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Disney researchers put gesture recognition in door knob... May 05 2012 18:44:00	Ars Technica
Disney researchers put gesture recognition in door knobs, chairs, fish tanks Imagine a door that locks when you pinch the knob. Or a smartphone that can be silenced by a hand gesture. Or a chair that adjusts room lighting when you recline into it. A team of researchers at Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh have come up with a system called Touché, which uses the same capacitive technology as a smartphone's touchscreen to imbue everyday objects with body and gesture recognition. Read the comments on thi... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
When Google alone doesn't cut it: help us tackle tough ... May 05 2012 17:57:00	Ars Technica
When Google alone doesn't cut it: help us tackle tough sync scenarios Syncing data between computers, smartphones, tablets, and other devices has gotten much easier since the days of manually syncing a PC and a Palm Pilot via an infrared port or a USB cable. Freely available cloud services that store your data centrally, something that used to be the purview of expensive solutions like Exchange servers that were out of reach for home users, have now become much more affordable and easier to use. For a one-man army or a one-woman business, things are great. But whe... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
A trip to the (virtual) grocery store May 05 2012 17:32:08	Ars Technica
A trip to the (virtual) grocery store "Virtual" grocery stores aren't just for South Koreans anymore—a version of them exists in the US now as well. Peapod, which operates without commercial stores and delivers groceries to customers after they order online, is testing a new real-life shopping concept in Chicago and Philadelphia. But it doesn't involve picking up products and putting them into your cart: instead, shoppers can scan barcodes for items plastered on the walls of a virtual store space and add those items to their o... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Weird Science increases its fondness for atheists May 05 2012 17:05:00	Ars Technica
Weird Science increases its fondness for atheists I thought I didn't like you, but then you mentioned the Supreme Court: Atheists are some of the least trusted members of society, consistently coming in last in polls that ask whether you'd vote for a hypothetical presidential candidate that had certain features. Now, researchers have figured out a way to make atheists a touch more appealing: prime people with thoughts of trusted secular authorities. This didn't eliminate the bias against atheists, but it did seem to reduce it a bit.Bucky... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Weekend Ar(t)s: With Free Comic Book Day, there's no ex... May 05 2012 16:30:05	Ars Technica
Weekend Ar(t)s: With Free Comic Book Day, there's no excuse to miss out During the weekend, even Ars takes an occasional break from reviewing just how mastered those iTunes songs are or worrying about a few malicious Android apps. Weekend Ar(t)s is a chance to share what we're watching/listening/reading or otherwise consuming this week. Free Comic Book Day Experts project The Avengers to dominate the weekend box office. Major magazines currently devote pages to Joss Whedon. So if there was ever a perfect year to embrace whatever inner geek resides within, this is ... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Week in Apple: Mastered for iTunes, RubyMotion, and Wil... May 05 2012 16:00:00	Ars Technica
Week in Apple: Mastered for iTunes, RubyMotion, and Willy Wonka Jobs This week's most popular Apple coverage at Ars included our analysis of the Mastered for iTunes audio, a look at RubyMotion, Apple's tablet market share numbers, an interview with the creative director who worked with Steve Jobs for 12 years, and plenty more. It has been a busy week, so we won't blame you if you missed some of it. You've come to the right place! Does "Mastered for iTunes" matter to music? Ars puts it to the test: Some engineers say Apple's "Mastered for iTunes" program is mere ... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Week in Gaming: Blizzard's real-money auctions, Nintend... May 05 2012 15:15:00	Ars Technica
Week in Gaming: Blizzard's real-money auctions, Nintendo's retail downloads The biggest story of the week, based on reader interest, was Blizzard's announcement of total fees amounting to up to 30 percent for real money sales in the Diablo III auction house. Readers also showed heavy interest (and confusion) over Nintendo's newly unveiled plan to offer brick-and-mortar retailers downloadable versions of some of its games on a wholesale basis. The most surprising news of the week, though, was probably the reports that Microsoft will soon begin selling a subsidized versi... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Week in review: Craigslist creeps, Samsung Galaxy S III... May 05 2012 14:30:00	Ars Technica
