Ars Technica 2010 Design Launches!
We covertly pushed out and update to the site last Friday and solicited some comments and suggestions; we've spent the past four days fixing little bugs and getting everything up to snuff. We feel like we're actually at the point where we want to re-introduce all of these features to our wider readership (and not just to those reading the site at 6PM Friday evening). Below you'll find some side-by-side comparisons (click the thumbnails for full-size versions) of some of the changes we've made to the site. You'll notice that we have touched almost every bit of the site and achieved our primary goal of making the whole site as consistent as we possibly could. From the comments to our front page, we're on a cohesive design that simply feels clean, easy to read, and most importantly, remains easy to use on a daily basis. Read more about the changes to Ars' layout and design.
Top stories: Jan 15 - 22, 2010
 Uptime
Google talks Chrome OS, HTML5, and the future of software
by Jon Stokes
On the last day of November, 2009, after the initial rush of excitement around Google's Chrome OS launch had quieted a bit, Ars sat down with Matthew Papakipos, the engineering director for the Chrome OS project, and Eitan Bencuya, from Google PR. We'd done our best to sort out the why's and wherefore's of Google's first consumer OS effort in my initial launch coverage but we still had many questions about the past, present, and future of the project.
What followed that afternoon was an interview that was so candid, in-depth, and informative about not just Chrome OS, but about the present and future of the Web as a distributed application platform, that we chose to sit on the results until the holiday and CES madness had passed. So, in this brief pause between CES and the coming iSlate hysteria, we present our Chrome OS interview. Read More
|  One Microsoft Way
After Google hack, Microsoft asks users to abandon IE6, XP
by Emil Protalinski
Microsoft is recommending that Windows XP and IE6 users upgrade both their browser and operating system, if only for the security improvements. Read More
|  Nobel Intent
A tale of two qubits: how quantum computers work
by Joseph B. Altepeter
Quantum information is the physics of knowledge. To be more specific, the field of quantum information studies the implications that quantum mechanics has on the fundamental nature of information. By studying this relationship between quantum theory and information, it is possible to design a new type of computer—a quantum computer. A largescale, working quantum computer—the kind of quantum computer some scientists think we might see in 50 years—would be capable of performing some tasks impossibly quickly. Read More
|  Opposable Thumbs
What we (and Activision) learned from Modern Warfare 2
by Ben Kuchera
Activision Blizzard has breathlessly announced that Modern Warfare 2 has sold $1 billion worth of product for the company since its launch. Those are some crazy worldwide numbers, and other companies have to be watching to see what can be learned from the experience. Ars runs down the lessons of Modern Warfare 2. Read More
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