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Ars Technica System Guide: December 2012
New Year's resolution? Finally build that sweet rig. And we're here to help.
Technology Lab / Information Technology
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In bringing Office to iOS, Microsoft is playing a dangerous game
But Apple's intransigence could be Microsoft's salvation.
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The answer to HP's troubles? Throw the bums out!
The best way to save HP may be to kill it—or at least cut off its head.
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Everybody stop panicking
Why Gmail went down: Google misconfigured load balancing servers (Updated)
Load balancing change affected multiple products including Chrome and Gmail.
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As expected
Microsoft building more Surfaces, selling at Staples, Best Buy [Updated]
Retail stores in the US and Australia will sell the tablets from mid-December.
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Intel pitches ARM alternative to data centers—including Facebook's
Six-watt, server-class Atom CPU is 64-bit and has virtualization baked in.
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Web Served, part 4: Get your database on
We've got a Web server and PHP, but where do we keep our stuff?
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IBM's nanophotonic tech integrates optic data right into chips
Ready for prime time, tech can push terabits per second over long distances.
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FTC: disclosures severely lacking in kids' mobile apps—and it's getting worse
Report claims "significant discrepancy" between what apps say and what they do.
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Shuttleworth: Ubuntu's goal is one OS from phones to supercomputers
Will Ubuntu phones and tablets convince customers to buy Ubuntu desktops?
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Could Surface be coming to a retailer near you?
Microsoft needs mass-market visibility if it wants mass-market appeal.
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25-GPU cluster cracks every standard Windows password in <6 hours
All your passwords are belong to us.
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How should I add a new developer to the team?
Finding the balance between too many cooks in the kitchen and short-staffed.
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Richard Stallman calls Ubuntu “spyware” because it tracks searches
Canonical plans to expand controversial search mechanism in Ubuntu 13.04.
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AMD puts brakes on chip manufacturing as sales plummet
"When demand declines, AMD is the first to go."
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Set your apps free
Google kills free version of Google Apps for businesses
All new business customers must pay $50 per user per year.
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Faster GPS that won't kill your battery via the cloud, and a crowd
Defense agency looks to improve low-power GPS precision through crowdsourcing.
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Low-end Lumia 620 shows Nokia's and Windows Phone's scaling trouble
$249 for a Windows Phone 8 device is cheap, but is it cheap enough?
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BIG BROTHER 2.0
Online marketer tapped browser flaw to see if visitors were pregnant
Ad network served banners on 45,000 websites; now settles federal charges.
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Android-ization of IT
Google now lets businesses build private Android app stores
Google Play's "Private Channels" can distribute custom apps to employees.
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Oh great: New attack makes some password cracking faster, easier than ever
You're not still using SHA1 for password hashing, are you?
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Web served, part 3: Bolting on PHP with PHP-FPM
After setting up server and security, we get to deliver some active content.
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VMware, EMC spin out cloud units in big new joint venture
Ex-VMware boss Paul Maritz will try to lead the cloud and big data revolution.
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Iran claims victorious capture of a flying lawnmower
The drone Iran claims to have "hunted down" is cheap, small, and low tech.
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SMS VULNERABILITY
Tweeting with SMS can open door to hacks on your Twitter account (updated)
Twitter has known of vulnerability since August, hasn't patched it.
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