Week in review: Craigslist creeps, Samsung Galaxy S III, and copyright trolls "Free babysitting": how would-be pedophiles use Craigslist—and how they get caught: Craigslist is full of outrageous and ridiculous ads. But what happens when the guy offering "free babysitting" and asking for young girls' panties isn't kidding—and when he wants to meet children in person for sex? Samsung Galaxy S III hands on: fast, thin, and a little bit cheap feeling : Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S III, the latest iteration of its flagship Galaxy line of handsets, and we've ha... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Week in tech: Microsoft's Linux supernodes, Ubuntu's be... May 05 2012 13:45:00	Ars Technica
Week in tech: Microsoft's Linux supernodes, Ubuntu's best apps, and more Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by Microsoft (updated): Microsoft has overhauled the structure of Skype, replacing peer-to-peer supernodes made up of ordinary users with about 10,000 Linux boxes that have been hardened to withstand hack attacks, a security researcher says. Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04: Ubuntu 12.04 landed last week. In this roundup, we take a brief look at some of the most useful applications that users can install from... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Week in science: feel the heat May 05 2012 13:00:00	Ars Technica
Week in science: feel the heat Things were hot for this week's science news, with solar eruptions, local heating driven by wind farms, and the test firing of a rocket. But there were also plans to keep things cool, via floating windmills and an examination of the idea of buying up fossil fuel extraction rights, then not extracting them. Meanwhile, nearly a decade after its planned 90-day drive on Mars was done, one of NASA's rovers is still sending back valuable scientific data. R... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Text-to-911 moves ahead in the US as Verizon chooses pa... May 04 2012 22:50:52	Ars Technica
Text-to-911 moves ahead in the US as Verizon chooses partner vendor While text-to-911 has been in the works for some time, it’s looking like Verizon is taking another step towards building a nationwide emergency SMS apparatus, as part of the Next Generation 911 (NG911) upgrades. Those changes are set to also include improved location data for 911 calls as well. About a year ago, the Federal Communications Commission began proposing new rules to allow American residents to notify emergency services via text message. On Friday, the FCC praised Verizon ... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Oracle-Google jury reaches verdict on all but one Java ... May 04 2012 20:59:00	Ars Technica
Oracle-Google jury reaches verdict on all but one Java copyright question The jury in the Oracle/Google Java copyright case has ruled on three of the four questions it must answer, but a verdict has not been revealed because the presiding judge has sent jurors back to deliberate on the unresolved issue. As you know, Oracle accuses Google of infringing Java copyrights and patents in the Android mobile operating system. The copyright portion of the trial has ended. Jurors reportedly told Judge William Alsup that they have reached a decision on all but one of the questio... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Ignore your e-mail for more productive, less stressful ... May 04 2012 20:45:00	Ars Technica
Ignore your e-mail for more productive, less stressful workday Ignoring your e-mail may be essential to making your work pace less frenetic, according to a study done of workers at a scientific research center. While the study has some flaws, it speaks more broadly to the importance of taking control of how work time is spent, particularly when it feels dictated by outside sources. In the study, a group of 13 volunteers vowed to go on a no-e-mail diet for five days, with all new e-mails received during that period bypassing the inbox and a rule against sen... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Google may face massive fine from FTC for bypassing Saf... May 04 2012 20:34:00	Ars Technica
Google may face massive fine from FTC for bypassing Safari privacy controls Google is said to be in the process of negotiating a fine with the Federal Trade Commission for circumventing Safari's privacy settings, according to Bloomberg. Citing an unnamed "person familiar with the matter," Bloomberg says Google faces being fined up to $10 million once the FTC files formal charges against the company, though unsurprisingly, neither Google nor the FTC has publicly commented. Google was found to be working its way around Safari's tool that allows users to block third-party... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Nokia being sued by investor for fraud after share pric... May 04 2012 18:31:00	Ars Technica
