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PS3's The Shoot with PlayStation Move: $40 well spent

October 26, 2010 9:27 AM - by Ben Kuchera | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

The Shoot on the PlayStation 3 is a very pleasant surprise, making light gun games both family friendly and replayable. The Move continues to look great.

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Giant virus found in tiny predator

October 26, 2010 8:50 AM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

A giant virus has its genome sequenced, which shows that it has stolen genes from a bacteria and suffers from DNA-level parasites.

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Is "Kewl Breeze" a superkid, a sneaker, or a commercial?

Is "Kewl Breeze" a superkid, a sneaker, or a commercial?
October 26, 2010 8:11 AM - by Matthew Lasar | Posted in: Media

"Kewl Breeze," "Elastika," and "Z-Strap" started out as comic characters included in boxes of Skecher brand shoes. Now they're a Niktoons cartoon show, to the dismay of children's advocates who have complained to the FCC. What the government does in this case could have implications for every crossover toy around, from G.I. Joe to the California Raisins.

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Galaxy Zoo shows how well crowdsourced citizen science works

Galaxy Zoo shows how well crowdsourced citizen science works
October 26, 2010 6:44 AM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

What do you do when you have a massive database of images, and computers can't perform the scientific analysis you need done? When the people behind the Zooniverse faced that problem, they crowdsourced it to a bunch of citizen scientists who proved adept at both the task at hand and spotting oddities that had escaped professional astronomers.

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Self-appointed guardians of TV decency fall on hard times

Self-appointed guardians of TV decency fall on hard times
October 25, 2010 8:13 PM - by Matthew Lasar | Posted in: Law & Disorder

Oh no... what would we do without the Parents Television Council to kick around? The decency group appears to be in serious decline.

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Vatican to rich countries: stop "excessive zeal" for IP rights

Vatican to rich countries: stop "excessive zeal" for IP rights
October 25, 2010 7:22 PM - by Nate Anderson | Posted in: Law & Disorder

The Pope wants the rich world to moderate its enthusiasm for ever-stronger intellectual property rights. Put the Vatican on the "stronger copyright is not always better copyright" side of the ledger.

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French three strikes agency getting 25,000 complaints a day

October 25, 2010 3:50 PM - by Matthew Lasar | Posted in: Law & Disorder

Are the music labels sending France's new "three strikes" P2P infringement cop 25,000 complaints a day? Still no word yet on how many notices Hadopi is sending to French ISPs.

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No base station required: peer-to-peer WiFi Direct is go

October 25, 2010 3:03 PM - by Chris Foresman | Posted in: Gear & Gadgets

The Wi-Fi Alliance has started the process of certifying devices that use its new WiFi Direct protocol.

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Magnetic monopoles outed, powerless to help grand unified theory

Magnetic monopoles outed, powerless to help grand unified theory
October 25, 2010 2:35 PM - by Casey Johnston | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Magnetic monopoles are cropping up in a material called spin ice, but their origins may still be too specific to that material to form the basis of a grand unified theory.

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Blizzcon 2010: Diablo 3 demon hunters, PvP, and Protoss iron chefs

Blizzcon 2010: <em>Diablo 3</em> demon hunters, PvP, and Protoss iron chefs
October 25, 2010 2:07 PM - by Andrew Webster | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

Ars runs down the big news to come out of Blizzcon 2010, including a new class for Diablo III, some parody mod maps for Starcraft II, and a day-one digital download of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

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Porn pros hope to squelch online piracy by 2012

Porn pros hope to squelch online piracy by 2012
October 25, 2010 1:22 PM - by Nate Anderson | Posted in: Law & Disorder

At a private retreat last week in Tucson, pornographers and lawyers discussed ways to get people paying for porn once more. Working together, they want to make "tube" sites and torrent operators go legit in just over a year.

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Ashes to ashes, Devo to dust: RIP Sony Walkman

Ashes to ashes, Devo to dust: RIP Sony Walkman
October 25, 2010 12:51 PM - by Eric Bangeman | Posted in: Gear & Gadgets

As Sony ends sales of the iconic Walkman cassette player, an Ars graybeard looks back to the dawn of his own remix culture.

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PSP Go still too expensive after price drop to $200

October 25, 2010 12:10 PM - by Andrew Webster | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

Sony has announced that the PSP Go will now cost $200 instead of the previous $250. Is this going to convince anyone to buy one? Anyone at all?

