"I can have everything": Google's Nexus 7, unboxed
Gearing up for our big review of Google's 7-inch tablet.
Top Story: How "The Angel" helped 15,000 people steal broadband
In-Depth Reports
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Hang with the Ars Editors for a Friday Fireside Chat!
Editors will field your tablet questions in our cage match/discussion, 3:30 ET.
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How "The Angel" helped 15,000 people steal broadband
And how he got three years in jail.
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The house of the future will look exactly the same... er, totally different
Smart systems and smart homes are going to change our lives—or are they?
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Google gave us a week of product launches and impressive demos at I/O
Developers were served Jelly Bean with a side of skydiving and lots of gadgets.
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South Carolina passes bill against municipal broadband
Broadband policy analysts decry pressure from AT&T; and a conservative group.
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Minitel, France's precursor to the Web, to go dark on June 30
French fans bid "adieu" to the much loved dial-up 1980s-era computer terminals.
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Hands-on with the Google Drive for iOS app: mostly read only
The app gives access to Google Apps documents, but falls short on collaboration.
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Chrome for iOS review: syncing is great, but still just an iOS WebKit wrapper
Chrome could lure some Safari die-hards, despite a performance disadvantage.
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Tidal massaging reveals a hidden ocean on Saturn's moon, Titan
Its ocean comes with an icy floor, so Titan is likely unable to support life.
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SimCity Social is an insult to its namesake
Game is low on simulation, high on mindless manipulation.
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Dinosaur bones reveal evidence against cold blooded creatures
Modern mammals show similar growth patterns in their bones.
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FOIA request forces DoJ to reveal National Security Letter templates
ACLU acquires documents showing broad data Feds can request from ISPs, telecoms.
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Chromebooks coming to Best Buy, Google Drive to ChromeOS and iOS
Desktop sync and offline editing are available today.
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Elephantnose fish evolved complex eyes to see in muddy water
Photonic crystals, parabolic mirrors help the fish evade predators in the murk.
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Live from Google I/O: Day 2 keynote liveblog
Ars is on the scene to liveblog the second Google I/O 2012 keynote.
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SWAT team throws flashbangs, raids wrong home due to open WiFi network
Whoops! Those anonymous Internet threats came from up the block.
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The original OS X tablet: how Modbook got its groove back
You thought the iPad killed the Modbook tablet? Think again.
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4K TVs are coming, but they face an uphill battle in the home
Exhibitors and panelists at CE Week emphasize the challenges the standard faces.
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Why your ISP cares about the Law of the Sea
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, telecom industry push for treaty's passage.
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Mega-victory: Kim Dotcom search warrants "invalid," mansion raid "illegal"
A New Zealand judge savages the process used to target Megaupload's Kim Dotcom.
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Preordering a Google Glass Explorer Edition unit
The $1500 Explorer Edition will give developers early access to the technology.
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What happened to the Android Update Alliance?
Carriers and hardware partners are dropping the ball on updates.
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Google tries to take the pain out of developing for App Engine
New features simplify development platform, let users focus on code.
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Adding to the toolkit: an exoplanet's atmosphere reveals its orbit and mass
Carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of τ Boötis b provides new mass and orbit data
Feature Story
"Who needs an app store?" Five years of iPhone
The iPhone has evolved—and altered the course of the smartphone industry.
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On The Radar
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Sentinel
First private deep space mission will search for Earth-destroying asteroids
Funding raised by the B612 Foundation will send a telescope far into space.
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Reply Hazy, Try again
ITC defers ruling on Motorola's Xbox ban
The commission asked the judge that recommended the ban to reconsider.
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Injunction Junction
Breaking: Judge grants Apple an injunction against the Galaxy Nexus
Apple alleged that the phone violated 4 of its software patents.
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The Waiting is the hardest part
Judge appears skeptical towards government position on Megaupload data
Whether the DOJ can prosecute Hong-Kong based Megaupload is also up in the air.
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EXPLOITER
New espionage malware campaign targets users of Windows and Macs
The growing popularity of Macs isn't lost on those developing malware.
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Passing gas
Royal Society: fracking is safe, as along as it's regulated
"Extremely unlikely" groundwater could be contaminated by the process.
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Chrome + Air = Crash
Google confirms Chrome bug is causing crashes on latest MacBook Air
A minor update disables GPU acceleration while Google and Apple find a fix.
