Mophie JuicePack Powerstation: fast, high-volume charging for iDevices
For $80, this external battery is easy to use, efficient and versatile.
Top Story: Divine intervention: Google's Nexus 7 is a fantastic $200 tablet
In-Depth Reports
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Op-ed: MPAA/RIAA lose big as US backs copyright "limitations"
As ACTA withers, the US government learns that copyright maximalism won't work.
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High-performance graphene transistors made using sticky tape
A UCLA team is pushing graphene radio frequency transistors to their limits.
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How to move from Windows to Linux?
Stack Exchange users offer tips on the transition between operating systems.
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Windows Home Server is dead, but we shouldn't mourn it
With Storage Spaces and HomeGroups, WHS just isn't as important as it once was.
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Building an Atari game from scratch: Ready Player One reveals The Stacks
Playing this retro-inspired game can also mean winning a DeLorean.
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States and industry get a legal smackdown on climate
An appeals court draws an informative line between science and policy.
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Steve Jobs on programming, craftsmanship, software, and the Web
We highlight some notable quotes from Steve Jobs in "The Lost Interview."
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Podcasts for iOS: what's wrong, and what can be improved
Syncing leaves a lot to be desired, and where's our iCloud support?
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Review: In Spelunky, death makes life worth playing
Punishing difficulty, random level design combine for a platforming masterpiece.
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Ars Technicast, Episode 5 - Retro gaming
On this week's podcast we take a look at our favorite games from the past.
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Dolby Digital Plus for Tablets tries to compensate for weak speakers
Can software optimizations make the speakers in today's tablets any better?
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Cisco backpedals after uproar, drops cloud from default router setting
Cisco: Our cloud isn’t for snooping on customers’ porn habits.
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Here comes Skynet: Army drones almost ready to share sky with airlines
UAS industry promises to not be evil as domestic drone deadline looms.
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Fukushima: "A disaster 'Made in Japan'"
New report shows toothless regulators, company indifference led to problems.
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New Windows Server 2012 puts virtualization front and center
Simpler pricing and fewer SKUs, but no more Small Business Server.
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World of Tanks dev's trek from the kitchen floor to 30M players
Wargaming.net CEO talks about the company’s explosive growth.
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Ron Paul group launches campaign against Internet regulation
Manifesto is silent on the dangers copyright abuses pose to Internet freedom.
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"Find and Call" app becomes first trojan to appear on iOS App Store
The malware uploads your contact list and SMS spams your friends—as you.
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Blizzard admits Diablo III is a game that ends
And really, is that such a bad thing?
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Researchers believe a coral reef collapse is looming
Pacific reefs had some bad millennia due to wild El Niños; bad sign for today.
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Wikileaks: Italian firm sold Syria secure radios as crackdown raged
Companies worked around US and EU sanctions, built a secure "emergency" network.
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Dark matter is the thread connecting galaxy clusters
Gravitational lensing reveals a dark matter filament predicted by theory.
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How to get the word out with digital signage
A free app, flat-screen TV, and a couple of old PCs is all it takes.
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Freeing your router from Cisco’s anti-porn, pro-copyright cloud service
Automatic update forced router admins into bizarre Cisco cloud program.
Feature Story
Divine intervention: Google's Nexus 7 is a fantastic $200 tablet
Like Microsoft, Google shows its own partners how one builds a tablet.
On The Radar
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Reuse, Reduce
Apple pulls products from green electronics registry
Its laptops, desktops, and monitors will no longer be certified by EPEAT.
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OMG! Internet Apocalypse!
Still infected, 300,000 PCs to lose Internet access July 9
Eight months after FBI broke up hacker ring, court pulling plug on DNS servers.
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Week in Review
Tech remorse, the Higgs boson, and Carreon vs. The Oatmeal
We share ten (ok, eleven) great stories from this week.
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Facts 'n Figures
Google submits $4 million bill for costs in Oracle lawsuit
Transcripts and copies make up the bulk of the bill.
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Dot denial dotcom
MPAA, US Attorney say White House not involved in Megaupload takedown
And FBI offers 40-page summary of 22 million emails worth of evidence to Dotcom.
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Psych!
This is your brain on poker
Researchers got subjects to bet against computers while inside an MRI tube.
