IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 5/29/2015

Oculus CEO: Consumer Rift will cost about $1,500 (with a suitable PC)
Company will discuss its own VR control solution at E3 next month.

New Zealand man convicted of laser strike, receives no prison time
Judge: "You must be deterred and the general public must be deterred."

“Upskirting” photo voyeurism to carry 1-year jail term in Oregon
Surreptitiously photographing up dresses without consent is becoming a crime.

SourceForge grabs GIMP for Windows’ account, wraps installer in bundle-pushing adware [Updated]
SourceForge says account was abandoned; they were just giving it some (revenue-enhancing) love.

Improved Apple Watch SDK will drastically improve third-party apps this fall
Will provide access to sensors and Digital Crown, beta coming just after WWDC.

Arms control treaty could land security researchers like me in jail
Op-ed: Proposed restrictions on the export of malware could make the world less safe.

Prosecutors: Silk Road founder Ulbricht deserves a long prison sentence
"If Silk Road did not exist then Preston would still be with us," a father writes.

Beware of the text message that crashes iPhones
Newly discovered iOS bug triggers wave of text messages that causes iDevice reboot.

Liveblog: Google’s I/O Keynote starts Thursday, May 28 at 9:30am PT
Join us for live coverage of the next version of Android and much more!

Drone copter cash-bombs city park in Michigan
Flown from hotel roof, remote-controlled helicopter dropped about $100 in bills.

Verizon Wireless (yet again) makes it more expensive to upgrade early
You'll have to pay 100% of the device cost before upgrading, up from 75%.

Why the Mad Max video game is missing the movie’s badass female fighters
September game lacks ties to Fury Road, particularly car-driving, gun-toting women.

The new Mad Max game isn’t Fury Road, but it has its moments
Preview: Come for the crunchy car combat, tolerate the walking around on foot.

White House sides with Oracle, tells Supreme Court APIs are copyrightable
Google v. Oracle: Unlicensed use of APIs might be a fair use, US says.

Nintendo’s first true online shooter—Splatoon—is a hot, painted mess
Review: Nice twists on team-shooter format, but Nintendo slips on a few online puddles.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 certified for national security and military launches
SpaceX breaks the monopoly on US military space launches held by ULA since 2006.

Canary box aims to lure hackers into honeypots before they make headlines
Developers hope that new gizmo will bring an old idea back into fashion.

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 5/29/2015

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