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Gone with a flash
No Flash for Android 4.1, no new installs after August 15
Installing Flash in Jelly Bean is possible for now, but unsupported.
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Ars Editor’s Picks The web worth reading.
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Musical Chairs
Apple: goodbye hardware engineering head Bob Mansfield, hello Dan Riccio
Riccio has been at Apple since 1998 and comes from iPad Hardware Engineering.
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Outlook not so good
Now officially on our death watch: RIM
Millions in losses and an update pushed back a year can only mean one thing.
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DROBO ARIGATO
First look: Drobo's new Thunderbolt-equipped Drobo Mini and Drobo 5D
Faster ports and new SSD-friendly features speed up the storage arrays.
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Terminal velocity
The trick to Google Glass skydive broadcast: amplifying dishes
Extra equipment was needed on the ground to pump up the signal.
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600,000 processor cores at your command
Google introduces Compute Engine, Google-scale Linux virtualization
New infrastructure-as-a-service joins the App Engine PaaS offering.
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Choice is good
Chrome comes to iPhone, iPad
A long-awaited alternative to Safari is now available.
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Tune into change
iTunes expected to get much-needed makeover by end of 2012
New music-sharing features and iCloud integration may be in the cards.
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infinity eyes
Google Glass: coming to your face by 2014
Wants "broad consumer offering" after getting developer feedback.
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Networking made touchy-feely
Securifi's Almond brings touchscreens to routers
New router forgoes cutting-edge features in favor of ease-of-use.
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Aiming for the cheap seats
First look at the $99 Matrix One Android tablet
We've been burned before, but this low-cost tablet at least looks like it works.
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OFF THE GRID (TEMPORARILY)
Today, Google Maps doesn't need your stinking Internet
Live now, new update to Maps allows limited offline map use for Android users.
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team fortress: the movie
Free Source Filmmaker brings Valve's 3D animation tools to the public
Beta signups open today through Steam.
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now you feel bad
One reason for Nexus Q's high price: "Manufactured in USA"
The media player is an attempt to eschew overseas manufacturing.
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Rentals, Schmentals
Google Play gets TV, movie, and magazine purchases for Nexus 7
Rentals-only is no more—Google offers content from NBC, ABC, Sony, etc. today.
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A trustworthy decision
Microsoft's hefty antitrust fine upheld by European court
Fine lowered by 4.5 percent, but Microsoft still has to pay.
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If that is your real name
In Rhode Island, lying online is no longer a crime
The state repealed an obscure 1989 law forbidding fudging facts online.
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Operation High Roller
Sophisticated bank fraud attempted to steal at least $78 million
Security firm McAfee said server-side attacks made transfers as high as $130,000.
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Honeypot
FBI hauls in 24 credit card hackers in online sting
Agents stopped exposure of 400,000 credit cards using a fake "carding" forum.
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Google TV got game
Vizio's Co-Star: $99 Google TV box with OnLive gaming support
New box undercuts Sony on price while bringing new features.
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Staff Blog
Orbitz to Mac users: show us the money!
Orbitz's attempt to target Mac users with nicer options has generated a backlash.
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Quality control
Far Cry 3 release pushed back to December
Latest in growing list of holiday games seeing delays.
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Twitter : Tweet :: Yammer : Yam
Microsoft buys enterprise-oriented social startup Yammer for $1.2 billion
Yammer's services will complement SharePoint, Office 365, Dynamics, and Skype.
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It'll suck... your blood
Skyrim expansion Dawnguard hits Xbox 360 tomorrow
PS3, PC versions coming in a month.
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let me take your e-mail for you
Facebook forces all users over to @facebook.com e-mail addresses
@facebook.com addresses are free; hence, we must all want one.
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Feature Story (3 pages)
Automated robbery: how card skimmers (still) steal millions from banks
Skimming costs less than ever, but a new generation of credit cards might stop it.
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Feature Story (2 pages)
Securing supercomputer networks (without disrupting 60Gbps data flows)
Scientists experience life outside the firewall with "Science DMZs."
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Feature Story (4 pages)
How SSDs conquered mobile devices and modern OSes
With flash ascendant, OS vendors have disabled defragging and supported TRIM.
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Feature Story (3 pages)
Winamp's woes: how the greatest MP3 player undid itself
15 years on, Winamp still lives—but mismanagement blunted its llama-whipping.
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