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Week in tech: Google Go(es) and AMD gets rejuvenated
If it’s Saturday, then it must be time to look back at the week’s top stories on Ars. And so we shall. Go is a new programming language from Google that aims for performance that is nearly comparable to C, but with more expressive syntax and faster compilation.
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Tech week in review: fair-use-and-boob-job edition
The week’s most popular stories on Ars include a hijacked botnet, the RIAA, and the strange case of Perez Hilton, Miss California, and YouTube. If you’ve ever needed more evidence of the importance of securing your PC, a study released last week provided it. Researchers at a California university managed to hijack a botnet for ten days earlier this year.
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