new stars.

Appeals court slashes down Apple’s $930M win against Samsung
Apple loses all damages based on "trade dress"—more than 40 percent of total.

North Carolina sues FCC for right to block municipal broadband
Residents stuck with slow Internet while state fights on behalf of private ISPs.

With Crysis Analogue Edition, you can finally say “yes, it runs Crysis”
Crysis Analogue Edition turns graphical shooter into eight-player strategy game.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 5/20/2015

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