Judge bans Samsung from U.S. 'Nexus' sales Samsung Electronics Co. suffered a second legal setback at the hands of a California judge, who issued a preliminary injunction Friday against one of its flagship smartphones at the request of Apple Inc. The order, which bans Samsung from selling or importing the Galaxy Nexus smartphone into the U.S., marks another win for Apple in its legal battles with the South Korean handset giant. The WSJ
Modders toolkit: everything you need to make kick-ass custom case mods If you're in the habit of giving credence to tired clichés, you're probably aware that a good chef never blames a mistake on his tools. That's not quite true when it comes to case modding. Anybody who's ever tried molding metal (or anything else) into newfound shapes knows that skill is definitely a factor, but even Modderati masters can't turn ducks into swans if their tools aren't up to snuff. Maximum PC
How Anonymous picks targets, launches attacks, and takes powerful organizations down No one but Hector Xavier Monsegur can know why or when he became Sabu, joining the strange and chaotic Internet collective known as Anonymous. But we know the moment he gave Sabu up. On June 7, 2011, federal agents came to his apartment on New York's Lower East Side and threatened the 28-year-old with an array of charges that could add up to 124 years in prison. Wired
How a lone grad student scooped the government and what it means for your online privacy A gifted computer scientist, Mayer suspected that online advertisers might be getting around browser settings that are designed to block tracking devices known as cookies. If his instinct was right, advertisers were following people as they moved from one website to another even though their browsers were configured to prevent this sort of digital shadowing. Pro Publica
Winamp's woes: how the greatest MP3 player undid itself MP3s are so natural to the Internet now that it's almost hard to imagine a time before high-quality compressed music. But there was such a time---and even after "MP3" entered the mainstream, organizing, ripping, and playing back one's music collection remained a clunky and frustrating experience. Enter Winamp, the skin-able, customizable MP3 player that "really whips the llama's ass." Ars Technica
Gamer loses $200 due to Diablo 3's RMAH region restrictions It hasn't even been 24 hours since the last Real-Money Auction house scandal and yet additional reports are already piling in for more people losing money in Diablo III's Real-Money Auction House. The latest victim is more-so the result of a grey area in the terms of service for the RMAH, which caused him to lose $200.00. Gaming Blend (also, Diablo 3: The Blizzard sweatshop via ExtremeTech)
Where do dwarf-eating carp come from? Tarn Adams was in the carpeted spare bedroom that serves as his work space, trying to avert an apocalyptic outbreak of vampire dwarves. "If they just run wild biting people, half the dwarves in the colony will be infected in no time," he said, shaking his head. "That would be no fun." He was silent for a moment. "Maybe they have to bite you three times before you're infected?" The NY Times
iOS: A visual history In what is widely regarded as his greatest presentation ever, Apple's Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to the world on January 10th, 2007. In the five-plus years since then, the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch have literally redefined the entire world of mobile computing. That world is moving so quickly that iOS is already amongst the older mobile operating systems in active development today. The Verge
Minneapolis street test: Google gets a B+, Apple's Siri gets a D Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster is nothing if not methodical. When customers queue up for a new Apple (AAPL) product, he's the analyst who goes to the line and counts heads. When programmers gather at an Apple developers conference, he'll stop three or four dozen to ask if they are writing apps for Mac, iPhone or Android devices. CNN