Nokia being sued by investor for fraud after share price tumbles Nokia has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for failing to turn around its smartphone business in six months and reporting substantial losses for the first quarter of this year. Investor Robert Chmielinski says that between October 11th, 2011, and April 10th, 2012, Nokia engaged in fraud. Over that period Nokia CEO Stephen Elop made a number of confident statements about the prospects of the company's then-forthcoming Lumia range of Windows Phone handsets. On April 11th, however, Nokia issue... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Emergency Flash update fixes security bug being used to... May 04 2012 18:21:00	Ars Technica
Emergency Flash update fixes security bug being used to hijack PCs Adobe has released an emergency update for its Flash Player that fixes a security bug that's being actively exploited to hijack Windows computers running the ubiquitous software. The "object confusion vulnerability" resides in all Flash versions, including those for devices running Mac OS X, Linux, Google's Android OS, and Windows, Adobe said in an advisory published Friday. The bug "is being exploited in the wild in active targeted attacks designed to trick the users into clicking on a malici... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Apple tests Samsung 32nm process on A5-equipped iPad 2 ... May 04 2012 18:02:00	Ars Technica
Apple tests Samsung 32nm process on A5-equipped iPad 2 and Apple TV As noted recently by Chipworks, Apple is now shipping some iPad 2 models (and all third-generation Apple TV devices) with a 32nm A5 processor built on Samsung's power-efficient "high-dielectric metal gate" (HK+MG) process. These products give Apple a relatively low-volume test bed to ensure its architecture works well with the process, and extensive testing by AnandTech shows that the 32nm process offers significant power savings over the older 45nm process used for processors in other iOS devic... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Researchers spot planet-eating white dwarfs May 04 2012 17:45:26	Ars Technica
Researchers spot planet-eating white dwarfs Planets as small as Earth are hard to spot orbiting other stars; obtaining good data about their chemical composition is well beyond the abilities of our current instruments. However, a new study of four white dwarfs provides hints about the fate of planets like our own. It's not an especially happy one, as the astronomers found that the chemical composition of debris on the white dwarfs closely matches that of Earth.These observations, which will be published in the Monthly Notices of the Ro... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
iOS app success is a "lottery": 60% (or more) of develo... May 04 2012 17:15:00	Ars Technica
iOS app success is a "lottery": 60% (or more) of developers don't break even There is no shortage of stories about lone developers who made an app for the iPhone or iPad and had runaway success. But in the real world, the majority of app makers struggle to break even, according to a recent survey by marketing firm App Promo. Though the survey's methodology is a bit on the light side, numerous developers that we spoke to agree that the results—59 percent of apps don't break even, and 80 percent of developers can't sustain a business on their apps alone—are clo... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Getting started with Google's Cloud Print May 04 2012 16:55:00	Ars Technica
Getting started with Google's Cloud Print Sometime soon, you'll likely have something to print—and there's no guarantee you'll be at your home or office when the need strikes. You could make a reminder for yourself to print that e-mail or document the next time you're at your Mac or PC, or you could harness the power of the cloud to remove those traditional workplace boundaries and bring the printer to you. Cloud printing has been around for a few years now, and it's actually very easy to set up. Google is the reigning champ in t... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Waiting on the RIAA, feds held seized Dajaz1 domain for... May 04 2012 15:41:23	Ars Technica
Waiting on the RIAA, feds held seized Dajaz1 domain for months Documents unsealed this week reveal that the year-long delay in returning the seized Dajaz1 domain name occurred in part because the government was waiting for copyright holders, including the Recording Industry Association of America, to provide more information. The documents were released in response to a joint request from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the First Amendment Coalition and Wired (which shares a parent company with Ars). The documents raise fresh questions about the domain ... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Two months later, Apple acknowledges use of OpenStreetM... May 04 2012 15:29:00	Ars Technica
