Sunday, June 17, 2012

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 17/06/2012





On Monday Microsoft will maybe announce a tablet
The rumor is it's built in-house to compete with Apple.

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EFF files legal motion to halt Washington state online sex ad law
The tech legal advocacy group joins Backpage.com in opposing "overbroad" law.

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Linux gaming on the rise: EA arrives on Ubuntu and Valve plans Steam port
After indie succeses, Linux is finally attracting mainstream game publishers.

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Lawyer tries and fails to shut down The Oatmeal's charitable fundraiser
The fundraiser, now at $170,000, doesn't violate the ToS, as Carreon asserted.

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Apple 1 motherboard auctioned off for $374,500
A letter from Steve Jobs also found a buyer at $27,000.

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AT&T splits phones into work and personal partitions, on any carrier
Android and iPhone virtualization created by AT&T, no contract required.

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Samsung ships 43 million smartphones in Q1, dwarfs HTC and Motorola
The Droid Razr didn't win enough hearts, and HTC failed to get up to 4G speeds.

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Engineering mosquitos to reject malaria
Pests that carry a human antibody make poor hosts for parasites.

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LHC already past last year's total data output
The particle collider is operating at a higher energy, too.

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Kickstarter Game Watch: From classical swordplay to classic strategy
Plus an RPG where words are your weapons.

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Judge allows Apple and Motorola to meet in an injunction hearing next week
A patent dispute ruling is near, but neither company will win a dime in damages.

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Western Digital makes routers now
The storage manufacturer wants to crack a crowded market.

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Die, contracts! Prepaid mobile phone use surges
The American market doesn't look like Europe or Asia, but it's inching closer.

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Nokia’s Linux-based Meltemi platform melts amid layoffs; Qt still afloat
Qt doesn't fit in Nokia's platform strategy, but the company keeps on investing.

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Mystery galaxy is older and more aggressive than expected
New observations show a galaxy formed 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang.

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Lose the headset: gaming doesn't train you to multitask
All of us are poor multitaskers; a study tries proving this includes gamers too.

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Venture capital lets Journey developer go multiplatform
Thatgamecompany ends exclusive relationship with Sony's systems.

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Faceoff: 13" MacBook Pro vs 13" MacBook Air
Pro offers more bang for your buck if you don't mind some extra weight.

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Cost concerns almost scuttled Wii U's tablet controller
Drive to lower price may have also prevented multitouch capability.

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Opera 12 arrives with webcam APIs and experimental WebGL support
The new version also improves theming and adds support for the DNT header.

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Retired judge joins fight against DoJ's "outrageous" Megaupload seizures
Says the government hasn't caught up to digital age.

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UK Supreme Court declines Julian Assange's extradition appeal
Said his appeal was "without merit."

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Crytek CEO quietly confident after Unreal Engine 4 reveal
Exec sees CryEngine 3 as competitive with Epic's latest.

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Suspected LulzSec member indicted in US for hacking Fox, PBS, and Sony
He's already in custody in England for launching DDoS attacks.

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