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Comcast speaks out on bandwidth caps, says they only affect 0.01% of users
Bandwidth caps have been a hot topic of discussion recently, and much of the talk has turned towards Comcast's mysterious bandwidth limits. Ars talks to Comcast in an attempt to get more insight into how the company's limits actually function.Read More...
Moore at IDF: All good curves must come to an end
Gordon Moore talked about the end of Moore's Law at IDF. Moore assured us that it won't be the end of the world, but what does he know?Read More...
Rhianna Pratchett talks Heavenly Sword, Sony, and Andy Serkis
Rhianna Pratchett talks about writing one of the PlayStation 3's premiere games, as well as working with Andy Serkis, and why story in action games should matter. Read More...
Apple defends itself against pricing accusations in Europe
Apple CEO Steve Jobs indirectly shifted blame for the inconsistencies in pricing across iTunes Stores in Europe away from Apple today during a press conference by stating that the company thinks prices should be the same across the Continent. The comments came on the same day that Apple met with European Commission officials to discuss unfair pricing and sales practices in the European iTunes Stores.Read More...
Nanowire researchers discover possible hard drive stand-in: fast, dense, hairy memory
A new nanowire-based storage technique holds promise for eventually replacing hard drives, but growing the wires is surprisingly tricky.Read More...
Creationists, atheists battle over copyrights, criticism, and the DMCA
"Dr. Dino" might be in jail, but his organization lives on, and it has been filing DMCA takedown notices faster than a flood can carve out a Grand Canyon. But were they literally true?Read More...
Announcing "The Observatory:" sine scientia ars nihil est
If you will, please direct your scientific gaze to the shiny newness before you! Today marks the official launch of "The Observatory," Ars Technica's new science forum.Read More...
Otellini on Intel's GPU, Gelsinger on hardware-based drive encryption
At the Intel Developer Forum, CEO Paul Otellini confirmed what we already knew about Larrabee. The CPU maker also dropped some hints about a new hardware-based disk encryption technology it's working on.Read More...
GNOME 2.20 officially released
GNOME 2.20 has officially been released. The latest version of the increasingly popular open-source desktop environment includes useful new features and user interface improvements.Read More...
MPAA head wants deeper relationship (read: content filtering) with ISPs
Dan Glickman, head of the MPAA, told a DC gathering yesterday that content filtering at the ISP level isn't just something the studios want... it's in everyone's interest.Read More...
Intel to straddle fence, offer native support for both HD DVD and Blu-ray
Intel's upcoming Montevina platform will include native support for both Blu-ray and HD DVD, CEO Paul Otellini announced at this week's Intel Developer Forum. Read More...
The war at home: Air Force employee spies on family, then sues spyware vendor
After installing a keylogger to check up on his wife, an Air Force employee now finds himself at the center of a federal case. In response, he sues the software vendor.Read More...
Apple's fight against iPhone unlocks may result in expensive bricks
Apple's Steve Jobs said yesterday that the company would actively work against those who perform a SIM unlock on their iPhones. This isn't surprising news, but we believe that the consequences for unlockers could be pretty high.Read More...
P2P sites ridicule MediaDefender takedown notices in wake of e-mail leak
In the aftermath of an e-mail leak that has exposed the company's dirty deeds, MediaDefender is sending legal threats to file-sharing sites in a futile effort to slow the spread of the damaging information.Read More...
Crunched in the valley: TechCrunch40 day two recap
Ars Technica wraps up its coverage of the TechCrunch40 demo conference with a look back on day two.Read More...
Paper trail voting report hammers straw men, its own credibility
An analysis of voting with paper trail audits suggests that they would actually make securing the vote more difficult. Any valuable points it makes, however, are lost in its portrayal of electronic voting opponents as ignorant luddites.Read More...