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Ars Technica is a technology-related website catering to PC enthusiasts. Started in 1998, the site covers technology news and provides editorial and analysis. The name "Ars Technica" is a Latin phrase for "(The) Technical Arts." The main content is a blog-style presentation of news stories, interspersed with advertising. Featured articles are less frequent but go into more depth than the news stories. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Jon Mitchell
Last Edit:
Feb 10, 2011 - 9:52 AM PST
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3 years later, Facebook still can't delete photos correctly
Facebook is still working on deleting photos from its servers in a timely manner nearly three years after Ars first brought attention to the topic. The company admitted on ...via Dan Gillmor -
How the craziest f#@!ing "theory of everything" got published and promoted
A faculty member at a prominent research university has published a grandiose theory to explain everything from string theory to evolution. It's clearly bonkers—so why is it ...via Alexis Madrigal -
Symantec: Anonymous stole source code, users should disable pcAnywhere
Symantec is telling pcAnywhere customers to disable the product because Anonymous stole source code...via Google News -
Google Doubles Plus Membership with Brute-Force Signups
Google's redesigned system for creating accounts makes it difficult to avoid signing up for Google+. Google+ now has 90 million users, double what it had three months ago. ...via Google News -
PIPA support collapses, with 13 new Senators opposed
Members of the Senate are rushing for the exits in the wake of the Internet's unprecedented protest of the Protect IP Act (PIPA). At least 13 members of the upper chamber ...via Rebecca McKinnon -
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/obama-administration-joins-the-ranks-of-sopa-skeptics.ars
The Obama administration has joined the ranks of skeptics of the Stop Online Piracy Act. In an online statement released Saturday, three senior White House officials wrote ...via Google News -
Under voter pressure, members of Congress backpedal (hard) on SOPA - Ars Technica
TIMEUnder voter pressure, members of Congress backpedal (hard) on SOPAArs TechnicaBy Timothy B. Lee | Published January 13, 2012 4:56 PM The public outcry over the Stop Online ...via Dave Winer -
Obama administration says Constitution protects cell phone recordings
In a Tuesday court filing, the Obama Justice Department argued that Baltimore police officers violated the Constitution when they retaliated against a man recording an arrest ...via Dan Gillmor -
MPAA attacks Ars for "challenging efforts to curb content theft"
The Motion Picture Association of America doesn't like us. According to the MPAA blog on Tuesday, "Arts Technica" is a "tech blog with a long history of challenging efforts to ...via Alexis Madrigal -
How the US pressured Spain to adopt unpopular Web blocking law
Spain has a new government commission charged with blocking piratical websites, but leaked documents show that the unpopular plan passed only after sustained pressure from the ...via Dave Winer
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