Two months later, Apple acknowledges use of OpenStreetMap in iPhoto Apple has finally given a public nod to OpenStreetMap, almost two months after it began using OSM's mapping data within iPhoto for iOS. The OpenStreetMap team tweeted about the change on Thursday evening, noting that the app, which was updated earlier this week with relatively minor fixes, quietly gained an OSM mention in the credits. When Apple began using OSM data in the iOS version of iPhoto in March, it came as somewhat of a surprise to both the world and even the OSM Foundation itself. At ... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Ars Premier Chat 012: Chicago CTO John Tolva & CDO Bret... May 04 2012 15:09:00	Ars Technica
Ars Premier Chat 012: Chicago CTO John Tolva & CDO Brett Goldstein We're excited to be hosting another in our ongoing series of Live Chats with two special guests: John Tolva, chief technology officer for the City of Chicago, and Brett Goldstein, chief data officer for the City of Chicago. We are opening up the Live Chat to all readers as a way to celebrate the launch of a new design for Ars Technica on May 9. Upcoming chats with future guests will be subscriber-only (as past chats have been), but our conversation with John and Bre... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Yahoo: Facebook's Open Compute Project also violates ou... May 04 2012 14:46:00	Ars Technica
Yahoo: Facebook's Open Compute Project also violates our patents You already know Yahoo is suing Facebook, claiming its "entire social network model" was made possible by Yahoo's patented Web technologies. Now, it turns out Yahoo is indicating it may assert another 16 patents against Facebook that Yahoo claims are being used in open source technology Facebook adopted for its data centers and servers. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing yesterday, Facebook said "We received a letter dated April 23, 2012 from Yahoo indicating that they believe 16 pa... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
UK to science publishers: don't follow recording indust... May 04 2012 14:15:00	Ars Technica
UK to science publishers: don't follow recording industry down the tubes There's been a growing push to get more scientific research out from behind paywalls. The federal government, private funding bodies, and a number of research institutions have all adopted policies that either mandate or encourage placing papers where the public can view them. Now, it appears that the UK is considering following suit. In addition to planning to make its researchers' publications available, the country's science minister has asked Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales to advise it on how to... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
DeployStudio: Heavy-duty imaging software for OS X May 04 2012 14:00:00	Ars Technica
DeployStudio: Heavy-duty imaging software for OS X Ars dives deep with a heavy-duty imaging package for OS X. Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Feature: DeployStudio: Heavy-duty imaging software for ... May 04 2012 14:00:00	Ars Technica
Feature: DeployStudio: Heavy-duty imaging software for OS X Macs are on the rise in businesses and educational institutions, and while IT managers might not like it, users are increasingly asking for more Mac support from their workplaces. Supporting Macs means coming up with ways to manage and configure them to run your programs and comply with your IT department’s best practices, and doing that quickly and effectively means finding ways to install pre-configured operating system images and approved applications on them. Software like Disk Utili... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
New electrode material could lead to powerful rechargea... May 04 2012 13:30:45	Ars Technica
New electrode material could lead to powerful rechargeable sodium batteries A new electrode material could help make lightweight, powerful rechargeable sodium batteries to replace lithium-ion batteries used in electronics and some electric vehicles. The material contains widely available iron, instead of the nickel and cobalt commonly used in these electrodes, and enables a similar energy density to electrodes in lithium batteries. Sodium is an attractive candidate to replace lithium in batteries because it’s cheaper and widely available around the world. But b... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
"Literally" the day he was arrested, hacker Sabu helped... May 04 2012 12:05:00	Ars Technica
"Literally" the day he was arrested, hacker Sabu helped the FBI It didn't take much time to turn Hector "Sabu" Monsegur into an FBI informant—just a few hours, in fact. “Since literally the day he was arrested, the defendant has been cooperating with the government proactively,” Assistant US Attorney James Pastore told a federal judge last August. Monsegur had been a key member of Anonymous and later the “happy hackers” of LulzSec, a spinoff group that broke into servers around the world during the summer of 2011 and taunted t... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Samsung Galaxy S III hands on: fast, thin, and a little... May 04 2012 03:05:20	Ars Technica