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Shuttleworth: Unity shell will be default desktop in Ubuntu 11.04

Shuttleworth: Unity shell will be default desktop in Ubuntu 11.04
October 25, 2010 11:42 AM - by Ryan Paul | Posted in: Open Ended

During a keynote presentation this morning at the Ubuntu Developer Summit, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth revealed that the new Unity environment will be the default desktop shell across both the desktop and netbook versions of Ubuntu in version 11.04.

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Sprint to offer Samsung Galaxy Tab Nov 14 for $399 with contract

October 25, 2010 11:17 AM - by Chris Foresman | Posted in: Gear & Gadgets

Sprint customers will be able to pick up a Galaxy Tab just three days after it launches on Verizon, and save $200 by signing up for a two-year contract.

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Fallout: New Vegas is buggy as hell; where's the outrage?

<em>Fallout: New Vegas</em> is buggy as hell; where's the outrage?
October 25, 2010 10:51 AM - by Ben Kuchera | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

Gamers usually love to complain about buggy, unfinished games, but Fallout: New Vegas was released unpolished, and hasn't suffered in reviews. We have some theories on why that is.

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Who "ruled the air" in 1910? (and who rules it now?)

Who "ruled the air" in 1910? (and who rules it now?)
October 25, 2010 7:30 AM - by Matthew Lasar | Posted in: Law & Disorder

As Verizon's "Rule the Air" advertising campaign goes into full swing, we look back at AT&T;'s century-old attempt to save its skin via a magazine charm offensive. AT&T;'s saved itself from anti-trust suits. Can "Rule the Air" save Verizon from net neutrality?

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Hands-on: Tweet Library for iPad

Hands-on: Tweet Library for iPad
October 25, 2010 6:40 AM - by Jeff Smykil | Posted in: Infinite Loop

Tweet Library is a different kind of Twitter client for the iPad, less about tweeting and more about collecting. It's a definite departure from the norm, and there are some potentially useful features here.

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A new way to rock: Ars reviews Rock Band 3

A new way to rock: Ars reviews <em>Rock Band 3</em>
October 24, 2010 11:05 PM - by Ben Kuchera | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs
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Rock Band 3 adds new peripherals and new game modes, and it even teaches you to play "real" instruments. The level of ambition on display makes this a new milestone in rhythm games.

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How MIT's Media Lab gave birth to Guitar Hero and hyperviolins

How MIT's Media Lab gave birth to <em>Guitar Hero</em> and hyperviolins
October 24, 2010 9:00 PM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

How a classical clarinetist gave birth to Guitar Hero, via a hyperviolin and Penn and Teller.

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Windows Phone 7 from an iPhone user's perspective

Windows Phone 7 from an iPhone user's perspective
October 24, 2010 6:30 PM - by John Timmer | Posted in: One Microsoft Way

Most Windows Phone 7 early adopters will come to the platform after using a competing smartphone OS. One iPhone user's impressions of Windows Phone 7 inside.

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Girls, games, and Guinness: a quest for 1 million achievement points

Girls, games, and Guinness: a quest for 1 million achievement points
October 24, 2010 4:00 PM - by Ben Kuchera | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

One man has earned a Gamerscore of over 500,000 on Xbox Live, and he's headed for one million. We talk to him to learn how to pad our own scores, what games offer the easiest points... and to our surprise find a man who's funny, has a girlfriend, and is teaching the world to follow its dreams with the help of a cheesy dance.

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Weird Science's pessimistic dogs won't play fetch

Weird Science's pessimistic dogs won't play fetch
October 24, 2010 2:00 PM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Whale poop, hyrax urine, and Friedrich Nietzsche all have a place in this week's edition of Weird Science.

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Amazon jumps on e-book lending bandwagon with the Kindle

October 23, 2010 4:27 PM - by Eric Bangeman | Posted in: Gear & Gadgets

Kindle owners will soon be able to lend e-books to their friends, but some restrictions apply.

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$799 HP Slate aimed squarely at businesses

October 23, 2010 4:20 PM - by Peter Bright | Posted in: Gear & Gadgets

After months of waiting, the HP Slate 500 is now available to buy. It's not the consumer-friendly device shown at CES, though: the Slate is a business machine through and through.

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