Tuesday, June 23, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/24/2015





Facebook posts unravel twisted plots of matricide, fraud
Wheelchair-bound daughter who had a feeding tube actually can walk.








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Microsoft clarification kinda clears up free Windows 10 license confusion
It's free if you upgrade from Windows 7 or 8—or stay forever in preview.








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Photoshop gets an open source, HTML5-based interface for app design
Adobe is developing a new interface for Photoshop, and it's giving out the source code.








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In Spider-Man toy case, Supreme Court bars payments for expired patents
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.








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Dog butts, pooping, and a consent simulator: Indie games get weird at E3
Video: Peculiar E3 demos include Keita "Katamari Damacy" Takahashi's new game.








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Magnetic mirror holds promise for fusion
In a Polywell design, a high-density plasma excludes magnetic field, traps itself.








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1970s electric city car finds new life as 12-second drag EV
Mediocre old EV gets a 21st century upgrade to become the Flux Capacitor.








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Supreme Court declares warrantless searches of hotel registries illegal
Data included credit card, home address, driver's license, and vehicle license.








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US, UK Intel agencies worked to subvert antivirus tools to aid hacking [Updated]
GCHQ sought ways to bypass Kaspersky while NSA stole malware samples.








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FTC asked to block Uber from getting location data in background
"We may also derive your approximate location from your IP address."








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Counting crows’ neurons work just like yours
Researchers find out how a crow's brain recognizes numbers.








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Sony supports the Android M Developer Preview for select devices
You have to built it from AOSP, but Sony posts all the necessary files.








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Airplanes grounded in Poland after hackers allegedly attack flight plan computer
The source of the attack isn't known. Airplanes in the air weren't affected.








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Apple caves to Taylor Swift, will pay artists when music service launches
Musicians will get paid for each stream during Apple Music's 3-month free trial.








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Australia passes controversial anti-piracy web censorship law
Based on a bogus justification, and easily circumvented using VPNs.








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Taylor Swift blasts Apple for not paying artists during free music trial [Updated]
"We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us [for free music]."








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