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Finding child porn and Daily Show clips... without hashes or keywords
Identifying images without using pre-tagged keywords or hashes poses a real challenge to both law enforcement and content owners. Ars talks with LTU Technologies about its "image DNA" technology and how it can help both groups filter images.Read More...

Diluting the scientific method: Ars looks at homeopathy
Join the four science writers of Ars as they examine the ostensibly scientific evidence in support of homeopathic medicine, an exercise that should provide everyone with a greater understanding of the features that separate science from pseudoscience.Read More...

States to judge: extend Microsoft antitrust oversight by five years
Attorneys general from six states and Washington, DC, want the 2002 antitrust consent decree extended for another five years. They fear that Microsoft will return to its old ways once oversight ends in November.Read More...

NTP emerges from under bridge, sues cellular carriers for patent infringement
We may be looking at a replay of the BlackBerry patent fight from a few years ago, as patent-holding company NTP has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against four cellular carriers. The legal landscape has changed since then, however, meaning that NTP may be in for a big fight.Read More...

HD for the people: China group announces another HD disc format
Researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing have announced a new HD disc format, based off of HD DVD, called CH-DVD. A new industry association in China will begin working with the DVD Forum to launch the format in China next year.Read More...

Nanoscale printing: better nanowires through 100,000 dpi printing
Researchers from IBM have published a paper describing a technique for taking gravure printing down to the nanoscopic range, producing gold wires that are 60nm wide.Read More...

P2P comes to mobile phones, promises free calls
A Swedish company has come up with a way to make free cellular calls without the need for cellular towersor even a cellular carrier.Read More...

Patent Reform Act faces opposition as it heads to the Senate
Patent reform has gathered momentum and has now passed the House, but plenty of firms still oppose the bill and are trying to derail it in the Senate.Read More...

Korean antitrust probe of Intel ends, penalties to be decided soon
The Korean Fair Trade Commission has completed its investigation into Intel's trade practices within the country and says that it plans to make a decision on what penalties Intel might face later this year.Read More...

NAB takes fight against "white space" broadband to the airwaves
The National Association of Broadband has launched a new alarmist campaign against "white space" broadband, warning that allowing the use of empty TV spectrum would cause interference to digital TV signals.Read More...

EU considers ban on using Internet to distribute bomb-making instructions
The European Union security commissioner has announced a series of new antiterrorism proposals including airplane passenger list policy changes, establishment of an explosives database through Europol, and criminalizing Internet dissemination of bomb-making instructions.Read More...