IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 02/09/2015

Microsoft accused of adding spy features to Windows 7, 8
The privacy impact of Windows' telemetry features continues to be scrutinized.

City of Chicago sues red light camera maker Redflex for more than $300 million
The continuing saga of corruption in surveillance gets a new chapter.

Secret Service agent pleads guilty to stealing money from Silk Road dealers
Agent also gets electronic monitoring after an attempt to adopt a "very odd" name.

Six UK teens arrested for being “customers” of Lizard Squad’s DDoS service
Amazon, Microsoft, and Sony were targets; service is almost ready to re-open for business.

Don’t let Roanoke murderer’s arrest justify a license plate reader rise
Op-ed: Remember, near real-time scanning is different from storing data for a year.

Worst case scenario: How bad could a tropical cyclone be?
Simulated cyclones produce possible storm surges beyond historical records.

Malware infecting jailbroken iPhones stole 225,000 Apple account logins
Some targeted phones also held for ransom, researchers say.

China and Russia cross-referencing OPM data, other hacks to out US spies
LA Times: Criminal organizations, private companies used to gather and analyze data.

Android Wear gets iOS support [Updated]
The LG Urbane and future Android Wear devices will support the iPhone.

Binary stars can throw planetary orbits into chaos
Gravitational interactions can make a mess of an exosolar system.

T-Mobile promises to “eliminate” customers who abuse unlimited data
Customers using up to 2TB a month by masking tethering activity, T-Mobile says.

Report: New Apple TV said to cost between $149 and $199
Increase in capability comes with a corresponding increase in price.

What us worry? Ashley Madison says it added over 100K users last week
Cheater site may have lost CEO, 36 million user e-mails, but not its optimism.

881 E.T. cartridges buried in New Mexico desert sell for $107,930.15
City of Alamogordo will get $65,000 from sale of unearthed Atari cartridges.

White House eyes sanctions for China over cyber-theft of trade secrets
Washington Post: Companies, individuals that profit from stolen data targeted.

PAX Prime 2015 in pictures: Cosplay, cartridge art, and classic gaming
We look at Seattle's biggest public gaming expo—and its sweatiest cosplayers.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 02/09/2015

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