IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/30/2015

Windows 10 is on Windows Update now, the free upgrades start today
ISO images are also available.

For the first time, sensors and a computer play umpire in a pro baseball game
Pitchf/x, a system you may have seen on ESPN, gives the homeplate ump an easy night.

Review: Windows 10 is the best version yet—once the bugs get fixed
Your very own personal assistant, a better browser... and something called the Start menu.

What Windows as a Service and a “free upgrade” mean at home and at work
With Windows 10 coming today, a reminder that its licensing remains a bastion of clarity.

How the way you type can shatter anonymity—even on Tor
Researchers perfect technique that profiles people based on unique keystroke traits.

The Windows Start menu saga, from 1993 to today
One of Windows 10's biggest "new" features has a pedigree that spans two decades.

The Corvette Z06 is a 650-horsepower video camera
Trying out the Corvette's built-in data acquisition system.

SpaceShipTwo crash: Aerospace company failed to consider human error, NTSB says
Co-pilot engaged feather system too early, Scaled Composites should have prepared.

No, a “checklist error” did not almost derail the first moon landing
The cause of Apollo 11’s landing alarms is actually a lot more complicated.

The joke’s on Conan: Comedian accused of lifting one-liners from Twitter
Copyright lawsuit seeks at least $600,000 in damages plus fees and other costs.

Apple Music exempted from T-Mobile’s data limits and throttling
Apple Music joins 32 other streaming services in T-Mobile's Music Freedom.

US sees residential solar surge past commercial-scale installs
At the end of last year, houses held 3.3 Gigawatts of capacity.

Nope, White House won’t pardon Snowden
Lawyers: Snowden won't get a fair trial, as he was charged under Espionage Act.

Genetically modified rice makes more food, less greenhouse gas
A 50 percent boost in rice, with methane dropping by 90 percent.

Hands-on with the 2015 Moto X Pure Edition—stock Android at a great price
$399 gets you stock Android, a 1440p screen, and a Snapdragon 808.

Bethesda says it can’t make any more limited edition Fallout 4 Pip-Boys
Factories say wrist-based smartphone holder is limited by production capacity.

AT&T doesn’t want to pay $100M fine, says throttling didn’t harm customers
AT&T claims required disclosure to customers violates its 1st Amendment rights.

Group that hacked Anthem shared weaponized 0-days with rival attackers
History's biggest healthcare breach was just another hack for Black Vine gang.

Hands-on with the brand-new waterproof Moto G, another $189 wonder
Better camera, Snapdragon 410, and a 2GB RAM option are the biggest upgrades.

Indie devs say Ouya still owes thousands in unpaid “Free the Games Fund” earnings
Developers owed between $5,000 and $32,000 according to Vice report.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/30/2015

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