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Putting hard drive reliablity to the test shows not all disks are equal
Failure rates vary from 2 percent to 24 percent per year, depending on make, model.
Failure rates vary from 2 percent to 24 percent per year, depending on make, model.
Rogue Tor volunteers perform attacks that try to degrade encrypted connections.
Solar wind and space dust combine to create water; process works on the Moon, too.
Machinima campaign offered undisclosed money to videos promoting new console.
Spark, Adafruit, and homebrew solutions dip their toes in smart home territory.
Candy Crush Saga maker has an uphill battle to defend its published mark.
Rural ISP's financial problems lead to high prices and data overage fees.
Some individual problems show a possible speedup, but they're the exceptions.
Nearly any plant material can be broken down into simple sugars.
Secret 2007 court order mentions "approximately three telephone identifiers."
There's a compelling PvP experience hiding somewhere underneath all those bugs.
UPDATE: Dotcom's call to action helps new album, Good Times, hit No. 8 on NZ iTunes.
Taxes on tech firms are "going to go up and they are squealing like stuck pigs."
New version of the NUC will fit a 2.5-inch HDD or SSD alongside everything else.
The goal: Landing on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Nest's transparency and opt-ins may not help future customers.
Filament is just like we'd predicted, except for a bad case of gas.
Despite lots of progress on the origins of biomolecules, we're still not sure.
The first artist to be featured on the music service? Kim Dotcom himself.
WD's small single-disk network storage system is surprisingly cheap and good.
What to do when a senior dev says, "F*ck the future, build for now."
Since 2007, Ars readers have given over $140,000.
The journey of discovery and mastery balanced between frustration and simplicity.
All we need is 200 square kilometers of solar panels to power it.
Is it that much better than the Star Wars EU, or is it all about what we read growing up?
Government didn't provide adequate IP structure, so Ecuador movie fans did it themselves.
13 men were charged with identity theft in a Manhattan District Court.
Although the retail giant has denied that it will license TV content.
Selling chips to all three console makers is apparently good for the bottom line.
Apple's in-car integration is rumored to be coming in iOS 7.1.
The possibility of piracy was enough to shake a man down for illegal footage.
NASA and NOAA have released global average temperatures for 2013.
Security experts boycotting RSA’s conference can hit TrustyCon—same day, one block away.
New lawsuit claims company hides patents, demands massive fees.
If a 24" U2414H monitor for $269 doesn't grab you, how about your very own R2D2?
FiOS subscribers may be the first outside of Intel to experience the IPTV service.
Electricity bill will be paid after intervention from the MPEx Bitcoin stock exchange.
US surveillance and the end of support for Windows XP played into its creation.
Malware part of a campaign to spy on, silence bloggers and other critics.
Contest for most commonly used terrible password has a new champion.
Old software (and a $150 discount) is a new feature for 3 desktops, 2 laptops.
After talks with Lenovo broke down last spring, IBM tries again.
Release follows December firmware update pulled over battery life problems.
Where did that come from?
Whether cops can search an arrested suspect's phone without a warrant is TBD.
The studio is the first major one to go all-digital, and all the others will follow.
It's all fun and games until someone starts making creepy keepsakes.
The less standard a keyboard is, the worse it is.
Apple initiated a repair program for 2011 iMacs with similar GPUs.
But desktop PCs, not tablets, were the surprising success story last quarter.
There are still some restrictions, but it's the most free Rdio has ever been.
Nintendo now hopes to ship just one-third of its original console target.
With biology textbook battles behind the state, its charter schools may be next.
Instead, company plans to "continue to work with Oculus" on the Rift.
Funds seized from alleged Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht are still in contention.
Google[x] has a contact lens that can measure glucose levels in the wearer's tears.
Got an idea for a bunch of 25GeV protons? Now's your chance to use them.
Samsung takes on the cheapest Android tablets with a device expected to be <$100.
30 years ago today, a landmark ruling set technology free.
We look at the amazing features in ZFS and btrfs—and why you need them.
In the early '90s, Quark boasted 95% market share. In '99, InDesign arrived...
Wearables, cars, Linux, Android, games, and the people behind the craziness.
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