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FBI investigating PSN hack; Sony looking into compensating users

FBI investigating PSN hack; Sony looking into compensating users
April 29, 2011 11:20 AM - by Andrew Webster | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

Sony is "evaluating" ways to compensate PSN users and subscribers of games like DC Universe Online for the recent, and ongoing network outage. Meanwhile, it's been confirmed that the FBI has joined the investigation.

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Is Netflix reducing illicit file sharing? Depends on which stats you believe

Is Netflix reducing illicit file sharing? Depends on which stats you believe
April 29, 2011 10:46 AM - by Ryan Singel, wired.com | Posted in: Law & Disorder

By some measurements, Netflix now accounts for 40 percent of US bandwidth usage. Is there a similar drop in US P2P traffic? It depends on which figures you look at.

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Want to increase your IQ? Get motivated

Want to increase your IQ? Get motivated
April 29, 2011 9:55 AM - by Kate Shaw | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Motivation may play a much larger role in IQ scores and life events than previously thought.

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Brink supports PC gaming with free, feature-rich standalone server

April 29, 2011 9:11 AM - by Ben Kuchera | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

Brink already has strong buzz in the world of PC gaming, but now that we have details on the upcoming free, standalone server, we're even more excited. It's sad that something that used to be a given is now a surprising feature, but we'll take what we can get.

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Opponents: kill AT&T; bid for T-Mobile, Qualcomm licenses at same time

Opponents: kill AT&T bid for T-Mobile, Qualcomm licenses at same time
April 29, 2011 7:32 AM - by Matthew Lasar | Posted in: Law & Disorder

Five media reform groups say it makes no sense for the FCC to consider the AT&T;/T-Mobile merger without also considering AT&T;'s bid for Qualcomm 700MHz licenses in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. "The competitive impact of the two transactions in combination may be even greater than the impact of each separately," they warn.

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TOBA is a-swingin', looking for gravity waves

TOBA is a-swingin', looking for gravity waves
April 29, 2011 6:56 AM - by Chris Lee | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Scientists in Japan present the first results from their test version of a torsion bar gravity wave detector.

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It's unfinished, but we definitely want more: Ars reviews RIM's PlayBook

It's unfinished, but we definitely want more: Ars reviews RIM's PlayBook
April 28, 2011 11:30 PM - by Ryan Paul | Posted in: Gear & Gadgets
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Ars takes an in-depth look at RIM's entry into the tablet market, the PlayBook. It's not an iPad-killer—heck, it's not even really ready for prime time—but there's a lot here to love.

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Dutch traffic cops use TomTom GPS data to nail speeders

Dutch traffic cops use TomTom GPS data to nail speeders
April 28, 2011 6:41 PM - by Matthew Lasar | Posted in: Law & Disorder

TomTom may have thought it was selling GPS motorist data to Euro-governments to fight traffic congestion, but the Netherlands passed the intel to its traffic police, who used it to make speed traps. "Many of our customers are not happy," concedes TomTom's CEO.

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Microsoft beats estimates, but not Apple in third quarter earnings

April 28, 2011 4:50 PM - by Peter Bright | Posted in: One Microsoft Way

Microsoft has posted its earnings results for its third quarter of financial year 2011. Revenue and profits are up year-on-year and have beaten analyst expectations—but profit was lower than Apple's for the first time in decades.

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NVIDIA announces SLI support for the AMD platform

April 28, 2011 4:37 PM - by Jon Stokes | Posted in: Uptime

NVIDIA makes nice with AMD by adding SLI support for AMD CPUs. But given Intel's impending march on the mid-range discrete market via Ivy Bridge, NVIDIA kinda needs all the friends it can get.

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Three Foxconn workers arrested for leaking iPad 2 design

Three Foxconn workers arrested for leaking iPad 2 design
April 28, 2011 4:11 PM - by Chris Foresman | Posted in: Infinite Loop

Three Foxconn workers were arrested and charged for leaking details about the iPad 2 to case makers months before the device was launched by Apple. The incident is another (though less deadly) example of Foxconn working to maintain Apple's legendary levels of secrecy.

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Researchers put viruses to work to build a better solar cell

Researchers put viruses to work to build a better solar cell
April 28, 2011 2:44 PM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Researchers use the proteins of a virus to act as a template for carbon nanotubes, easing their incorporation into a photovoltaic device.