Samsung Galaxy S III hands on: fast, thin, and a little bit cheap feeling Samsung today launched its keenly anticipated Galaxy S III flagship Android phone. We played around with it at Samsung's remarkably expensive and busy event in London's Earl's Court. The hardware specs of the Galaxy S III are second to none. Quad-core 1.4GHz Exynos 4 processor (a Cortex A9 design, so essentially the same CPU core as found in the NVIDIA Tegra 3, Texas Instruments' OMAP 4, and Apple's A5, among others) with an integrated ARM Mali GPU, paired with 1GB RAM, 16, 32, or 64 GB of flas... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
MI6 codebreaker attended U.S. security conference just ... May 04 2012 02:40:55	Ars Technica
MI6 codebreaker attended U.S. security conference just before his death A top British codebreaker who died a mysterious death in his flat two years ago had just returned from a computer security conference in the United States before his death, according to information disclosed during an inquest this week. The body of Gareth Williams, a codebreaker with Britain’s MI6 spy agency, was discovered stuffed into a sports bag in his bathtub on Aug. 23, 2010, though he’s believed to have been killed Aug. 15. Williams had just returned to London on Aug. 11 after... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Malicious apps hosted in Google store turn Android phon... May 04 2012 00:45:08	Ars Technica
Malicious apps hosted in Google store turn Android phones into zombies Google has been caught hosting more than a dozen malicious titles in its official Android app market. Some had been downloaded tens of thousands of times and turn smartphones into zombies that await commands from their attacker overlords, security researchers said. A stash of 17 malicious apps remained freely available in the Google Play store, according to a blog post published Thursday by researchers from antivirus provider Trend Micro. Six of those titles contained a highly stealthy code dub... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Oracle v. Google judge asks for comment on EU court ruling May 03 2012 23:15:12	Ars Technica
Oracle v. Google judge asks for comment on EU court ruling The copyright phase of the Oracle v. Google trial is winding down. While the world waits for a jury verdict on the facts, the judge overseeing the case is wrestling with the complexities of the law. Oracle has argued that the "structure, sequence and organization" of the Java API is eligible for copyright protection, while Google disagrees. On Thursday, Judge William Alsup asked each party to submit a 20-page brief answering a series of 13 in-depth questions about the Java API and the relevant ... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Has Walmart opened itself up to "Denial of inventory" a... May 03 2012 22:10:00	Ars Technica
Has Walmart opened itself up to "Denial of inventory" attacks? On April 26, Walmart's e-commerce site launched a pay-with-cash feature, allowing shoppers to reserve products for pickup at a local Walmart store. While the feature opens up e-commerce to a larger number of potential transactions—including purchases by teenagers and others without credit cards—it also has opened up the company to potential attacks against its inventory system, using the e-commerce site against the company. The cash-based payment program, which among other things r... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Apple hoards tablet share while market falls off a clif... May 03 2012 21:15:11	Ars Technica
Apple hoards tablet share while market falls off a cliff for first quarter The overall tablet market is suffering despite Apple's strong numbers when it comes to iPad sales. Released Thursday, IDC's quarterly report on the tablet market shows a steep decline in worldwide tablet shipments during the first quarter of 2012—a 38.4 percent unit decline to 17.4 million units from the previous quarter's 28.2 million units. This was actually lower than IDC's already pessimistic projection of a 34 percent decline. But when it comes to Apple, things are dandy. The company ... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Facebook announces initial IPO price range of $28 to $35 May 03 2012 20:55:50	Ars Technica
Facebook announces initial IPO price range of $28 to $35 Facebook is slated to set its price range for its initial public offering (IPO) at $28 to $35, according to an amended filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The company is expected to be publicly listed on the NASDAQ exchange on May 18 under the ticker symbol “FB.” "Facebook, Inc. is offering 180,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock and the selling stockholders are offering 157,415,352 shares of Class A ... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Alleged "mastermind" of #Antisec added to indictment fo... May 03 2012 20:45:00	Ars Technica
