ArsTechnica

An interview with new Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie reveals a glimpse into what the company has planned for the future.

The road has been a bumpy one for AT&T as it slowly rolls out U-Verse. Ars looks at the reasons behind U-Verse's problems.

The government would like for all US residents to have electronic health records by 2014, but healthcare providers are still moving slowly. A new bill would offer incentives for doctors to convert patients over in order to speed up the process.

The European Union is threatening Microsoft with more fines if they do not amend their proposed licensing schemes for Windows' server protocols. The EU says the price is too high; Microsoft says it is lower than average.

Google's latest 10-K reports that the company is sitting on a pile of money that would have made King Croesus green with envy. How are they going to spend it?

In a memo to various music and studio execs, Microsoft says that says that it plans to handle copyrighted content on Soapbox with takedowns... and no filtering. But for how long will the studios tolerate it?

Security researchers in Colorado discovered a way to break the anonymity of the Tor system, but neither they nor the developers of the software were prepared for the "blogstorms" that followed the news.

Sony and Immersion have settled their long dispute over force-feedback technology in game controllers. Do you hear the rumble of PS3 controllers in the distance?

A second set of OLPC XO laptop prototypes is on its way to developers for testing purposes. This second series of beta test units features improvements to the screen and touchpad.

The mayor of Karpathos, a small Greek island of several thousand residents, has filed suit against another resident of the island for slander and libel. The strangest part? The server that hosts the material is based in Florida.

Market research firm Ovum says that only a miniscule number of mobile subscribers will subscribe to dual-mode (cell to WiFi) services by 2010 and that cell carriers should move onto bigger and better things before it's too late.

A sociologist looks at the ambiguous connection between violence and gaming and suggests some reasons that claims of a strong link persist.

AMD/ATI talk up the R600 and their forthcoming quad-core Barcelona processor.

Take-Two may be close to settling one of the lawsuits filed in the wake of the Hot Coffee scandal. The company is also finding the transition to next-gen console gaming to be rough going financially.

Lenovo has recalled over 200,000 ThinkPad laptop batteries due to overheating concerns.

Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, testified before a Congressional subcommittee today that open, royalty-free standards and universal access made the web a success.

A new hack has been released that allows unsigned code to run on the Xbox 360 system. The catch? Microsoft has already issued a patch.

The RIAA is trying to enlist American colleges and universities in its war against file-sharing, announcing new legal action and a campaign to convince students everywhere that file-sharing will get them in trouble.

The DVD Forum has decided to officially support the burning of CSS-protected content after a similar decision was made by the DVD CCA last August. But without many services offering CSS-compliant material to consumers, does all of this support matter?

Reports are surfacing that Blockbuster is close to a deal to buy Movielink. Will such a deal give the rental chain a leg up on Netflix?