Tuesday, January 19, 2016

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 20/01/2016





Numbers don’t lie—it’s time to build your own router
With more speed available and hardware that can't adapt, DIY builds offer peak performance.










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AMD slams “biased” and “unreliable” Intel benchmarks
Says SYSmark doesn't represent true performance, compares to VW emissions scandal.










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Giant icebergs help the Southern Ocean soak up carbon
Giant icebergs could account for up to 20 percent of carbon sequestration










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Diamonds can be used to date the modern theory of plate tectonics
Chemical makeup and atomic structure provide insight on the source materials.










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Electric vehicle puts in solid performance in the world’s toughest rally
The Acciona 100% EcoPowered put in a strong showing at this year's Dakar rally.










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Star’s bizarre optical antics go back at least a century
Alien civilization still on the table as data comes out of the archives.










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FBI mulls connection between Super Bowl, CA fiber optic cable cuttings
Bureau also concerned drones could create a hazard, take "unauthorized" game video.










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Supreme Court takes up copyright case over resold textbooks—again
Victorious textbook salesman Supap Kirtsaeng now wants his attorneys' fees.










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Regulators halt plans to capture and burn leaked methane in Southern California
Attempts to plug the well have made the site more unstable; blowout risk is an issue.










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In NYC, pay phones become free Wi-Fi hotspots—and masturbation stations
What happens in the hotspot stays in the hotspot.










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Top police body-cam companies get embroiled in a patent smackdown
Digital Ally says its "pioneering" system links body and vehicle cameras.










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New Galaxy Note 5s have a fix for the stuck S-Pen issue
An extra piece of plastic stops a backward S-Pen from getting stuck.










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Apple asked widow for court order when she sought late husband’s password
Woman supplied Apple will and death certificate, but it wasn't enough.










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NASA’s newest cargo spacecraft began life as a Soviet space plane
Dream Chaser may finally carry humans after 50 years of design and development.










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Report: Robots, other advances will cost humans 5.1 million jobs by 2020
Hiring gains in engineering, math; blunt advice for businesses, schools.










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Trying to identify what made the Universe transparent
Researchers discover a galaxy that could explain how the Universe was reionized.










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Alphabet’s robot division gets retooled as part of X research lab
After failing to find a "CEO" for a standalone unit, the group joins the X division.










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American game developer freed from Iranian custody after four years
Amir Mizra Hekmati convicted of espionage over "documentary" war games.










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Dem candidate O‘Malley: Regardless of backdoors, warrant always needed
Clinton, Sanders, and O'Malley touch on encryption in Democratic Party debate.










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Amazon Prime Air: Drones to carry 5lb packages over 10 miles in 30 minutes
Such drones will soon be "as normal as seeing a delivery truck."










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