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Nov 2nd 6:07pm by jtimmer@arstechnica.com (John Timmer)
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In the developed world, getting real-time data can be a simple matter: simply carry whatever sensor is required, get the data, and then plug into the local network—you're set. Things aren't so simple in the developing world, where there may not...
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Nov 2nd 4:10pm by ars@lasarletter.net (Matthew Lasar)
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Paramount Pictures says that, in the months following the theatrical release of Star Trek, the media company tracked more than five million IP addresses that downloaded one of six camcorded copies of the movie. The first was in Russian, but it was...
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Nov 2nd 7:30am by ari.allynfeuer@gmail.com (Ari Allyn-Feuer)
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Faster and dramatically more power-efficient than rotating magnetic media, solid-state disks (SSDs) are one of the longest-awaited and most eagerly anticipated technologies in the past two decades of computing. The theoretical underpinnings of mass...
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Nov 2nd 6:00am by bkuchera@arstechnica.com (Ben Kuchera)
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Some of my fondest memories of Christmas involve playing with my our family's model trains. It doesn't seem very exciting now, but the way the train simply moved on its circular track and with the ability to speed it up, to stop it, or to keep it going...
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Nov 2nd 2:00am by casey.l.johnston@gmail.com (Casey Johnston)
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Despite the rise of planned obsolescence, manufacturers have continued to push products onto the market with little thought as to what happens to them when they are no longer useful to their owners. A new bill that's currently active in the Senate would...
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Nov 2nd 12:00am by ars@lasarletter.net (Matthew Lasar)
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With the release of the Federal Communications Commission's new Internet nondiscrimination proposals (that is, network neutrality), one vexing question continues to vex. Does the FCC have the legal authority to regulate access to the 'Net? The issue...
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Oct 31st 10:00pm by bkuchera@arstechnica.com (Ben Kuchera)
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This week we explore the role-playing potential of Google Wave, play New Super Mario Bros. Wii, explain why PC gamers care about dedicated servers, and learn how to be a (fake) DJ. This is what gamers were talking about this week. Google Wave: we came,...
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Oct 31st 8:00pm by jacqui@arstechnica.com (Jacqui Cheng)
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Boo! This week's top Apple news recapped the drama over ZFS on the Mac, what's wrong with Psystar's latest EFI tool, the new Apple TV software, and more. If you need to catch up, you've found the right place. Apple abandons ZFS on Mac OS X project over...
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Oct 31st 6:00pm by emil.protalinski@arstechnica.com (Emil Protalinski)
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Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news. Here were the top stories: Hasta la Vista, baby: Ars reviews Windows 7: With much fanfare and even a few parties, Windows 7 has arrived. In this extensive review, Ars dives deep into Microsoft's new...
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Oct 31st 4:00pm by eric@arstechnica.com (Eric Bangeman)
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Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own. ISPs may not act for years on local complaints about slow Internet—but when a town rolls out its own solution, it's amazing how fast the incumbents can deploy fiber, cut prices, and...
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Oct 30th 9:41pm by segphault@arstechnica.com (Ryan Paul)
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A district court in Stockholm has ordered the founders of popular BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay to shut down their website or face a fine. Pirate Bay admins Godfrey Svartholm Warg and Fredrik Neij could both be on the hook for 500,000...
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Oct 30th 7:50pm by nate@arstechnica.com (Nate Anderson)
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Real argument about "network neutrality" is fascinating stuff, provocative and well worth anyone's time if they care about the Internet. Unfortunately, Congress isn't great at having intelligent arguments, and net neutrality is rapidly on its way to...
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Oct 30th 6:18pm by jacqui@arstechnica.com (Jacqui Cheng)
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Before now, typing http://clinteckergoatbonedbyhisnewbicycle.كوم into a Web browser and actually arriving at a working domain was impossible. But thanks to a vote by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Friday morning, it...
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Oct 30th 2:58pm by chris.foresman@arstechnica.com (Chris Foresman)
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The Obama administration has made transparency and public access to government information a high priority. Adobe is attempting to capitalize on initiatives to make government information more accessible while promoting its technologies, such as Flash...
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Oct 30th 1:10pm by nate@arstechnica.com (Nate Anderson)
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Norway's Consumer Council, Forbrukerrådet, made a name for itself back in 2006 by going after Apple's iTunes Store with a vengeance. Now, it's eyeing Amazon and has expressed concerns about the Kindle's terms of service—some of which will sound...