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Dec 15th 7:30am by daveg@arstechnica.com (Dave Girard)
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The landscape of CG applications is vast and very confusing to 3D graphics newbies. These apps span the gamut from free modelers to beefy, Python-scriptable animation packages, standalone renderers and a lot of little programs that glue them all together...
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Dec 15th 5:27am by jtimmer@arstechnica.com (John Timmer)
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Amazon may have made a name for itself as an online retailer and pioneer in e-book sales, but the company has also attracted a following for the cloud computing services it offers. The company has to maintain a large server footprint to handle things...
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Dec 15th 3:38am by ars@lasarletter.net (Matthew Lasar)
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Those of you looking for the Dickensian version of America's broadband future need search no further than the Insight Research Corporation's latest projections of high speed Internet growth in the United States. The research group says neither private or...
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Dec 14th 10:38pm by zeotherm@gmail.com (Matt Ford)
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From a thermodynamics perspective, all systems, even the universe itself, are all driven by two aspects of their state—entropy and energy. Any closed system will simultaneously tend towards a minimum energy or maximum entropy state—open...
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Dec 14th 7:40pm by emil.protalinski@arstechnica.com (Emil Protalinski)
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The German government is planning to establish a malware cleanup helpline for its citizens. Announced last week at the fourth German IT summit in Stuttgart, the project is due to start in 2010. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will team up with the...
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Dec 14th 2:30pm by andrew.webster@arstechnica.com (Andrew Webster)
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Unlike more realistic 3D graphics, two-dimensional art has a timelessness to it that makes it a favorite among many gamers. It's also an excellent way for independent studios to make great-looking games that stand out. But producing eye-catching 2D art...
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Dec 14th 7:30am by jacqui@arstechnica.com (Jacqui Cheng)
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Though users in general—and Mac users in particular—are quickly moving to a notebook-dominated world, Apple's iconic iMac remains a strong seller in the desktop market. And for good reason: aside from the obvious portability offered by a...
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Dec 14th 5:00am by segphault@arstechnica.com (Ryan Paul)
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When Canonical released Ubuntu 9.10 in October, the Linux distributor also officially launched Ubuntu One, a cloud storage solution that is designed to synchronize files and application data between multiple computers over the Internet. The service has...
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Dec 14th 1:55am by bkuchera@arstechnica.com (Ben Kuchera)
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Shattered Horizon is a weird beast. The $20 first-person shooter features four maps, one gun, and takes place in space. That means there is no gravity—you can attack from any angle by using your boosters. Turn them off and move with just your...
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Dec 13th 11:00pm by jtimmer@arstechnica.com (John Timmer)
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A taste of fatherhood: The males of many species get away without any involvement whatsoever with the raising of their young. On the opposite end of the spectrum, various sea horses and pipefish have a specialized brooding sack in which they carry their...
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Dec 12th 11:00pm by eric@arstechnica.com (Eric Bangeman)
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Microsoft has begun issuing temporary bans to players taking advantage of an exploit in Modern Warfare 2, while Infinity Ward works on a patch to fix the issue. While the servers may be kept slightly cleaner for the efforts, the amount of control...
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Dec 12th 9:11pm by emil.protalinski@arstechnica.com (Emil Protalinski)
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On Friday, Microsoft issued a warning that as of December 11, 2009, customers using Microsoft Office 2003 have been unable to open or save Office 2003 documents protected with the Rights Management Service (RMS). On Saturday, the software giant released...
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Dec 12th 9:00pm by jacqui@arstechnica.com (Jacqui Cheng)
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It has been an active week in Apple land, what with the company buying Lala, more rumors about the Apple tablet, the release of the Chrome beta for Mac, and more. Have you been hiding from the cold? Read on to catch up with this week's top headlines:...
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Dec 12th 7:32pm by jacqui@arstechnica.com (Jacqui Cheng)
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Apple has filed a countersuit against mobile phone giant Nokia, asserting that it has not infringed on Nokia's patents and that Nokia has, in fact, copied Apple. The 79-page court filing was made in response to a lawsuit that Nokia filed against Apple in...
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Dec 12th 7:00pm by eric@arstechnica.com (Eric Bangeman)
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Winter has arrived with a vengeance in most of the US, and things may be looking chilly for the record labels up in Canada. Between $50 million and $6 billion may be owed to musicians and artists in Canada, but not from your run-of-the-mill file sharers....