IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 27/08/2015

How security flaws work: the buffer overflow
Starting with the 1988 Morris Worm, this flaw has bitten everyone from Linux to Windows.

FDA to startup: Your vegan mayonnaise can’t be called mayonnaise
"The term 'mayo' in the product names and the image of an egg may be misleading."

Former TSMC employee leaked secrets to Samsung, Taiwan Supreme Court says
The employee can't work at Samsung for the rest of the year.

YouTube Gaming—Google’s Twitch.tv competitor—launches tomorrow
Twitch.tv finally gets some real competition in the game live streaming market.

A chicken sandwich cannot be copyrighted, court rules
Man who put chicken inside a bun sought $10 million for theft of creative work.

Dealmaster: Get a portable car jump starter for $57.99
Revive your car with this little box (normally it's $99.99).

Meet the crayfish species named after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
Crayfish's commercial name in the pet trade is "orange tip" or "green orange tip."

Office 2016 for Windows coming on September 22
Already available for OS X, the new Office will soon be out for Windows, too.

Feds’ cyberbullying reverses cops’ convictions for shooting unarmed people
Online "propaganda campaign" allowed feds to smear officers, taint trial.

How Linux was born, as told by Linus Torvalds himself
Linux is 24 years old today. In 1996, he told me how it all started.

Free Apple Logic Pro 10.2 update brings back famed Alchemy synth
Improved UI and synthesis is neat, but spectral-based audio morphing really impresses.

Yes, climate change has a hand in the California drought
Warming-driven evaporation adds 15-20 percent to the severity of the drought.

Is the world ready for a disc-free game console?
Nintendo patent hints at a new, download-driven future.

Galaxy Note 5 design flaw: A backwards S-Pen can permanently damage the device [Updated]
Samsung's new auto-ejecting S-Pen slot design doesn't seem to be that robust.

Sham telecoms created to scam AT&T must pay back ill-gotten gains
Sham companies billed AT&T $13 million for services not provided.

Major Android remote-access vulnerability is now being exploited [Updated]
Good luck getting this one patched quickly and effectively.

“Lack of resources” keeps Neil Young’s Pono Player from expanding
10,000s of players and 100,000s of tracks apparently sold, but money is a problem.

Xbox users have to pay $20 more to use old instruments on Rock Band 4
Hardware adapter needed for wireless music-making across Microsoft platforms.

No one really knows how likely a bioterrorism attack is
Risk estimates range from "none" to "inevitable."

States with more guns have more police fatalities
Higher homicide rates can't solely be attributed to levels of violent crime.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 27/08/2015

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