Microsoft offers patches to WebKit to aid touch compatibility
Google, Mozilla, and Opera are on-board. Apple? Not so much.
Top Story: Possible habitable zone planet is a mere 12 light years away
In-Depth Reports
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Possible habitable zone planet is a mere 12 light years away
Data from Tau Ceti is very tentative, but hints at a planet.
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Apache plugin turns legit sites into bank-attack platforms
Module found operating in the wild causes sites to push malware on visitors.
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Government toughens up online privacy rules for kids' websites
Apps aimed at kids need to limit data gathering or face legal action.
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All we know about Nvidia's next-generation Tegra chip
Nvidia's "Wayne" will be perfect fit for high-res tablets and ARM laptops.
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Holey metal, Batman! Extraordinary optics make it appear transparent
Two wave types contribute to extraordinary optical transmission through metal.
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The War Z's Steam debacle shows “released” isn't “done” these days
Developers need to be clear in their communication with gamers.
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Biggest black holes may be ten times more massive than we thought
Two methods for estimating mass give very different results.
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Robots, iPhones, and Windows XP—a personal journey through hospital IT
Hospitals are cutting-edge in the operating room, but their IT is old school.
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Harder, better, faster, stronger: A review of the 27-inch iMac
Our maxed-out model runs rings around its base model 21.5-inch baby brother.
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A big evolutionary step for a mystifyingly arcane device
Why the TI-80 series graphing calculators took 22 years to go color.
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DC federal judge says cops can get cell-site data without a warrant
Landmark privacy case was decided by Supreme Court—but criminal retrial goes on.
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BMJ's Christmas issue, where scientists show off a sense of humor
Red nosed reindeer, the tooth fairy, and diagnostic dogs all feature.
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Found: Secret location of Minneapolis police license plate readers
Data analysis shows that Minneapolis police took 2.1 million records in 90 days.
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SSD prices are low—and they'll get lower
2011 pricing plateau gave way to a huge slide, with more sliding to come.
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Poll Technica: Would you use a dual-persona smartphone?
Want a smartphone that totally isolates work apps and data from personal ones?
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Samsung won't seek iPhone injunctions in Europe using standards patents
A possible anti-competition backlash may be behind the move.
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Report: data caps just a "cash cow" for Internet providers
Caps have remained steady even as costs of delivering data have plunged.
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Threatening (to discover) quantum gravity with a big metal bar
Vibrations of AURIGA detector set limits on deviations from quantum mechanics.
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In major setback, Apple won't get injunction against Samsung
Samsung's request for a new trial because of jury misconduct is also denied.
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New group acts as financially shielded middleman for WikiLeaks, others
Freedom of the Press Foundation is a one-stop shop for transparency donations.
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Hands-on: YouTube Capture app one-ups Apple's video sharing options
App can upload to YouTube, Google+, Facebook, and Twitter all from one place.
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DARPA looks to create wireless Skynet with fiber-like, 100Gb bandwidth
Would allow for high speed links between aircraft over hundreds of kilometers.
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IPCC lets anyone read climate change report early, naturally it leaks
Misinterpretation spreads after IPCC's confidentiality agreement is violated.
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The long, frustrating road to recovering my Wii downloads
Nintendo's interface makes the transfer process as annoying as possible.
Feature Story
The legacy of NeXT lives on in OS X
NeXTSTEP technologies still fuel Macs, iPhones, and iPads 16 years later.
On The Radar
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Just in time
Apple stands to lose another patent crucial to its battle with Samsung
Patent office decision blocks Apple's claims, while judge mulls damages.
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The Eagles aren't coming
My favorite viral video of the week turns out to be a dirty fake
Who knew that eagles don't really snatch babies from public parks?
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Study up
Proposed US Senate bill seeks further study of violent game effects
Senator sees study as potential groundwork for further congressional action.
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Political realities
Mark Cuban, Minecraft creator donate big to help EFF "fix" software patents
Each gives $250k for software patent reform, not elimination.
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Streaming wars
Redbox Instant now taking sign-ups for private beta access
iOS, Android apps now available for download, but useless without a beta invite.
