On The Radar

1. wi-fi in the sky, i can go twice as high

   Facebook's solar-powered planes will provide Wi-Fi to the 'burbs

   Facebook has big plans for connecting remote areas, too.

   by Casey Johnston - Mar 28, 3:02 pm UTC

2. That guy

   House Intelligence Committee chairman not seeking re-election

   Rep. Mike Rogers criticized Snowden and introduced CISPA.

   by Megan Geuss - Mar 28, 2:25 pm UTC

3. rough landing

   Jury: MP3tunes founder must pay $41 million for copyright violations

   It's Michael Robertson's second feud with record labels and his second big loss.

   by Joe Mullin - Mar 28, 2:50 am UTC

4. where streams flow like rivers

   Amazon may soon provide free video streaming for all [Updated]

   A Prime membership may no longer be needed.

   by Casey Johnston - Mar 27, 11:00 pm UTC

5. Mobile first, cloud first, ordinal numbers third

   Microsoft steps up its mobile management game with Enterprise Mobility Suite

   New suite brings together a trio of cloud services.

   by Peter Bright - Mar 27, 9:36 pm UTC

6. Erdoğan does Streisand again

   Turkey now trying to block YouTube as social media crackdown continues

   Attempts to keep people from hearing embarrassing audio recording keep failing.

   by Sean Gallagher - Mar 27, 6:30 pm UTC

7. Get back to work

   Microsoft brings Office to iPad, makes iPhone version free to all [Updated]

   Editing requires a subscription on iPad, but Office for iPhone users don't need one.

   by Andrew Cunningham - Mar 27, 6:25 pm UTC

8. Web party, Dotcom style!

   Kim Dotcom gets political: Vote for faster Internet, digital currency

   Ladies and gentlemen, the “Internet Party” has been formally launched.

   by Joe Silver - Mar 27, 6:20 pm UTC

9. Ars Editor’s Picks The web worth reading.

   1. Gunshot victims to be suspended between life and death New Scientist
   2. Inside Airbnb’s Grand Hotel Plans Fast Company
   3. The curious nature of sharing cascades on Facebook MIT Technology Review

10. Now tweeting via chrome

    Mozilla employees tell Brendan Eich he needs to “step down”

    Simultaneous statement in response to new CEO's political donations.

    by Sam Machkovech - Mar 27, 5:46 pm UTC

11. Good medicine

    Medical marijuana just might cause a small drop in crime

    But results say nothing about general legalization.

    by John Timmer - Mar 27, 5:08 pm UTC

12. Thispasswordisntlongenough

    Diceware passwords now need six random words to thwart hackers

    Five isn't enough anymore because password cracking is frighteningly effective.

    by Jon Brodkin - Mar 27, 4:18 pm UTC

13. The Week's Top Stories

    1. The Ars staff picks our least-favorite Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes
    2. Meet the manic miner who wants to mint 10% of all new bitcoins
    3. Gay Firefox developers boycott Mozilla to protest CEO hire [Updated]
    4. Wikipedia founder calls alt-medicine practitioners “lunatic charlatans”
    5. How do you DRM a coffee pod?
    6. Malaysian airliner’s path ultimately tracked by satellite pings’ Doppler shift
    7. Mozilla employees tell Brendan Eich he needs to “step down”
    8. Apps with millions of Google Play downloads covertly mine cryptocurrency
    9. Ancient Linux servers: The blighted slum houses of the Internet [Updated]

14. Pot, meet kettle

    China’s military calls US out for “hypocrisy” in Huawei hack

    Defense spokesperson pledges to boost cyber defenses in wake of reported NSA spying.

    by Sean Gallagher - Mar 27, 4:00 pm UTC

15. rack 'em up

    Sonnet’s new rack mount turns the 2013 Mac Pro into a modern-day Xserve

    4U enclosure adds support for external storage and PCI Express expansion.

    by Andrew Cunningham - Mar 27, 2:51 pm UTC

16. Aereo goes all in

    Aereo CEO: No “Plan B” for court loss

    CBS counters that it will move broadcast service online if Aereo prevails.

