Crack in Internet's foundation of trust allows HTTPS session hijacking
Attack dubbed CRIME breaks crypto used to prevent snooping of sensitive data.
Top Story: Crack in Internet's foundation of trust allows HTTPS session hijacking
In-Depth Reports
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Wii U hits Japan Dec. 8, starting at about $337
System to be sold in two configurations, come with 2GB of RAM.
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Want global LTE roaming on iPhone 5? Don’t buy it from AT&T;
Only Verizon and Sprint iPhone models support international LTE roaming.
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Is the Wii U worth a second look? Ars readers weigh in
We asked what would get you interested in Nintendo's next. You answered.
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BlackHole 2.0 gives hackers stealthier ways to pwn
The new version of the web exploit kit conceals itself behind shifting web links.
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House approves another five years of warrantless wiretapping
Reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act must still be passed by the Senate.
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Cops might finally need a warrant to read your Gmail
Major surveillance law change arrives in the Senate—and it might well pass.
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Kindle Fire HD 7 forecast: cloudy, with a chance of lag
Our first look at the Kindle Fire HD suggests that not enough has changed.
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Visual Studio 2012: Free desktop development tool out today, first update outlined
Visual Studio 2012 to receive quarterly updates courtesy of new agile approach.
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Hands-on with the new iPhone 5, iPod touch, and iPod nano
The devices are definitely fast. And light, too.
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The spiritual successor to Diablo is... a licensed superhero game?
How Blizzard North's founder Diablo-fied the free-to-play Marvel Heroes.
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Study recruits 61 million participants via Facebook, gets some to vote
Strong friendships can help voting spread like a contagion.
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Newly standardized Opus audio codec fills every role from online chat to music
Royalty-free codec boasts best-in-class quality for both voice and music.
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Apple overhauls iPod lineup with new 5G iPod touch, taller iPod nano
iPod touch, nano both get bigger screens, many colors.
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iTunes gets a makeover, and just in time
Apple's monster of a media hub will get a new look in late October.
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iOS 6 to arrive on September 19 with turn-by-turn navigation, Passbook
Siri gets a bit smarter, too.
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Apple debuts long-awaited iPhone 5 with 4-inch display, LTE
Newest iOS device sports new A6 processor, ships September 21.
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Apple iPhone 5 launch event liveblog
Want to pore over every detail of Apple's iPhone 5 event? Dig in.
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Weak measurements show quantum uncertainty is inherent
Result clarifies role of measurement in the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
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Last-minute Apple rumors: iPhone 5 "Lightning," new iPod touches
Rumors fly in advance of Apple's big reveal at 10am PDT today.
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Nintendo's liveblog: the Wii U wait will be over Thursday, September 13
Join us as we liveblog Nintendo's Wii U event at 10am ET/7am PT on September 13.
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Intel's Haswell CPUs will fit in everything from tablets to servers
An improved GPU and lower power consumption make for a versatile chip.
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Will the Wii U win u back?
Tell us what you want out of Nintendo's next console.
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Twitter won't take down "giant food" photos, so artist sues
Photographer tries to scrub Twitter of his photos, one DMCA notice at a time.
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Getting some much-needed attention for Xbox's best indie games
The Xbox Live Indie Games Uprising highlights diamonds in the rough.
Feature Story
A server for the rest of us: hands-on with Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Media streaming, cloud backup, and remote access make small networks look big.
On The Radar
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Ping Me no more
Apple will shutter Ping on September 30
After two years of giving it a go, Apple decides to move on.
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Forefront forgotten
Microsoft killing off most of its Forefront range
The company will re-brand its online protection service as well.
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File not found
Cell phone evidence in fatal incident allegedly erased by Texas police
Cops in Dallas suburb of Mesquite confiscate phone, delete photos and videos.
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Playing hardball
Police accused of harassing man who objected to cell video deletion
Asking ex-wife, employers about past drug use called an intimidation tactic.
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A build-your-own cloud
An Amazon cloud rival lets users spec out their own servers
With ProfitBricks, customers choose any combination of CPU, RAM, and storage.
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Super Bramble
University builds cheap supercomputer with Raspberry Pi and Legos
University of Southampton team, 6-year old Lego specialist build an HPC for $4k
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Amazon everywhere
Amazon targets one-day deliveries to make up for lost tax advantage
Bezos seeks next-day delivery with big expansion of distribution warehouses.
