IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/4/2015

Pinterest announces long-rumored “buy” button, coming first to iOS
Won't take cut of any sales; will come with Apple Pay integration "in a few weeks."

Assume your GitHub account is hacked, users with weak crypto keys told
SSH keys give access to projects belonging to Spotify, Yandex, and UK gov.

Microsoft bringing SSH to Windows and PowerShell
Will contribute to OpenSSH to make it run well on Windows.

The quest to save today’s gaming history from being lost forever
Changes in digital distribution, rights management increasingly make preservation tough.

Let the snooping resume: Senate revives Patriot Act surveillance measures
Lawmakers approve a variation of the phone-records spy program Snowden revealed.

Thunderbolt 3 embraces USB Type-C connector, doubles bandwidth to 40Gbps
Thunderbolt 3 integrates USB 3.1, optional 100W power delivery, 5K @ 60Hz display.

Intel launches long-delayed quad-core Broadwell CPUs and the Iris Pro 6200 GPU
Five laptop parts and five desktop parts, two of which are unlocked.

Hunt for the rogue pooper—company demands DNA swabs, employees sue
Buccal swab samples taken to determine if workers were the "devious defecator."

Internet privacy lawsuits, once all the rage, fizzle out
Plaintiffs filed suit based on old laws, generating controversy.

Valve begins offering refunds for all Steam games
Users have 14 days and two hours of active playtime to request money back.

How and why we purify proteins
Insulin, vaccines, and more are separated from a sea of hundreds of proteins.

Typo bows to the power of Blackberry, agrees to stop selling keyboard
Stung by $860,000 fine, Ryan Seacrest-backed keyboard company backs down.

Facebook sics trademark lawyers on “Designbook” startup
"What about a phonebook? A yearbook? A notebook, or a scrapbook?"

How the end of Patriot Act provisions changes NSA surveillance
Process changes are in store as the Senate scrambles to pass new legislation.

Bethesda counting down to an apparent Fallout announcement
"Please stand by" for news tomorrow morning.

Comcast customer satisfaction rating plummets again
While Comcast ranks last, AT&T leapfrogs Verizon FiOS for top spot among ISPs.

New PS4 model with 1TB hard drive coming, according to FCC filings
Redesign reduces weight and power consumption slightly as well.

Wild sawfish have “virgin births,” essentially cloning themselves
First known case of wild vertebrates cloning themselves and surviving.

GameStop outbids Hot Topic for ThinkGeek parent company purchase
Game retailer pushes through "superior proposal" and steals the deal.

Heading to India and feeling—or at least fearing—the heat
The next destination in our GE world extravaganza: Bangalore, India.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/4/2015

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