Analysis: 1TB for $200 is great, but SSD is still the future
On the occasion of hard disks reaching a new cost/byte milestone, Ars takes a look back at what’s wrong (and right) with the venerable hard disk drive, and glances ahead to what’s next.
Archive for May 31, 2008
Comcast Hackers Say They Warned the Company First
The computer attackers who took down Comcast’s homepage and webmail service for over five hours Thursday say they didn’t know what they were getting themselves into. In an hour-long telephone conference call with Threat Level, the hackers known as “Defiant” and “EBK” expressed astonishment over the attention their DNS hijacking has garnered.
The iPhone patent: Steven P. Jobs, inventor
The US Patent and Trademark Office has revealed a mammoth document that can only be described as The iPhone Patent, a 371-page spectacular that covers Apple’s handheld multi-touch UI paradigm in excruciating detail. Steve himself wasn’t the least bit shy about taking credit atop an entire column of company A-listers for inventing the iPhone’s …
OiNK Investigation: Police Start Making Arrests
TorrentFreak has received information which suggests that British police have made good on their claim that they would go after ex-users of OiNK. Last week, several officers arrested at least one individual for the seeding of a single album. It is believed police are in the process of arresting and questioning others.
