Feature Story
Dear ITU, please don't bill Internet use like phone calls
Telcos lobby for drastic change, think content networks getting a free ride.
Top Story: Paint it black: How Syria methodically erased itself from the 'Net
In-Depth Reports
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Paint it black: How Syria methodically erased itself from the 'Net
Bigger than Egypt's, Syria's blackout was carefully planned, with no leaks.
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"Scientists" uncover global league of mythical creatures
Lack of peer review makes findings less credible, more awesome.
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Can and should you ask for a code sample during a company interview?
Is it presumptuous? Or does it make you look professional?
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In a blow to Android, judge says Moto patents can't get injunctions
Motorola can't use standard-based patents to enjoin Microsoft's Xbox.
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Taking the new iMac out of its weird-shaped box
New trapezoidal box is harder to stack but much easier to open.
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Level capping truly, unapologetically sucks
An op-ed from the Department of Having Your Cake and Eating it Too.
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Porn trolling case thrown out for "attempted fraud on the court"
Firm for Sunlust Pictures so sleazy it can't find a lawyer to represent them.
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Model brain with 2.5 million neurons configures itself to solve problems
For this model brain, architecture matters more than sheer numbers.
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Friday Android appalooza: Old school rules
And so do location-based reminders.
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It’s a bug! It’s a leaf! It's a fossil!
Insect mimicry goes back to the Jurassic.
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21-inch iMac teardown shows newly rearranged innards
Tight packaging means design changes over previous model.
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Securing your Web server with SSL/TLS
Ars continues our adventures in Web serving by adding encryption to the mix.
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New data on privacy policies shows 20 percent of sites may sell data
PrivacyChoice hopes to create a "Wikipedia for Privacy Policies."
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Mozilla ships Firefox with H.264 support on Android
New Firefox version uses hardware support to avoid patent license fees.
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Why you can't read too much into the Wii U's "slow" clock speed
Comparing raw numbers just doesn't work when measuring consoles' relative power.
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Looking backward and forward: The explosive smartphone scene in 2013
Samsung, Apple currently dominate—so Ars asked analysts about potential shifts.
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Tor operator charged for child porn transmitted over his servers
Austrian man is latest to be held responsible for traffic passing through Tor.
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Craters on Mercury are oases for water ice, organic molecules
Polar region holds material left over from the early days of the solar system.
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Wormholes: not just for physicists anymore
A biologist investigates old illustrations to find new data about bugs.
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Humble THQ Bundle threatens to ruin the brand's reputation (Updated)
Co-founder responds to Ars and says indies are still the Bundle's core.
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US cyber-weapons exempt from "human judgment" requirement
"Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?"
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In annual ritual, AT&T; declared worst wireless service
Verizon leads big four but Consumer Reports finds small carriers to be the best.
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Electric wedgies? Elastic material maintains conductivity when stretched
Korean researchers give silver nanoparticles the bends.
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Hack could let browsers use cloud to carry out big attacks on the cheap
Exploit abuses cloud services to do large-scale computations.
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Like it or not, nonreplaceable CPUs may be the future of desktops
Future Intel CPUs may come soldered to motherboards, but what does that change?
On The Radar
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Avast, ye scurvy dogs!
BPI requests UK Pirate Party shut down Pirate Bay proxy
We don't think they'll do it.
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Week in Review
Web servers and Satan: The best Ars stories from this week
And we tested out Google fiber in person, too.
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Biological property
Supreme Court to rule on patentability of human genes
Lower court ruled that genes can be patented once isolated from the body.
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Can't keep a good bundle down
Humble THQ Bundle raises over $2.4 million in just over a day
More than 425,000 purchasers help set a new record pace for the bundle.
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dead end
House passes GOP immigration bill for science, math grads
But Democratic opposition will almost surely stop the bill in the Senate.
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THE HEAT IS HOT
NAND flash gets baked, lives longer
Discovery by ROM manufacturer Macronix could defeat flash's greatest weakness.