    by Joe Silver - Mar 27, 12:35 am UTC

17. On second thought

    Senator who called for a US ban on Bitcoin now backs off, a bit

    Manchin tells WashPost: "The whole thing lent itself to a lot of improprieties."

    by Cyrus Farivar - Mar 27, 12:26 am UTC

18. Firefox extinguisher

    New Mozilla CEO issues statement, expresses “sorrow for causing pain”

    Also announces Project Ascend to expand access to open source software.

    by Sam Machkovech - Mar 26, 8:53 pm UTC

19. don't worry, it won't hurt you

    Study finds pee in pool water yields toxic byproduct

    In case you needed another reason to not urinate in the pool.

    by Casey Johnston - Mar 26, 7:40 pm UTC

20. Stock Price Crush Saga?

    Candy Crush Saga maker King down over 15 percent following stock IPO [Updated]

    Company valued at $7 billion sees worst first-day drop for a US IPO in 15 years.

    by Kyle Orland - Mar 26, 6:29 pm UTC

21. We hardly knew Yee

    California anti-game-violence legislator arrested on bribery charges [Updated]

    State Senator Leland Yee championed law restricting minors' game access.

    by Kyle Orland - Mar 26, 4:20 pm UTC

22. Olé!

    Brazil caves to Google: New bill drops local data storage requirement

    If bill passes, Brazil would become largest country with a net neutrality law.

    by Cyrus Farivar - Mar 26, 4:10 pm UTC

23. Don't say we didn't warn you...

    Watch out trolls: Microsoft begins sending Xbox One reputation warnings

    Players who ignore repeated reports will placed in "Avoid Me" matchmaking bucket.

    by Kyle Orland - Mar 26, 3:45 pm UTC

24. A rift with rift

    Minecraft dev halts talks with Oculus following Facebook acquisition

    Notch: "I don’t want to work with social, I want to work with games."

    by Kyle Orland - Mar 26, 2:03 am UTC

25. Senseless differentiation

    HTC planning Google Play Edition of the new HTC One [Updated]

    Don't like HTC's skin? Pre-orders are live for the Google Play edition.

    by Ron Amadeo - Mar 25, 9:20 pm UTC

26. leak-proofing the web

    MIT creates a system to “PRISM-proof” websites

    System could secure data by encrypting it before it leaves your computer.

    by Joe Silver - Mar 25, 8:35 pm UTC

27. Feeling blue

    Windows Azure no more: Microsoft renames its cloud computing service

    It's now just going to be "Azure."

    by Peter Bright - Mar 25, 7:32 pm UTC

28. civitas magna peculi

    Tuesday Dealmaster’s got that SSD: A 256GB Crucial M550 for $168

    And that's not the only one! We've got all kinds of SSDs up in here!

    by Lee Hutchinson - Mar 25, 7:10 pm UTC

29. Uncle Sam wants his cut

    IRS: Bitcoin is property, like a stock or bond, and not a currency

    If you sell Bitcoin and make money, you have to pay taxes on it.

    by Cyrus Farivar - Mar 25, 6:55 pm UTC

30. Can never have enough speed

    Nvidia and IBM create GPU interconnect for faster supercomputing

    "NVLink" shares up to 80GB of data per second between CPUs and GPUs.

    by Jon Brodkin - Mar 25, 6:45 pm UTC

31. Mega millions

    Mega opts for a reverse takeover so it can go public on NZ exchange

    Kim Dotcom's service will get new investors ahead of encrypted chat, e-mail expansion.

    by Cyrus Farivar - Mar 25, 6:33 pm UTC

32. A different sort of reaper

    To replace drone strikes, US to give Yemen Hellfire-armed crop dusters

    “Precision Strike” program will deliver two-man planes for targeted killing

    by Sean Gallagher - Mar 25, 6:22 pm UTC

33. Ancient history

    Microsoft releases source code for MS-DOS and Word

    Company donates DOS 1.1 and Word for Windows 1.1 code to Computer History Museum.

    by Peter Bright - Mar 25, 6:10 pm UTC

34. Drone countermeasures for moose

    Alaska bans hunters from using drones

    After “drone-assisted” moose kill, Board of Game prohibits their use as spotters.

    by Sean Gallagher - Mar 25, 4:30 pm UTC