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Facebook shoots first, ignores questions later; account lock-out attack works (Update X)

Facebook shoots first, ignores questions later; account lock-out attack works (Update X)
April 28, 2011 1:37 PM - by Ken Fisher | Posted in: Uptime

Facebook has removed the Ars Technica Facebook page for alleged infringement, but gave us no warning, no explanation, and no clear way to resolve the issue. Why is Facebook playing judge, jury, and executioner all in one fell swoop?

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Sony: some PSN data encrypted, hardware moving to new location

Sony: some PSN data encrypted, hardware moving to new location
April 28, 2011 12:25 PM - by Ben Kuchera | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

Sony is sharing more information about its response to the malicious attack that caused it to shut down the PlayStation Network, and some fascinating details have come to light. Some of your data was encrypted, some wasn't, and there were physical barriers keeping people from accessing the information.

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Apple may brand its rumored cloud services "iCloud"

April 28, 2011 11:45 AM - by Chris Foresman | Posted in: Infinite Loop

Apple has supposedly purchased the iCloud.com domain name to use for its upcoming cloud-based "digital locker" services.

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Together, we work alone: two days with Star Wars: The Old Republic

Together, we work alone: two days with <em>Star Wars: The Old Republic</em>
April 28, 2011 11:00 AM - by Casey Johnston | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs
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Ars spends two days deep inside Star Wars: The Old Republic, one of the most anticipated games of the past few years, defending spaceships, wooing companions, and bringing down Republic bosses as we played our individual stories together.

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Department of Justice's long oversight of Microsoft to end

April 28, 2011 10:45 AM - by Peter Bright | Posted in: One Microsoft Way

More than a decade after they began, Microsoft will now be able to put its US antitrust woes behind it. The oversight of the company, agreed to as part of its 2002 settlement with the Department of Justice, will end on May 12.

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Ubuntu 11.04 released, a Natty Narwhal rises from the depths

Ubuntu 11.04 released, a Natty Narwhal rises from the depths
April 28, 2011 8:47 AM - by Ryan Paul | Posted in: Open Ended

Ubuntu 11.04, codenamed Natty Narwhal, has been officially released. The update brings the new Unity shell to the desktop.

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Looking for a drinking fountain? There will soon be an app for that

Looking for a drinking fountain? There will soon be an app for that
April 28, 2011 6:55 AM - by Matthew Lasar | Posted in: Open Ended

Where have all the public water drinking fountains gone? A new Android app will help thirsty city dwellers track them down, but volunteers are needed to build the national database.

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Are we talking "cyber war" like the Bush admin talked WMDs?

Are we talking "cyber war" like the Bush admin talked WMDs?
April 27, 2011 7:40 PM - by Matthew Lasar | Posted in: Security

A new policy paper suggests that the current discussion about impending "cyber war" bears all the markings of the Bush administration's assessment of Iraq. Is there really a threat out there, or just a lot of "threat inflation"?

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Windows Phone NoDo rollout nears completion, Telefonica, Telstra still testing

April 27, 2011 7:28 PM - by Peter Bright | Posted in: One Microsoft Way

Windows Phone 7 NoDo, the update bringing copy-and-paste to Microsoft's phone platform, is slowly nearing universal availability. Another couple of phone networks have completed their testing, and AT&T has now authorized the update across its entire range of Windows Phone handsets.

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Small areas of the brain go to sleep when we're up too late

Small areas of the brain go to sleep when we're up too late
April 27, 2011 6:24 PM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Small areas of a rats brain take themselves offline when the animal has been sleep deprived, and this "local sleep" may explain the poor mental performance that follows poor sleep.

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Guns at home more likely to be used stupidly than in self-defense

Guns at home more likely to be used stupidly than in self-defense
April 27, 2011 3:51 PM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Do guns at home make sense from a public health perspective? A review of the literature concludes that humanity's tendency to anger and mistakes makes it unlikely that they'll ever be a net positive.

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Ars readers report credit card fraud, blame Sony

Ars readers report credit card fraud, blame Sony
April 27, 2011 3:11 PM - by Ben Kuchera | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

While Sony has yet to confirm or deny the security of credit card data from the PlayStation Network, many of our readers have been contacting us with stories of suspicious credit card activity. While our advice remains to simply keep a close watch on your accounts, the trend of fraud has been troubling.

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Supreme Court: AT&T; can force arbitration, block class-action suits

April 27, 2011 2:28 PM - by Chris Foresman | Posted in: Law & Disorder

If you have a beef with your mobile carrier or other service provider, you may be forced into binding arbitration instead of filing a class-action lawsuit according to a ruling by the Supreme Court.

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