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Obamacare help line told customers passwords were reset in error
HHS says that a bogus script for support call center operators was to blame.
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Why US government IT fails so hard, so often
One hint: Windows Server 2003 is still good enough for government work.
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Obamacare site hits reset button on passwords as contractors scramble
Three years wasn't enough time to get this massive IT effort past the finish line.
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Feature Story
The Ars Frontrunners: 15 companies that led and still lead tech innovation
From Google (15 years old) to Corning (162): Companies that change our world.
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Hotwiring the future of in-car tech with a smartphone and Raspberry Pi
Weblink works around bugs in in-car tech by putting smartphone app in charge.
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Paint it black: Why BlackBerry is the next Novell
Z10's failure to launch consigns BlackBerry to a niche future—maybe minus phones.
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Tech that literally kicks ass
Researchers unveil first thought-controlled bionic leg
Prosthetic uses pattern recognition to analyze nerve impulses.
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Feature Story
General Motors is literally tearing its competition to bits
...so its 3D scanning can reverse-engineer others' vehicles, increasing speed to market.
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Google Chat Roulette!
Update: Google Talk creates awkward moments with misdirected messages
Users report random (and sometimes embarrassing) IMs sent to wrong recipient.
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Buy now, pay later
eBay hits “Buy It Now” button for mobile payments provider Braintree
eBay will be end-to-end payment provider for both online, mobile transactions.
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Feature Story
More than trading laptops for guns, IT entrepreneur aims to rewire Baltimore
Schools as an IT pro pipeline; student-run data centers bringing Wi-Fi to areas in need.
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Only you can prevent whistleblowers
Air Force Research Lab puts money up for tools to stop future Snowdens
AFRL modifies cyber research program to find ways to catch "insider threat."
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German chancellor’s drone “attack” shows the threat of weaponized UAVs
Dutch researchers warn that the next time, that drone could explode.
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Mega Download
Cloud provider gives customers two weeks’ notice before data vaporizes
Nirvanix will switch off on September 30; UK partner looks for rescue plan.
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Thermal paper: a strategic commodity
Failed Pentagon fax machine blocks FOIA requests (Updated)
Please hold all requests until at least October, when OSD might buy a new one.
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De-dupe time: GAO finds $321 million in redundant government IT spending
One and a third F-35 fighters wasted on redundant IT projects? It could be worse.
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Waterfalls and flywheels: General Motors’ new hyper-green data center
Ars gets a look inside at the first GM-owned data center in nearly 20 years.
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Cash and carry
Michael Dell wins buyout bid after Icahn takes ball, goes home
Shareholders approve, deal should be sealed before November.
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Staff Blog
Why the NSA loves Google’s Chromebook
Op-ed: PRISM, other recent revelations put touch of gray in Chrome's silver lining.
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Cray Cray upgrade
Cray gives its supercomputers more cores with Ivy Bridge upgrade
XC30 "Cascade" and CS300 cluster systems get a big bump in cores, performance.
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DARPA reinvents peer-to-peer for battlefield with tactical “torrents”
New project lets soldiers share content without syncing to server.
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Sysadmin security fail: NSA finds Snowden hijacked officials’ logins
Snowden reportedly used high-ranking official's profiles to troll NSA's intranet.
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Feature Story
Forget “post-PC”—pervasive computing and cloud will change the nature of IT
In the next five years, mobile tech and analytics will change how we work.
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If you love something, let it go
BlackBerry considers spinning off Messenger as separate business
With BBM due to appear on iOS and Android, service may fare better on its own.
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Cry (foam-padded) havoc! A day at Darkon’s Bellum Aeternus II
Video and pictures from Darkon's Woodstock of swordplay, sorcery, and epic beat-downs.