IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 5/6/2015

Microsoft bangs the cybersecurity drum with Advanced Threat Analytics
Redmond also introduces new ways to stop data leaks.

Windows Update for Business brings Windows updates to your business
The multi-speed peer-to-peer update experience comes with a few business tweaks.

Super secretive malware wipes hard drive to prevent analysis
Rombertik will go to great lengths to keep its private parts private.

Failed Christian shoe promoter makes anti-gay first-person shooter
Pulled from Steam; dev made "the most overly offensive game possible to prove a point."

Prime Minister of Singapore shares his C++ code for Sudoku solver
Posts source to his Facebook page, asks for bug reports.

9th Circuit judges rip into Prenda law copyright trolling scheme
Judge: "This wasn't exactly a clean operation."

Comcast spent $336 million on failed attempt to buy Time Warner Cable
And Time Warner Cable spent $219 million of its own.

Number of people with access to US classified data down 12% in one year
Reports indicate it's the first "total security-cleared population" reduction since 2010.

Nintendo apologizes, promises better Amiibo communication and distribution
Old figures will be reissued, though supply issues may continue, company warns.

Ancient Native American city may have been done in by Mississippi floods
Cahokia’s run just happens to line up with a hiatus for the area.

Let’s not embed some classic games in tweets [Updated]
Because we can't. (Twitter's rules specifically don't allow it.)

Video of cop killing man won’t be public until footage is played at trial
Prosecutor says release of tape could "unfairly prejudice" prospective jurors.

Facebook’s free Internet for the poor leaves out high-bandwidth sites
Facebook opens platform after criticism, but no VoIP, video, and file transfers.

Your own personal Azure: Microsoft’s new Azure Stack for private clouds
New Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V previews to drop this week.

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 5/6/2015

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