Thursday, May 31, 2012

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 31/05/2012





Not just the browser: why buying Opera makes sense for Facebook
Opera is making money from mobile ads—something the social network sorely needs.

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UK Supreme Court: yes, extradite Julian Assange to Sweden
But WikiLeaks founder has two weeks to make one final appeal.

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Shuttle-monitoring radar can watch raindrops in a cloud
The radar, meant to watch the Space Shuttle, turns its attention to rain.

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A Beefy Miracle: Fedora 17 arrives with GNOME 3.4 and GIMP 2.8
This tasty Fedora release packs some meaty new features.

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WiFi, cellular data to account for 60% all Internet traffic by 2016
Cellular's share of worldwide Internet traffic will increase fivefold.

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One year on, the value of Microsoft's Skype purchase remains mysterious
Skype has more users, but the much-vaunted integration is still absent.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook: Steve "taught me that the joy is in the journey"
Cook spoke at All Things D about Jobs, China, patents, and more.

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French court gives YouTube a victory in copyright infringement case
French TV channel TF1 sued and lost €80,000.

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Silicon Valley donations to Obama reach record levels
And Romney's making small in-roads into the traditionally Democratic area.

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Microsoft outsources copyright enforcement to small Redmond company
Marketly was founded by a former Microsoft employee with no legal background.

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New Zealand judge orders US to hand over Megaupload documents
Questions whether civil copyright violations can lead to criminal liability

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You Don't Know Jack shines on Facebook
Irreverent trivia highlights the true meaning of "social gaming"

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Hot tuna: bluefins carry Fukushima isotopes across the Pacific
Tuna caught off California coast show low levels of radioactivity.

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Hands-on: Web development on the go with Diet Coda for iPad
Panic's mobile Web development tool is impressive, despite some rough edges.

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Indie game developers band together to promote price control
"Because We May" sale highlights services where developers set prices.

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Spy malware infecting Iranian networks is engineering marvel to behold
Researchers are still wrapping their brains around the mind-blowing "Flame."

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Hard drive supplies back to pre-flood levels, but prices aren't
With supplies back on the upswing, HDD prices have found a new, higher normal.

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Slick new Chromebook, first "Chromebox" desktop out from Samsung today
Chrome OS window manager hits stable channel, offline Docs editing coming soon.

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Nearly 1 million iOS jailbreaks over Memorial Day thanks to Absinthe
The software makes it one-click easy to jailbreak nearly all iOS devices.

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Innocent Megaupload user asks court to order his data returned
A videographer with an ill-timed hard drive crash is users' poster child

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Allegedly "leaked" photos show 3D features coming to iOS Maps
A redone Maps app is expected to debut later this year.

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Rock of ages: 40,000 year-old musical instruments the world's oldest
The oldest musical instruments in the world have been found in Germany.

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New York bicycle hire works like London and Paris, but more expensive
A 30-minute trip is free for subscribers, but a 5-hour rental is $97.

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Putting a good spin (wave) on quantum memory
Spin waves in cold atoms can store quantum information efficiently

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Facebook Camera is no Instagram killer, but it doesn't have to be
Similarities exist, but each app will appeal to different users.

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