This week was all about the Web. Well, ok, it was about a lot of other things too. Things like the four-year-old supercomputer that is now totally obsolete, the strategies proposed for coping with climate change, and the complete meltdown of Prenda Law's fifth-pleading coterie. Check out the headlines below to see if you missed anything!
- Can a DDoS break the Internet? Sure… just not all of it
Last week's DDoS attack caused big problems for some, went unnoticed by others. - Google going its own way, forking WebKit rendering engine
Claims that new "Blink" engine will allow faster innovation for all WebKit users. - World’s top supercomputer from ‘09 is now obsolete, will be dismantled
IBM Roadrunner, the first petaflop machine, goes offline today. - Climate change may be irreversible, but we control the future trajectory
A Perspective in Science says we have more control over our future than we think. - Zynga launches real-money online gambling, stock price surges
While UK-only for now, poker and other casino games could come to US this year. - Unless Apple changes its rules, Facebook won’t have a Home on iOS
Apple's requirements for third-party apps will keep Facebook in its sandbox. - Judge smash: Prenda’s porn-trolling days are over
Prenda lawyers take the Fifth. And a federal judge will assume the worst. - “I was an iPad skeptic”
Ars staff reflects on three years of tablets post-iPad. "I could live without it, but I'd rather not." - Ars Q&A: Prenda Law’s Paul Hansmeier speaks—just not about copyright
Hansmeier happily talks class action objectors, declines comment at least five times. - From touch displays to the Surface: A brief history of touchscreen technology
The beginnings of capacitive, resisitive, and multitouch screens. - Looking back at our favorite LucasArts gaming classics
Ars fondly recalls some favorites—Star Wars to pipe—from the defunct studio. - New phones from Samsung, HTC to support “Facebook Home” app family
A flagship Facebook phone will come with the apps preinstalled. - LG Optimus G Pro Review: the phone-tablets are here to stay
It's bigger and faster and, in a lot of ways, better.
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