IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/22/2015

Louisiana governor vetoes license plate reader bill, citing privacy concerns
LPRs "create large pools of information belonging to law abiding citizens."

You win, Microsoft: How I accidentally went back to Microsoft Word
The new cross-platform app strategy has worked on at least one person.

Video: The biggest games, surprises, and tech from E3 2015
Ars' gaming brain trust breaks down the industry's annual spectacle.

With Warzone, Halo 5: Guardians returns to online multiplayer relevance
New mode mixes best elements of Titanfall, Battlefield, and even Dota 2.

AMD weighing a business break-up or spin-off, Reuters says
All discussions are preliminary but a consulting firm has been hired to help.

How Minecraft and Halo make the most—and the least—of HoloLens
Augmented reality has great fidelity, but suffers from limited field of view.

Microsoft website dedicated to online privacy gets hacked
Digital Constitution was running outdated of version of WordPress.

Dealmaster: Get a Vizio 4K TV with a $300 Dell gift card for $947.99
Get a sweet TV and and $300 to spend at Dell.com.

Get any Xbox One game free when you buy an Xbox One
Limited promotion runs next week.

Here’s how to get Windows 10 for free even if you don’t have Windows 7 or 8
And you'll need to take action if you want to keep getting Windows betas.

Google to remove revenge porn search results
Search giant to "honor" requests to remove explicit images shared without consent.

Revenge porn trickster pleads guilty in California case as federal trial nears
"Hiding behind a computer… will not shield offenders from the full extent of the law."

IMAX apologizes to Ars for its trademark retraction demand
You can all go back to saying "IMAX" now.

Mysterious car burglaries: Signal amplification or brute-force hacking?
No clear answer other than "wow, there are a lot of ways to break into a car."

Former red light camera CEO pleads guilty to bribery, fraud in Ohio
Redflex ex-CEO Karen Finley also to plead guilty in Chicago case in August 2015.

Apple announces replacement program for 3TB hard drives in 2012 and 2013 iMacs
Program ends December 19, 2015 or 3 years from purchase date, whichever is longer.

Are prosecutors using a gag order to search for Reason.com commenters? [Updated]
Libertarian site has asked commenters to stop talking about a DOJ subpoena.

Comcast ordered to unmask anonymous online newspaper commenter
Commenter who likened candidate to a child molester is being sued for defamation.

After Bitcoin loan goes south, judge rules man must repay over $67,000
Lawyer: "That’s one of the dangers of lending money over the Internet."

Game-over HTTPS defects in dozens of Android apps expose user passwords
Apps downloaded more than 200 million times fail to properly encrypt login data.

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Sunday, June 21, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/22/2015

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