IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 25/11/2015

Dell apologizes for HTTPS certificate fiasco, provides removal tool
Meanwhile, credential that posed man-in-the-middle threat found on SCADA system.

Tesla Model X production starts in earnest, pricing revealed
Model X SUV will start at $80,000 before options, incentives, and rebates.

Windows 10 November Update mysteriously pulled, as concerns about bugs grow
Clean installs of the new version of Windows 10 are no longer possible.

Mutagenic chain reaction could knock malaria out of mosquitoes for good
Infectious DNA spreads parasite-resistance to whole population of biting insects.

Judge sides with Rightscorp, says DMCA doesn’t protect Cox
In what could be a landmark copyright case, an ISP loses its "safe harbor."

Registering drones with the FAA should be easy and free, task force says
Onerous requirements could limit adoption of unmanned aircraft.

PSA: Pre-Thanksgiving one-day sale drops a Steam Machine’s price to $300
i3-powered Syber PC with GTX 750, Steam Controller is on sale Monday only.

Report: Lost in Space series remake coming to Netflix
New series follows 1998 feature-length film and an unaired 2003 pilot helmed by John Woo.

Netflix’s Jessica Jones is complex, funny, and super watchable
There will be a season 2, right? Because we want more Krysten Ritter.

Former NOAA researcher comments on whistleblower allegations
He says the study wasn't rushed. Journal Science confirms peer-review wasn’t either.

Comcast, Time Warner Cable get 71% of new Internet subscribers
AT&T and Verizon struggle to get new customers while cable soars.

With $160 billion merger, Pfizer moves to Ireland and dodges taxes
Small Dublin-based Allergan will buy Pfizer to form world’s largest drug maker.

Dell does a Superfish, ships PCs with easily cloneable root certificates
Root certificate debacle that hit Lenovo now visits the House of Dell.

“Water-in-salt” electrolytes can make lithium-ion batteries safer
Unique aqueous electrolyte expands electrochemical stability window.

From Warcraft to Hearthstone: How Blizzard is leaving its 1990s PC gaming roots behind
At Blizzcon 2015, louder cheers for new Hearthstone cards than a new WoW class.

UK will speed up purchase of F-35 jets
Will have 24 in service by 2023 instead of originally planned eight.

UK to buy 9 Boeing patrol planes in $18 billion defense budget boost
P-8 Poseidon surveillance planes to provide eye in sky over land and sea.

Former NASA official: NASA must shed “socialist” approach to space exploration
Lori Garver says that the agency is wary of SpaceX’s deep space ambitions.

Sony matches Xbox One with $299 price for Black Friday weekend
Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection bundle is discounted Thursday through Monday.

After Dropbox finds a child porn collector, a chess club stops his knife attack
"I failed my mission to kill everyone."

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 25/11/2015

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