Apple faces dumb lawsuit over the size of iOS 8

New tool lets Chromebooks run Linux in a desktop window Two alleged members of Lizard Squad arrested following Xbox Live/PSN Christmas attacks IT News Daily January 02, 2015 Apple faces dumb lawsuit over the size of iOS 8 iOS 8 has had its share of problems, and now we can throw one more on the pile: a lawsuit. Two plaintiffs have filed a suit claiming their 16GB iPhones and iPads don't actually come with 16GB of storage, and iOS 8 takes up too much space--and Apple should make that clearer, in case we are all idiots who don't get that operating systems do use storage. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. New tool lets Chromebooks run Linux in a desktop window 2. Two alleged members of Lizard Squad arrested following Xbox Live/PSN Christmas attacks 3. Sony tries to appease PlayStation users after Christmas outage 4. Police suspect fraud took most of Mt. Gox's missing bitcoins 5. Microsoft to wind down sales of original Kinect for Windows in 2015 New tool lets Chromebooks run Linux in a desktop window Dropping into Linux on your Chromebook just became a whole lot easier. You've been able to use Linux in Chromebook virtual terminals for a while now with the help of Crouton, but now an extension by Google hardware engineer (and Crouton developer) David Schneider allows you to run Debian or Ubuntu in a window right within the traditional Chrome OS interface. READ MORE Two alleged members of Lizard Squad arrested following Xbox Live/PSN Christmas attacks Did you spend Christmas mildly annoyed because you bought a new console, only to find that Xbox Live/ PlayStation Network had been downed by a "nefarious" group known as Lizard Squad? Yes, I know it sounds like a bad episode of 24, but at least now you can revel in a bit of Schadenfreude: Two alleged members have been arrested this week. READ MORE WEBCAST: IBM Corporation BI Forward: A Full View of your Business 5 Benefits of a Forward View of your Business Learn More Sony tries to appease PlayStation users after Christmas outage If you got a PlayStation 4 for Christmas but network outages spoiled your fun, Sony wants to make it up to you. READ MORE Police suspect fraud took most of Mt. Gox's missing bitcoins Nearly all of the roughly US$370 million in bitcoin that disappeared in the February 2014 collapse of Mt. Gox probably vanished due to fraudulent transactions, with only 1 percent taken by hackers, according to a report in Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, citing sources close to a Tokyo police probe. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Box Cloud File Sharing Solutions: Box vs. Dropbox This report is recommended for any growing business or company considering an investment in enterprise content collaboration and cloud file sharing. Both let users access important content simply and securely, on any device: desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. Learn more Microsoft to wind down sales of original Kinect for Windows in 2015 Microsoft will stop selling the original Kinect for Windows in 2015 now that the second generation of the motion-based controller platform is available. READ MORE Follow IT News You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2015 IT News, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **