IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/23/2015

Silk Road heroin dealer who helped convict Ulbricht will serve 2.5 years
"Deezletime" bought from the street, doubled the price, then sold online.

FTC accuses ID protection service LifeLock of scamming customers—again
Company's chief executive had his identity stolen more than a dozen times.

4 men reportedly arrested in relation to JPMorgan Chase hack
2 Florida men also took over credit union to run sketchy Bitcoin exchange Coin.mx.

Google+ Photos shuts down August 1; Google Photos (and Picasa!) take over
And the next feature stripped out of Google+? Location sharing.

AT&T wins FCC chairman’s support for DirecTV merger
Wheeler's conditions: Big fiber buildout, and limits on data cap exemptions.

Nokia write-down leads Microsoft to record $3.2B loss on $22.2B revenue
Surface, Cloud are the sole high points of a bleak 4Q15.

Apple’s Q3 2015: iPhones and Macs up, iPads down, Apple Watch unknown
Numbers are good, though we have little information on Apple's newest product.

Liveblog: Apple’s Q3 2015 earnings call happens at 5pm ET today
This was the first full quarter of Apple Watch availability.

Researcher angry after finding his code in Hacking Team malware
Tool for capturing audio from Android devices folded into spyware sold to governments.

Studies find genetic signature of native Australians in the Americas
Doesn't change the big picture, but it's not clear how it got here.

Surface 3 with LTE coming to AT&T this Friday
Prices start at $0 up front.

Star Wars: KOTOR 2’s first patch in 10 years adds Linux, OS X, 5K, Steam mods
Creator of famed Sith Lords restored content mod advised on update.

Bug in widely used OpenSSH opens servers to password cracking
Flaw dating back to 2007 allows crackers to try huge number of guesses.

Google Maps for Android finally adds custom names for places [Update]
The new "Timeline" feature contains a convoluted way to name points on the map.

Audi, BMW, and Daimler will buy Nokia Here
The three German automakers want mapping tech for autonomous vehicles.

Grooveshark co-founder Josh Greenberg has died at just 28
Early police reports state there was "no evidence of foul play or suicide."

New Zealand deporting family to island nation doomed by rising sea levels
Kiribati family loses bid to become world's first climate change refugees.

Study: Online gaming “losers” are more likely to harass women
Players send more negative comments to female teammates when playing badly.

Lufthansa plane has near-miss with drone on approach to Warsaw airport
Official says he can't help it if "some idiot" wants to fly drone near airport.

For “smaller” eruptions, Yellowstone can wake up quickly
Even after a 220,000-year break, the caldera can get rolling in just a few years.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/23/2015

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