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Passing the peace pipe
Facebook, Yahoo will end litigation in "patent peace deal"
Cross-licensing of patents, expansion of partnership reportedly approved.
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Server Error
HP says Itanium, HP-UX not dead yet
While exec says x86, Linux are future, company insists Itanium is part of plan.
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Who needs data?
New record for faking data set by Japanese researcher
Anesthesiologists published 212 papers; only 3 clearly fraud-free.
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Crisis averted
Apple fixes App Store DRM error, crash-free downloads resume
Apple is also lending a hand to developers who suffered from 1-star reviews.
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A Kindle phone?
Amazon reportedly looking to enter the smartphone game
Amazon is said to be acquiring wireless phone patents to avoid lawsuits as well.
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Lone dwarf spotted
Newborn brown dwarf formed the same way as stars
New result helps cement brown dwarfs' "failed star" status.
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A Galaxy far, far away
Samsung Galaxy Nexus pulled from Google Play over patent litigation
Phone should return next week, running Jelly Bean.
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Sanctions? What sanctions?
UN defies own sanctions against Iran by sending computer gear
The US is now investigating this possible WIPO headscratcher.
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Freedom isn't free
Recent iOS, Mac app crashes linked to botched FairPlay DRM
Independence Day brought app crashes galore, and problems are still ongoing.
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WHO NEEDS PATENTS?
Judge who threw out Apple/Moto case calls patent litigants "animals"
According to judge Richard Posner, most industries don't need patents at all.
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Is the iPad shuffle next?
Smaller-screened, non-retina "iPad mini" expected before end of 2012
A 7-8 inch screen may be gracing Apple's tablet line by October.
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Made on planet Earth
Parts in Google's "made-in-the-USA" Nexus Q mostly from Asia
Creating every component in the US would have been near impossible.
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Secret Sources
Kim Dotcom says Megaupload shutdown was Joe Biden's idea
Dotcom says he has insider information to prove it.
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Caveat emptor
Italy threatens Apple with potential ban over warranty dispute
Italians have a right to a 2-year warranty, and Apple isn't bringing it.
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Prying eyes
Jury: forgetting to log off gives "tacit authorization" for snooping
New Jersey court lets man off without penalty for spying on private e-mail.
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Bad Robot
Researchers create "clickjack rootkit" for Android that hijacks apps
Code exploits Android's framework to swap real apps for evil ones.
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Whining about wine-ing?
Linux players complain of illegitimate Diablo III bans (updated)
Blizzard says bans are only for those caught cheating.
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For a limited time only...
Windows 8 upgrades to be cheaper than ever
Just $39.99 to replace Windows XP, Vista, or 7 with Windows 8 Pro.
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I can haz Tweetz?
Twitter releases "transparency tool" to reveal government requests
Report from 2012 so far shows US leads world in both Google, Twitter requests.
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Goodwill gone bad
Microsoft writes off $6.2 billion spent on aQuantive
Redmond paid $6.3 billion for the advertising firm in 2007.
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#handsoff
NY judge compels Twitter to reveal user's data
Company had previously moved to quash subpoena from NY district attorney.
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drama@facebook.com
@facebook.com e-mail plague chokes phone address books
Facebook sync may have changed phone contacts to @facebook.com e-mail address.
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Discs' dying days
EA preparing to become "100 percent digital company"
In a recent interview, exec says death of retail model is "inevitable."
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Try, try again
Illinois Supreme Court nixes latest porn trolling scheme
Court not impressed by claims of 6,600-person conspiracy to hack a porn site.
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Back dat disk up
MobileMe officially shut down; iWork.com is next
iCloud uber alles: iWork.com will go dark on July 31.
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Secret Sneakernet
Chinese hackers steal Indian Navy secrets with thumbdrive virus
Attack was similar to 2008 attack on US military networks that led to a USB ban.
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Feature Story (2 pages)
How software-defined radio could revolutionize wireless
The Phi hopes to do for radio what Apple I did for computing—spark innovation.
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Feature Story (3 pages)
How US software ended up powering Chinese assault helicopters
Why spy or steal when Western companies will sell you the tech you need?
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Feature Story (4 pages)
Tech remorse: worst gadgets we ever bought
Close encounters with technological abominations.
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Feature Story (2 pages)
"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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