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Ain'ts Row
THQ files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will continue to operate
Company says it's "confident in our existing pipeline of games"
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overturned on remand
ITC judge strikes last remaining Motorola patent claim against Apple
Google-rola was undone by its own earlier patent.
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You sell the patents, we do the rest
World's biggest patent troll saves Kodak from bankruptcy
Intellectual Ventures group will buy up Kodak's patents for $525 million.
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FIGHTING BACK
Feds reportedly plan to prosecute hackers sponsored by other nations
Possible targets also include governments and companies involved in intrusions.
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Copy that
Building Amazon cloud apps that span the world is now much easier
Prepare for outages by copying snapshots from one data center to another.
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See ya later alligator
Penguin settles e-book suit with DoJ; Apple, Macmillan lone holdouts
The publisher wants to merge with Random House and start with a clean slate.
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Explain Canada
Data helps rebut the “violent video games cause shootings” argument
Statistics show no link between per-capita national game sales, gun violence.
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i can tell by the pixels
Intelligent design think tank's “institute” is a Shutterstock image
A green screen plus a stock image of a lab equals instant credibility.
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sepia-tone smear campaign
Sext Instagram account incites riot
Teens attempted to take down the curator of the account with angsty force.
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Get your jam on
Google's cloud-based music-matching service has arrived... and it's free
Price isn't the only difference—Google has higher quality files and no "sin tax."
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One more thing
Apple addresses another Wi-Fi bug with iOS 6.0.2 update
Will this update finally quench iPhone users' cellular data woes?
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Lots to be desired
Samsung's new Galaxy Grand has 5-inch display, subpar resolution
Mid-range handset also won't run the latest iteration of Android Jelly Bean.
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Food wordplay headline #46,167
Sony to hand out Jelly Beans to Xperia phones come February 2013
Owners of Xperia U, miro, tipo, or sola phones are out of luck, though.
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C-H-E-C-K-I-N-G I-N
Apple and foursquare, sitting in a tree?
A WSJ report suggests the two are in "early discussions" for Maps integration.
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You've got jail
Man who hacked Scarlett Johansson's e-mail sentenced to 10 years
Christopher Chaney, who had pled guilty this year, heads to federal prison.
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Staff Blog
A Tolkien nerd's thoughts on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The first Hobbit film is true to the books, but has more flaws than virtues.
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Bad banker!
Morgan Stanley to pay fine over improprieties in Facebook IPO run-up
Massachusetts issues $5M fine for unusual communication with Facebook, analysts.
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show me the way
Desperate iOS users download Google Maps 10 million times in 2 days
It seems iPhone users missed Google, huh?
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Anon 2, WBC 0.
Anonymous continues its hack offensive against Westboro Baptist Church
Anonymous's wrath may have extended to DDoS attacks and obtaining WBC SSNs.
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NASA SMASH
UPDATED: GRAIL probes impact on Moon
Twin probes to target a mountain near Moon's north pole.
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GOT ROOT?
Developer warns of critical vulnerability in many Samsung smartphones
Hole in Android kernel gives full read-write permissions to all physical memory.
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Start spreading the news
RIM's big BlackBerry 10 reveal happens January 30 in NYC
BlackBerry 10 is hugely important to RIM's future.
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#abouttime
Nielsen will supplement its TV ratings system with Twitter
Don't worry, though—snail-mail viewing diaries aren't going anywhere.
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No Nexus
Google UK executive explains delay behind Nexus 4 shipments
Employee places the blame on LG's "scarce and erratic" production.
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Cray-cray, KC
Google Fiber announces five more "fiberhoods" for KC
Gigabit speeds set to expand westward into KCK, near Kansas Speedway.
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From the ASAP department
Fox asks appeals court to stop Dish's ad-skipping DVR, right now
Fox: Ad-skipping DVRs will "cut the legs out" from ad-supported TV model.
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Vos postulo hoc esse felicem
The Dealmaster: Rock your face with extra bass
We've also got almost $50 off a Samsung 840 Pro SSD!
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