Alleged "mastermind" of #Antisec added to indictment for Stratfor hack Jeremy Hammond, the former LulzSec member alleged to have been at the center of the hacking of private intelligence company Stratfor, has now been formally indicted on that charge, as well as the hacking of the website of the Arizona Department of Public Safety. While he was arrested in March, the indictments unsealed in federal court on March 6 named, but did not charge, Hammond, known by the handle "Anarchaos" among others. The new indictment, which amends the original, accuses Hammond of lea... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
White spaces and happy faces: TV stations drop lawsuit ... May 03 2012 20:00:00	Ars Technica
White spaces and happy faces: TV stations drop lawsuit against "super WiFi" The National Association of Broadcasters has withdrawn its legal objection to the FCC's "white spaces" proposal, removing a key source of uncertainty about the technology's future. White space devices can use prime spectrum in the television band that is not currently being used by TV stations, spectrum that varies by local market, and they can do so without a license. (Think "WiFi on steroids.") Until now, broadcasters have been "relentlessly hostile" to the proposal, pointing to the risk of ... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Newest Kindle Fire update promises more parental contro... May 03 2012 19:47:01	Ars Technica
Newest Kindle Fire update promises more parental control options Amazon will be rolling out Kindle Fire Software Update Version 6.3.1 over the next several days. It is the company's second update within roughly a month (the last featured faster WiFi reconnect, increased sharing options, and moving rental timing tweaks). This latest update is highlighted by additional parental control options. With version 6.3.1, Amazon is providing several methods to restrict content access for others (like kids who might accidentally start watching that violent movie you do... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
The on-again, off-again, on-again saga of EA's iOS Rock... May 03 2012 19:32:00	Ars Technica
The on-again, off-again, on-again saga of EA's iOS Rock Band It's been a short but confusing month so far for owners of the iOS version of rhythm game Rock Band. Those who tried to use the app on May 1 were greeted with a message saying that the $4.99 game "will no longer be playable on your device" as of May 31. "Thanks for rocking out with us!" the message said, somewhat tauntingly. Read the comments on this post Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Apple dominates global handset profits as smartphone sa... May 03 2012 19:00:00	Ars Technica
Apple dominates global handset profits as smartphone sales shoot up Samsung and Apple may be duking it out for the number one slot in smartphone sales (particularly due to the collapse of Nokia), but the two leaders have an astonishing combined 99 percent of global handset profits for Q1 2012. Of that, Apple took in 73 percent of global handset profits, despite having just 9 percent of global handset market share, according to new quarterly analysis from Canaccord. That’s just one of the fascinating details that analysts have unearthed in the season of qu... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Forget channel surfing: How Boxfish plans to revolution... May 03 2012 18:20:02	Ars Technica
Forget channel surfing: How Boxfish plans to revolutionize real-time TV search Most of us, including Bruce Springsteen himself, have thought it: there’s nothing on TV. This is despite the fact that many people who pay for cable or satellite subscriptions have constant access to hundreds of channels. Many of us lament, or perhaps are overwhelmed by, choice. While channel-surfing and looking for something new, you could consult a paper TV Guide, or its modern-day equivalent, the on-screen "grid" interface. But now, a new Silicon Valley startup wants to change all tha... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Samsung Galaxy S III packs 4.8-inch display, "S Voice" ... May 03 2012 18:13:00	Ars Technica
Samsung Galaxy S III packs 4.8-inch display, "S Voice" control Samsung announced the Galaxy S III at its Mobile Unpacked event today in London. The phone has a large 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display and runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Complementing the large 1280x720-resolution screen are an 8-megapixel camera on the back and a 1.9-megapixel camera on the front. The phone will have a 2100mAh battery and come in 16GB and 32GB configurations, with a 64GB version "available soon." As announced earlier, the phone has a quad-core Exynos processor. The ... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Mars Opportunity rover reaches Endeavour crater, finds ... May 03 2012 18:00:58	Ars Technica
