IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/31/2015

CA county offers $75,000 reward to catch drone pilots who botched firefighting
After drones prevented planes from dumping fire retardant, city officials are mad.

Trackpad gestures and keyboard shortcuts, or: Windows 10 for the Mac user
Window management gets much better, at least if you have the right hardware.

Body cam captures cop shooting motorist in head, murder charges follow
Footage contradicts officer who said he was dragged by vehicle and had to fire.

Google workers that pack same-day deliveries want to unionize
Local 853: "With the conditions that these people have, they have nothing to lose."

Windows 10 Mail: Beautiful but bug-ridden
Review: Mail, Calendar, and People get an upgrade—and some new frustrations.

Intel and Micron unveil 3D XPoint, a brand new memory technology
1,000 times faster than NAND, and higher density than DRAM... is this the holy grail?

The mortifying, terrifying Windows promo videos of years past
W-W-W-Windows 10 is out, but thankfully without a video like this.

Warner lawyers: 1922 songbook with “Happy Birthday” lyrics wasn’t “authorized”
"Warner/Chappell was not hiding documents or proceeding in bad faith."

New vulnerability can put Android phones into permanent vegetative state
Malformed video files can be used to crash half of all Android phones.

Kentucky man shoots down drone hovering over his backyard
"If you cross that sidewalk onto my property, there’s going to be another shooting."

Greenhouse gas reductions on the cheap: Solar-aided coal plants
A sustainable solution that could make use of the existing power infrastructure.

Xbox on Windows 10: What it is, what it isn’t, and what’s missing
Review: Great Xbox One game streaming, decent DVR functions, and garbage games store.

No, scientists aren’t predicting 10ft higher sea level by 2050
A look at the unusual story behind recent headlines.

Razer says it will honor payment promises made to Ouya’s indie devs
New owner agrees to pay outstanding $620,000 under promotional terms.

Wi-Fi Sense in Windows 10: Yes, it shares your passkeys; no, you shouldn’t be scared
You have to manually opt into every Wi-Fi network that you want to share.

Nintendo shows surprising Q1 profit, driven by strong game and Amiibo sales
Wii U also finally hit the 10-million-units sold mark, but sales declined year-over-year.

Inside the world’s quietest room
Deep below Zurich, IBM has built the stillest, most shielded rooms in the world.

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

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 7/31/2015

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