IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/29/2015

Microsoft’s HoloLens is heading to the Space Station tomorrow aboard SpaceX CRS-7
Falcon 9 main stage will also attempt to land on a barge. Third time lucky!

Man shoots downs neighbor’s hexacopter in rural drone shotgun battle
"I also ask you the courtesy of not shooting live ammunition in our direction."

How breaking a glacier makes the Earth quake
Calving icebergs squish glaciers and pull on the Earth.

Bitcoin poker site founder takes plea deal to avoid jail time
Bryan Micon gets probation and fine after running afoul of gambling authorities.

Sirius XM agrees to pay $210M for playing pre-1972 songs
Pre-1972 copyright is still a mess.

Two keys to rule them all: Cisco warns of default SSH keys on appliances
Virtual security appliance products have a common key put in for "support reasons."

Samsung promises to stop disabling Windows Update
Company will issue an update in the next few days.

Disney to ban selfie sticks at all of its theme parks worldwide
Full ban comes after selfie-stick user broke existing rule, shut down coaster.

Drone flying over forest fire diverts planes, costs US Forest Service $10K
A DC-10 and two smaller planes failed to drop flame retardant over threatened area.

Growing up gaming: The first five PC games I ever bought
Classics like these made the mid-'80s a golden time to be a PC gamer.

Controversial trial of GM crop shows no benefits
But the trials weren't entirely conclusive.

Internet access “not a necessity or human right,” says FCC Republican
The FCC is required by Congress to expand broadband access.

Private investigator snooped on e-mail of Scientology critics [Updated]
Paid "hacking services" to gain access to over 50 victims' messages over 5 years.

Between Kickstarter’s frauds and phenoms live long-delayed projects
Despite its complications, crowdsourcing enables diverse creators, outperforms VC funding.

Wayback Machine’s 485 billion web pages blocked by Russian government order
An unintended consequence of archive.org using HTTPS for connections.

Report: Apple looks to reinstate some iOS apps that use Confederate flag
Apple statement OKs use of symbol for "educational or historical" purposes.

OS X El Capitan beta references possible 4K Mac with quad-core Broadwell
Presence in beta builds could point to a launch between now and this fall.

Study claims 1 in 4 cancer research papers contains faked data
A closer look at the results suggests things are bad, but not quite that bad.

Dealmaster: Get $50 off an Xbox One Bundle and a free game
Choose from the 1TB Xbox with the new controller, the Halo Collection, or Kinect.

Crossing Souls is the ultimate 16-bit, 80s nostalgia adventure
Play through of an alpha version of the game leaves us yearning for more.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/29/2015

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