IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 10/23/2013

How Apple’s Address Book app could allow the NSA to harvest your contacts
When synching your Address Book to Gmail, HTTPS encryption isn't an option.

An insecticide-infection connection in bee colony collapses
Researchers discover a common insecticide shuts down a key immune protein in bees.

isoHunt shuts down a day early to avoid becoming part of online archive
BitTorrent search site founder says 95% of its torrents can be found elsewhere.

The custom pinball machines of Chicago’s Pinball Expo 2013
Sonic, StarFox, and The Matrix were just a few of the custom themes built.

Soylent gets a $1.5 million infusion of venture capital
Meal replacement drink should be showing up on customers' doorsteps in early 2014.

CryptoSeal VPN shuts down rather than risk NSA demands for crypto keys
Complying with US law while protecting user privacy a tough task, company says.

Can we trust the data brokers who store our most intimate private details?
Report: ID theft site that victimized 500,000 people bought data from Experian.

Wikipedia editors, locked in battle with PR firm, delete 250 accounts
Investigation follows reports that Wiki-PR scored Viacom, Priceline as clients.

The Wii U death spiral, and how Nintendo can reverse it
Poor momentum makes poor sales a foregone conclusion unless something is done.

France angered by new revelations of NSA surveillance
Le Monde suggests that France (and probably other EU powers) knew all along.

Liveblog: Apple has “a lot to cover” at its October 22 event, and so do we
Whatever Apple announces, we'll be following along starting at 1pm ET/10am PT.

Monday Dealmaster rocks the Roku
We've also got a pile of laptops and office furniture, too!

3D printing loosens CGI’s iron grip on movie special effects
Spun plastic saves time, increases realism, makes Robert Downey Jr. comfortable.

Obama administration launches “tech surge” to improve HealthCare.gov
Changes were being made to required feature list less than a month before launch.

How much warming does new IPCC report see in our future?
Understanding how the report's projections are generated and what they tell us.

The Ars crew, chillin’ in Chicago
Here's a peek into a week where Ars staffers were actually in the same place.

Short that aired pre-Empire Strikes Back will come to Netflix, iTunes in 2014
Film re-premiers; Athena Studios makes short Black Angel clips available online.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 10/23/2013

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