IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 02/11/2015

Skull-like asteroid makes ‘frightening’ flyby on Halloween
The space rock resembles a skull as it passes within 500,000 km of Earth.

Portland Retro Gaming Expo: Hacked carts, Tetris battles, and Atari legends
There's a lot of love for old-school games at this event.

Take 5 minutes and up your opsec game with Tor Messenger
Sending chat traffic via Tor and requiring OTR is a big win for privacy.

Need For Speed reboots successfully for the stanced generation
This racing franchise is now old enough to drink, but it's grown up well.

Fossil Q wearables reviewed: Smartwatches that actually look good
The fashion company's wearables prove these devices cannot be judged by specs alone.

A recipe for an affordable, safe, and scalable flow battery
Cheap membranes and simple chemicals could store massive amounts of electricity.

After guilty plea, judge confused as to why prosecutors still want iPhone unlocked
"I respectfully direct the government to explain why the application is not moot."

Stuffy offices can halve cognitive scores
The bad air quality found in many office buildings may also affect performance, health.

Effort to crowdfund a moon rocket lags as time runs short
The Moonspike venture has credible founders but hasn't caught on yet.

EFF asks appeals court to “shut down the Eastern District of Texas”
An (unintended) "absurd situation of forum shopping and forum selling."

Twitch’s latest insane adventure: Installing Linux
If Pokémon wasn't really your thing, perhaps collaboratively installed Linux is more to your tastes.

Just like us, Ars readers worry about more idiots flying drones
"These people lack a 'Common Sense' abstraction layer in their thinking."

Body cam footage of cop killing unarmed man disputed
Police say video clears them. Family says shooting was “unjustified."

Report: iPad Pro, Smart Keyboard, and Apple Pencil go on sale November 11
Once they launch, Apple's holiday lineup will be complete.

Don’t count on STARTTLS to automatically encrypt your sensitive e-mails
TLS stripping and DNS attacks allow eavesdropping on protected messages.

SXSW Interactive changes tune, announces day-long Online Harassment Summit
Canceled panels return along with 19 more speakers; SXSW is "truly sorry."

Sprint’s new T-Mobile-style “unlimited” data plan throttles you after 1GB
Customers get 1GB at high speeds, then 2G speed for the rest of the month.

Wild: A game of animal survival that stretches off into infinity
You can either ride the bear, or you can be the bear.

VW emissions fraud will cause about 60 premature deaths in US
First study on the scandal also finds the extra air pollution cost $450 million.

Ars UNITE: Before you take your drone out this weekend, come rap with us
Drones are in the news practically every day and are set to soar even further.

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Sunday, November 1, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 02/11/2015

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