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Yabba dabba do!
Kickstarter “Frankencar” combines solar panels with bike pedals
Go 1,800 miles on the equivalent of a gallon of gas.
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Celebrare cum redimereet
The Dealmaster: Laptops, desktops, monitors, chairs!
Ending November with a 27" 1080p monitor for a great price, plus other deals.
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21ST CENTURY ESPIONAGE
Malware siphons data on new rocket from Japanese space agency
Solid-fuel rocket is intended for launching satellites and space probes.
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Staff Blog
Final Nintendo Power cover brings the magazine full circle
A fitting sendoff for a vital, pre-Internet source of gaming info and community.
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The wait continues
21-inch iMac retail availability spotty, 27-inch models to ship in 2-3 weeks
The Apple Stores that do have iMacs apparently have "more than a few."
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We're having a fire... sale!
Amazon, Google slash cloud storage prices more than 25 percent
Google undercuts Amazon in cloud-y pricing war.
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Livin' on the edge
LivingSocial lays off 10 percent of its employees
LivingSocial says its customer service staff will move from DC to AZ, too.
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We don't need no stinkin' contracts
Apple may begin selling unlocked iPhone 5s this week
Now that supply is meeting demand for its latest smartphone.
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Immigration politics
Technology visa proposal foiled by partisan politics
Obama opposes GOP proposal to increase skilled immigration, cut unskilled.
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No peeking!
Senate committee takes an important step towards protecting your inbox
Senators pass ECPA reform requiring a warrant for cops to read your e-mail.
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Bye bye, .sy
Syria deletes itself from Internet as fighting intensifies
Sites in country unreachable from outside world, some cell phone service down.
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I wanna rock
Apple releases iTunes 11 with "dramatically simplified user interface"
After a month delay, update offers major overhaul to the overloaded media app.
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The one we've all been waiting for
x86 Surface Pro: $899 for 64GB, $999 for 128GB, no keyboard included [Updated]
Better screen, more weight, and half the battery life of its ARM sibling.
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Sour grapes?
Former Apple SVP calls Forstall firing "deserved and justified"
Father of the iPod had his own run-ins with Forstall during iPhone development.
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Staff Blog
Fully loaded new 27-inch iMac will cost over $4,200—before tax
Top model starts at $1,999, but those build-to-order options really add up.
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Plunder down under
Small business point-of-sale systems hacked Subway-style in Australia
Romanian hacking ring busted after ringing up $30 million in fraudulent charges.
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A Christmas Reprieve
"Six strikes" copyright enforcement postponed until 2013
CCI official says ISPs want to be sure "I's are dotted and T's crossed."
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4 × not much = a little bit
Windows Phone sales quadruple, 7.8 update coming early 2013
Microsoft talks Windows Phone 7.8 features for the first time since June.
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If it looks like a pirate...
DRM error causes problems for legitimate Game Maker users
Popular development tool overwrites user-made assets with a skull and crossbones.
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Red-oculus
Oculus delays dev kits for Rift head-mounted display by three months
Creators say three-month delay is due to unexpected demand, mass production issues.
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blame aperture science?
Five missing moon rocks discovered in storage in Minnesota
Hundreds of lunar samples lurk around the planet; we don't know where most are.
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Saving face
UK TV Shack admin won't face trial in US on copyright charges
Richard O'Dwyer will travel to US to pay fine, accept "deferred prosecution."
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Nuclear Hackmail
Pro-Iranian hackers stole data from UN atomic agency's server
Hackers threatened to expose physicists, others who worked with IAEA.
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The end of an era
Software patent booster to step down as head of patent office
David Kappos overhauled the USPTO to deal with patent backlog.
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A winning strategy?
Seeking to head off Samsung argument, Apple shortens a patent term
Samsung post-trial motion is a longshot in any case.
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when it rains...
Samsung faces two-front patent war as Ericsson files suit in Texas
Cross-licensing agreement expires; Samsung says new rates are "extreme."
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