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Feature: Practically impossible: The quest to decipher Fez's cryptic final puzzle - Ars Technica
But those solvers had either stumbled onto the solution without knowing how they had done so, or else a source close to Fez developer Polytron had provided the answer. For the rest of the Fez-playing public, unlocking the secrets of the monolith became ...
At hacking contest, Google Chrome falls to third zero-day attack - Ars Technica
A Chrome security researcher, who asked not to be named because he wasn't authorized to speak to reporters, said his colleagues in Mountain View, California, were already analyzing the exploit and vulnerability details to confirm that account.
Whatever happened to that "six strikes" P2P notice system? It's coming soon - Ars Technica
Curious if the consensus behind the deal was falling apart or proving harder to implement than expected, I spoke to several sources in the rightsholder and Internet communities; each agreed to speak off the record, as CCI has yet to make public ...
Enthusiasm for iBooks Author marred by licensing, format issues - Ars Technica
A source who asked not to be identified told Ars that the iTunes Connect contract required to distribute content via the iBookstore contains a clause (section 3a) that states, in effect, that if you sell some of your content on the iBookstore, ...
Apple to announce tools, platform to "digitally destroy" textbook publishing - Ars Technica
While speculation has so far centered on digital textbooks, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Ars that Apple will announce tools to help create interactive e-books—the "GarageBand for e-books," so to speak—and expand its current platform ...
Jurassic Park devs tried to game user reviews. Who hasn't? - Ars Technica
"What's tempting is fighting back against user reviews that don't feel fair," one industry professional told me on the condition of anonymity. "You can get a bad review for doing anything, or an imagined slight against gamers. ...
Why keeping up with RSS is poisonous to productivity, sanity - Ars Technica
A prime example comes from an Ars reader who asked to remain anonymous, but who works as a programmer for a high-profile corporation. "I got rid of RSS probably a year or two ago. There were some good blogs that posted around once every month, ...
Report: next-gen Apple "A6" processors in trial production runs - Ars Technica
According to an anonymous source speaking to Reuters, TSMC already has the necessary authorizations and details to start full production. "Whether Apple puts in a formal order will depend on the yield rate," the source said. In other words, the trial ...
Prolific "spokesman" for Anonymous leaves the hacker group - Ars Technica
Earlier this week, security firm Kaspersky Labs noted Brown's departure, saying, "Anonymous observers, who asked to remain anonymous themselves, said there's reason to believe that Brown is being cut off by core Anonymous members worried about having ...
AppleSeed gives regular joes prerelease access to Mac OS X Lion - Ars Technica
Invitations are being sent out via e-mail to select users, a copy of which was published by 9to5 Mac We independently confirmed that our own source (who declined to be named) recieved an invitation last month after the first developer preview was ...
GameFly to USPS: higher postage than Netflix costs us $730K per month - Ars Technica
The next paragraph of that letter, sent to Ars via an anonymous source, is a jaw-dropper. Update: you can read the letter for yourself. The issue needs to be resolved quickly, and the reason is purely financial. "At the company's current volume of ...
MobileMe revamp may include status/check-in/streaming mashup - Ars Technica
An anonymous source told Cult of Mac that Apple's rumored new MobileMe service will combine the e-mail, contacts, and calendar syncing with new social media services, making it a sort of Facebook, Foursquare, Ustream, and Ping mashup. ...
Figuring out magazine subscriptions in the iPad age - Ars Technica
"What magazine publishers want: let us take the subscriber to our own servers, get their credit card numbers, and fulfill" the subscription, the source said ...
Paragon of science or crackpot? Life after winning a Nobel - Ars Technica
... based on interviews with prize winners (who chose to remain anonymous), it comes with some of the same issues: everyone wants a piece of your time or an ...
Apparent next-gen iPhone: front-facing camera, better battery - Ars Technica
Over the weekend, Engadget published several photos of the device sent from an anonymous source, though Gizmodo has apparently had the device in its ...
Google reportedly to part ways with China on April 10 - Ars Technica
The company is preparing to announce its decision as soon as March 22, according to an anonymous source speaking to the China Business News, ...
Android set-top box may be coming to a living room near you - Ars Technica
"Google wants to be everywhere the Internet is so they can put ads there," an anonymous source familiar with the project told the Times. ...