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Green means go
Half-Life mod Black Mesa among first wave of "Greenlit" Steam games
Ten indie titles get full distribution deals on Valve's digital service.
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No one's lulzing
In wake of anti-Islam video, Afghanistan blocks film's YouTube page
After an offensive video gains traction in Middle East, Kabul seems cautious.
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Retro on the cheap(er)
Portable Neo Geo X available for $130 without accessories
Cheaper system loses the joystick, TV docking station of original $200 bundle.
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Blazing Browsers
Mozilla beefing up JavaScript performance with new JIT compiler
IonMonkey JavaScript will debut with Firefox 18 in early 2013.
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christ, what an asshole
Noted smut rag The New Yorker banned from Facebook for obscene cartoon
The magazine ran afoul of Facebook's Nudity and Sex community guidelines.
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electronic reading rainbow
E-books are already getting cheaper, thanks to Department of Justice
Six days later, many books at Amazon, B&N;, and Google are well below list price.
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Five years, still fighting
File-sharer will take RIAA case to Supreme Court
After losing three trials and one appeal, Jammie Thomas-Rasset still won't quit.
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Build it and they will come
Windows Store now open to all for submissions
Free registration for MSDN/DreamSpark subscribers, $49 or $99 for everyone else.
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Rounded corners are patentable, after all
Google VP says Apple v Samsung verdict was a "wake-up call"
The company will more aggressively protect its intellectual property.
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Kicking SAAS
Ubuntu's Shuttleworth bets on Inktank for cloud storage services
Canonical founder throwing weight behind open source exabyte-scale file system.
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Staff Blog
So long, and thanks for all the fish
I'm moving on from my current position at Ars Technica.
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Five years later
Minnesota file-sharer loses appeal, must pay $222,000
Jammie Thomas-Rasset’s original verdict is valid once more.
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Digging or fixing a hole?
First Flash patch for Windows 8 coming "shortly"
Long-term questions persist about the security of embedding Flash.
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THE TRUTH WASN'T OUT THERE
GoDaddy outage was caused by router snafu, not DDoS attack
Web host debunks rumors that a debilitating DDoS attack took it down.
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too much realism
ArmA III developers charged with espionage in Greece (updated)
Devs face 20 years for allegedly photographing military bases during research.
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PLEASE STAND BY
GoDaddy outage makes websites unavailable for many Internet users (Updated)
There's no evidence to support claims the outage is caused by Anonymous hackers.
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Vote early, vote often
Microsoft brings browser ballot to Windows 8 as EU antitrust probe continues
Browser selection screen deployed to all computers in the EEA.
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Just add flash
Western Digital's new hybrid drives aim for thinner, cheaper Ultrabooks
With 5mm hard drives, WD is innovating to fight off the SSD onslaught.
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We'll track you anyway
Apache webserver updated to ignore Do Not Track settings in IE 10
Critics say world's biggest webserver is subverting IE privacy preferences.
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Warm up the couch
Steam comes to the living room TV with Big Picture mode beta
New interface designed for handheld controllers, farther viewing distance.
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Google Fiber for (almost) all
Google Fiber will hit 89% of neighborhoods, some poor areas miss out
180 of 202 Kansas City "fiberhoods" met sign-up goals.
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Complain, and ye shall receive
Amazon caves in, will remove ads from Kindle Fire for $15 fee
Newly announced option will strip ads from home and lock screens.
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Staff Blog
Op-ed: Why it makes sense for Apple to plan a Pandora rival
We already have plenty of music streaming options, but none go through Apple.
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Buzzworthy
Biologists tag "zombees" with radio trackers to monitor parasitic infection
Fly parasite may be significant threat to honey bee colonies.
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Seriously long term evolution
WSJ: next-gen iPhone to have global 4G LTE compatibility
Worldwide "patchwork of spectrum" is hard to support, and may not be complete.
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Feature Story (4 pages)
Blocks with friends: How to run your own Minecraft server
Minecraft, Yourcraft, Ourcraft—building is more fun with your buddies.
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Feature Story (2 pages)
Pregnant males and pseudopenises: complex sex in the animal kingdom
Think sex and gender are simple? Nature says otherwise.
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Feature Story (4 pages)
50 years to orbit: Dream Chaser's crazy Cold War backstory
The reusable mini-spaceplane is back from the dead—again—and prepping for space.
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First look: Hyper-V 2012 targets VMware's air supply
Microsoft makes key enterprise VM features free. Game on, VMWare.
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