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Google: Android doesn't infringe Oracle's copyrights

Google: Android doesn't infringe Oracle's copyrights
November 12, 2010 6:50 PM - by Ryan Paul | Posted in: Open Ended

Google's has responded to Oracle's allegations that Android infringes Java copyright as well as patents. According to Google, no copyright infringement has occurred, but if it did, then it's not Google's fault.

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Freelance opportunities at Ars Technica

November 12, 2010 3:51 PM - by Ken Fisher | Posted in: Ars Staff Blogs

Looking to write for Ars Technica? Here's your chance: we're looking for good, long-form content. Details inside.

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Tetris may work as a post-traumatic stress disorder "vaccine"

<em>Tetris</em> may work as a post-traumatic stress disorder "vaccine"
November 12, 2010 3:14 PM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Researchers theorize that a challenging visual task can interfere with the formation of visual memories that cause traumatic flashbacks. They then set out to prove it using Tetris.

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Microsoft releases service pack blocker for Windows 7 SP1

November 12, 2010 2:40 PM - by Emil Protalinski | Posted in: One Microsoft Way

The Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit now works with Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. If history is any guide, we can expect SP1 to drop in January 2011.

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iTunes 10.1 brings AirPlay, warning about Ping use

November 12, 2010 2:05 PM - by Casey Johnston | Posted in: Infinite Loop

iTunes 10.1 is out, and although it's light on big changes aside from AirPlay, it has some important information about how Apple plans to use your Ping data.

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Report: Obama administration to appoint Web privacy czar

November 12, 2010 1:33 PM - by Jacqui Cheng | Posted in: Law & Disorder

The Obama administration is apparently in the process of appointing a new position to oversee Internet privacy issues, with new laws to go along with it.

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The Internet strikes again: RIP, white pages

The Internet strikes again: RIP, white pages
November 12, 2010 1:01 PM - by Nate Anderson | Posted in: Law & Disorder

Mass delivery of "white pages" phone listings has been replaced by online lookup services. Now, phone companies like Verizon and AT&T; are asking for permission to cut white pages distribution.

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Palin hacker sentenced to one year in prison

Palin hacker sentenced to one year in prison
November 12, 2010 12:45 PM - by Kim Zetter, wired.com | Posted in: Law & Disorder

Hacking into a vice-presidential candidate's personal e-mail account has landed a 22-year-old man a one-year jail sentence.

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Microsoft Kin to make a feature phone comeback?

Microsoft Kin to make a feature phone comeback?
November 12, 2010 12:35 PM - by Peter Bright | Posted in: One Microsoft Way

Microsoft's Kin phones might make a shocking comeback, this time without their expensive smartphone call plans, according to a leaked roadmap document from Verizon.

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Gran Turismo 5 coming November 24... no, really!

<em>Gran Turismo 5</em> coming November 24... no, really!
November 12, 2010 12:07 PM - by Andrew Webster | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

Sony has announced that, after pushing the game back from its November 2 release date, Gran Turismo 5 will now be available on November 24. We'll believe it when we see it.

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Why neurons die in Parkinson's patients

Why neurons die in Parkinson's patients
November 12, 2010 11:33 AM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

The population of cells that die in Parkinson's disease patients may be killed because of the energy involved in putting out a regular train of electrical signals.

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Mario 3 using New Super Mario Bros. engine: flash cart required

November 12, 2010 10:59 AM - by Andrew Webster | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

One enterprising fan has decided to recreate Super Mario Bros. 3 using the New Super Mario Bros. engine. It may not have a Tanooki suit, but it's free and full of nostalgia.

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LimeWire: Seriously, don't blame us for new "Pirate Edition"

November 12, 2010 10:31 AM - by Nate Anderson | Posted in: Law & Disorder

LimeWire has gone out of its way to dissociate itself from the new LimeWire: Pirate Edition, which is based on the actual LimeWire source code. Having anything to do with the new program could cost LimeWire a big pile of cash.

