Tuesday, June 30, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/1/2015





OPM shuts down background investigation portal because of vulnerability
Shutdown is "proactive, temporary"; agency claims flaw not involved in breach.










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Gallery: Google launches redesigned Hangouts 4.0 on iOS
Lots of UI tweaks put an emphasis on sending your friends more than just text.










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Busted: App maker who’d hijack your phone to secretly mine Dogecoin
Very malware. Much deception. Wow.










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Microsoft selling Bing imaging to Uber, moving display ads to AOL
Bing search and search advertising will now be used on AOL.










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Reuters: Samsung won’t give up on Tizen OS, plans more phones this year
Samsung's operating system is apparently a best seller in Bangladesh.










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Warrantless phone tapping, e-mail spying inching to Supreme Court review
The FISA Amendments Act allows US spies to vacuum up e-mails and phone calls.










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3taps to pay Craigslist $1 million to end lengthy lawsuit, will shut down [Updated]
Settlement also dictates that Craigslist will pass on the $1 million to EFF.










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Valve sells out of “early bird” pre-orders for Steam hardware
Remaining Steam Link, Controller, Machines will ship November 10, not October 16.










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The violent origin of quasars
Hubble shows that quasars get their fuel when their host galaxies collide.










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Days after taxi union protests, French authorities take Uber execs into custody
French authorities widen crackdown against Uber: 200 more Paris cops dispatched.










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Some images from India
Bangalore's Commercial Street is packed with just about everything.










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Supreme Court won’t weigh in on Oracle-Google API copyright battle
Lower court to decide if API utilization is copyright infringement or fair use.










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Halo 5 listing, dev statement confirm end of series’ local multiplayer [Updated]
Local campaign co-op had already gotten axe; local vs. modes, LAN play may follow suit.










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Iraqi government shut down Internet to… prevent exam cheating?
Service was cut at beginning of sixth graders' high-stakes national exams.










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Apple Music supports iTunes Match-like song uploads, 100k song limit in iOS 9
Apple Music doesn't (currently) replace Match, iOS 8 still has 25k song limit.










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Microsoft claims to have developed superior Oculus Rift lenses
New lens design is "sharper across the field and has far less chromatic aberration."










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Solar-powered plane takes off on potential record-breaking trans-Pacific flight
Records: Longest-duration solo flight, farthest distance from a solar-powered aircraft.










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