Thursday, February 7, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 08/02/2013


Massive search fraud botnet seized by Microsoft and Symantec Hundreds of thousands of Bamital bots made ring of 18 operators over $1M a year. Read More ...
Apple reportedly pressured Vine to go “17+” on the App Store Vine failed to get a handle on the porn videos cropping up. Read More ...
First Ubuntu smartphones coming in October, Shuttleworth promises Timeline seems ambitious compared to Canonical's earlier statements. Read More ...
23Mbps down, 44 up: A tech insider’s view from the Super Bowl Even during the power outage, Wi-Fi stayed strong—but a landline saved the day. Read More ...
Death throes of a massive star burp up 10 Jupiters worth of gas This shedding of outer layers could allow prediction of some supernovae. Read More ...
Report: Next Xbox will use persistent ’Net connection to block used games System will reportedly use Blu-ray discs, sport eight-core processor. Read More ...
Newell, Abrams announce plans for movie/game collaborations Industry luminaries considering Half-Life, Portal movies. Read More ...
BlackBerry Q10 may be delayed in US We may not see the handset until late May or June. Read More ...
HTML holes exposed sensitive data for “private” Steam user accounts Valve pushes out fix after Ars brings security hole to its attention. Read More ...
Bose-Einstein condensate created at room temperature Instead of atoms, condensation was achieved using quasiparticles. Read More ...
Review: BlackBerry 10 is better, much better, late than never From Gestures to the Hub, BlackBerry 10 has won us over. But is it too late? Read More ...
Decadent capitalists thwart North Korea with DMCA takedown Bizarre propaganda video used footage from Call of Duty series. Read More ...
Reseller claims Mac Pro coming, Apple points to Cook’s comments Apple maintains Tim Cook's previous comments on a Mac Pro refresh. Read More ...
Poll Technica: Would you use Siri on OS X? Siri may be destined for the desktop, as evidenced by an Apple job listing. Read More ...
Remember Righthaven? On appeal, copyright troll looks just as bad Judges are skeptical Righthaven ever had standing to sue. Read More ...
Everybody gets to design Ubuntu phones—see the best “fan-made” mockups Canonical asked community members to submit designs, and they did en masse. Read More ...
EFF to help defend against troll with “podcasting patent”—granted in 2012 Personal Audio has made a name for itself suing Apple, Samsung, RIM, and others. Read More ...
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