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What's going down in the (free) Ars Open Lounge

What's going down in the (free) Ars Open Lounge
November 12, 2010 10:25 AM - by Aurich Lawson | Posted in: Ars Staff Blogs

For the rest of November the legendary Ars Lounge, a wretched hive of scum and geekery, is open to the unwashed masses. That means you, non-subscriber! Come on in and see what madness is brewing.

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Apple's OpenJDK project to bring Java SE 7 to the Mac

November 12, 2010 9:40 AM - by Jacqui Cheng | Posted in: Infinite Loop

Java and Mac OS X won't be parting ways anytime soon: Apple has announced a partnership with Oracle to bring Java SE 7 to Mac OS X, with Apple contributing most of the key components.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops PC online: our thoughts now that it works

<em>Call of Duty: Black Ops</em> PC online: our thoughts now that it works
November 12, 2010 9:18 AM - by Ben Kuchera | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

After the patch, we go online to explore the new game modes and options in Call of Duty: Black Ops. The currency systems give you more options earlier in the game, although leveling still unlocks your guns. This a friendlier but still hardcore shooter.

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Linaro group advances Linux on ARM with 10.11 release

Linaro group advances Linux on ARM with 10.11 release
November 12, 2010 8:26 AM - by Ryan Paul | Posted in: Open Ended

The Linaro project has announced the first release of its Linux software stack for ARM. The group is working to simplify adoption of Linux on the ARM architecture and reduce the amount of time it takes for hardware vendors to bring new ARM-powered products to market with Linux.

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Xbox cofounder: why gaming should embrace impressionism

Xbox cofounder: why gaming should embrace impressionism
November 12, 2010 6:51 AM - by Andrew Webster | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

Ars speaks with Ed Fries, the co-founder of Xbox and the developer behind Halo 2600, about what games need to do to evolve as an art form and why constraint may be the key.

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Getting to QED, part 2: deduction and arguments

Getting to QED, part 2: deduction and arguments
November 11, 2010 11:30 PM - by Walker White | Posted in: Uptime
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In Part 2 of our series on logic and argumentation, Ars looks at deduction, and at the different types of arguments you can make.

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Apple fixes broken IPv6 by breaking it some more

Apple fixes broken IPv6 by breaking it some more
November 11, 2010 7:25 PM - by Iljitsch van Beijnum | Posted in: Infinite Loop

With its latest update to Mac OS X, 10.6.5, Apple has changed how the operating system handles IPv6 connectivity. Snow Leopard will now only connect via 6to4 tunneling to IPv6 destinations if IPv4 is not an option.

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Literacy may have stolen brain power from other functions

Literacy may have stolen brain power from other functions
November 11, 2010 4:41 PM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

How do the specialized structures of the brain deal with an innovation—literacy—that's relatively new? Possibly by co-opting parts of the brain that used to do something else, according to a new study.

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Boxee Box now shipping, Netflix and Hulu Plus coming soon

Boxee Box now shipping, Netflix and Hulu Plus coming soon
November 11, 2010 4:05 PM - by Chris Foresman | Posted in: Gear & Gadgets

The Boxee Box is now making its way into consumers' hands, ready to take on the likes of Apple TV, Roku, and Google TV with wide source compatibility and coming support for Netflix and Hulu Plus.

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Microsoft not amused by open source Kinect drivers

November 11, 2010 3:28 PM - by Ryan Paul | Posted in: Open Ended

Adafruit has awarded a $3,000 bounty to a Linux enthusiast who has released open source drivers for controlling Microsoft's Kinect camera.

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Intel's former ARM team hits back at chipzilla with new server chip

November 11, 2010 2:15 PM - by Jon Stokes | Posted in: Uptime

Marvell has announced a quad-core ARM chip that's aimed squarely at Intel's strongest revenue source of late: cloud servers. Ironically, the core on which the new chip is based was designed by the Xscale team that Intel sold to Marvell back in 2006.

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Cats use gravity, inertia, gecko-like process to lap up cream

November 11, 2010 1:42 PM - by Casey Johnston | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Researchers took high-speed video of a cat lapping water to see how it uses physics to its advantage.

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