Mars Opportunity rover reaches Endeavour crater, finds signs of ancient Martian water Over seven years into its (originally) 90-day mission, the Mars rover Opportunity arrived at the rim of Endeavour Crater. While the crater itself was formed from an ancient meteorite impact, the rocks at its rim show signs of a watery past. Chemical analysis found deposits typical of hydrothermal vents on Earth, along with features usually associated with evaporation. Together, these pieces of evidence suggest warm, shallow water formerly existed in the region of Endeavour. In a new Science pap... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
iOS Dropbox app kerfuffle ends, but highlights confusio... May 03 2012 17:25:51	Ars Technica
iOS Dropbox app kerfuffle ends, but highlights confusion about guidelines Is Apple blanket-rejecting iOS apps that make use of Dropbox because of an evil plan to push developers toward iCloud? If you asked this question five days ago, the answer from the Internet at large might have been a resounding "yes!" But days later, as is often the case, details have come out that reveal the answer is probably "no." As it turns out, Dropbox inadvertently put other developers using its SDK in violation of one of Apple's app guidelines, resulting in a string of rejections that l... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Exclusive: building native iOS apps with RubyMotion May 03 2012 17:00:00	Ars Technica
Exclusive: building native iOS apps with RubyMotion The RubyMotion toolchain allows developers to build native iOS apps with Ruby. Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Feature: Exclusive: building native iOS apps with RubyM... May 03 2012 17:00:00	Ars Technica
Feature: Exclusive: building native iOS apps with RubyMotion In 2007, software developer Laurent Sansonetti launched an open source software project called MacRuby. It aimed to build a Ruby interpreter on top of the Objective-C runtime, providing a seamless bridge between Ruby and OS X "Cocoa" ecosystem—and it succeeded. Now Sansonetti hopes to do something similar for iOS. Sansonetti recently left his job at Apple-where he has worked for the past seven years-to found his own startup, dubbed HipByte. He announced his first product today, a new soft... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Elder Scrolls going online with MMO planned for 2013 May 03 2012 16:59:11	Ars Technica
Elder Scrolls going online with MMO planned for 2013 Tired of wandering around the world of Skyrim killing dragons and filling houses with cabbage all by yourself? You won't have to stay lonely for long, as Zenimax Media has announced The Elder Scrolls Online, which will take the franchise in a massively multiplayer direction for the first time, starting in 2013. Game Informer managed to snag the exclusive reveal of the PC and Mac game, which will be featured in the magazine's June issue. The game will reportedly take place "a millennium before t... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
The wait continues: No Valve product announcements plan... May 03 2012 15:28:35	Ars Technica
The wait continues: No Valve product announcements planned for E3 Take down the streamers. Put away the noisemakers. Unqueue that copy of Kool & the Gang's "Celebration" you had loaded up and ready. Valve has confirmed to Joystiq that it will not be announcing any new products at next month's Electronic Entertainment Expo. This isn't really a shocking turn of events for the company. Valve was a no-show at last year's E3, and used the 2010 event primarily to show off new footage of the previously announced Portal 2. The company's last major E3 reveal, 2009... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
House pares NASA's 2013 spending back to 1959 levels, m... May 03 2012 15:15:27	Ars Technica
House pares NASA's 2013 spending back to 1959 levels, may force Europa mission The Appropriations Committee of the US House of Representatives has set May 8 as the date they will begin debating an election year budget that pares NASA back to its lowest level as a percentage of the Federal budget since 1959, surpassing last year's record low of 0.48%. In absolute terms, it will roughly match the 2006 Bush levels, cutting money from the Space Technology and Commercial Crew program requests for a third year, while adding funds to the Space Launch System and the Orion Multi-P... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Designer group Hermès gets $100M default judgment again... May 03 2012 12:00:00	Ars Technica
Designer group Hermès gets $100M default judgment against alleged counterfeiters This report is brought to you from Eric Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law Blog which covers aspects of Internet law, intellectual property, and advertising and marketing law. Balasubramani is a lawyer; Goldman is a law professor.Hermès v. Does, 12-civ-1623 (S.D.N.Y.; Apr. 30, 2012) We've blogged repeatedly about trademark owners obtaining ex parte orders that provide extraordinarily broad relief, ranging from domain name seizures to orders directing search engines and social networ... Read the full article on Ars Technica »

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