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- Big Cable: FCC Internet policy should apply to colleges too
A cable industry group is trying to convince the FCC to apply its network management rules to colleges and universities?despite the fact that campus Internet is for students and staff only, not a general public promised fast and always-on Internet connections.Read More...
- WIPO orders Narnia domain transfer, makes 11-year-old cry
The World Intellectual Property Organization has ordered the transfer of narnia.mobi from a family in Scotland to the estate of C.S. Lewis, author of the popular The Chronicles of Narnia. The family says that the domain was supposed to be a present for their 11-year-old son, but WIPO argues that it was registered in bad faith.Read More...
- Memphis police trying to out anonymous badged blogger
The Memphis Police Department isn't so crazy about the MPD Enforcer 2.0 blog, which has been notoriously critical of the department's activities. As part of a recently-filed lawsuit, the MPD has subpoenaed AOL to try and unveil who is responsible for the blog, a move that has rights activists concerned over the threat to free speech. Read More...
- Parents group: still too easy for kids to buy M-rated games
The Parents Television Council did its own undercover work to see how many retailers would sell their underage shoppers M-rated games. The group's findings, unsurprisingly, do not echo the good news the FTC gave the industry in May. Read More...
- Math gender gap gone in grade school, persists in college
Data from math assessments indicate that the math gender gap no longer exist in US grade schools, but it persists in college and beyond.Read More...
- DRM still sucks: Yahoo Music going dark, taking keys with it
Yahoo announced last night that it will shutter Yahoo Music soon. If you bought DRMed files from the store, it's time to stock up on blank CDs and prepare yourself for lossy rerips if you want to move your music to a new PC come October.Read More...
- .06% opt out: NebuAd hides link in 5,000-word privacy policy
Embarq's notice of its NebuAd trial turns out to have been so good that only 15 of 26,000 subscribers opted out. The other 25,985 either loved the idea or had no idea the trial was going on, because the ISP placed the opt-out link on a privacy page without notifying subscribers of the change.Read More...
- Turning waste heat into electricity—twice as efficiently
Researchers double the efficiency of a heat-harvesting thermoelectric material by doping it with thallium atoms, allowing harvesting of waste heat that is far more cost effective.Read More...
- Facebook developer conference yields promises, not releases
Facebook announced a number of significant improvements to its application platform and previewed more of how Facebook Connect may change the definition of social networking. Too bad none of this stuff will arrive for months. Read More...
- What's right with the "groundbreaking" UK P2P compromise
The recording industry and the six largest ISPs in the UK have agreed on a deal to curb illegal file-swapping: notification letters, but no enforcement, and the ISPs won't have to spy on their users. It's the best deal we could have hoped for... unless it's only a first step.Read More...
- What the Dark Knight tells us about game rating laws
Is the Dark Knight too violent for a PG-13 rating? It's an interesting question, and one that no one thinks the government needs to think about. Why then, do some many politicians think the government needs to be involved in gaming? Ars Technica looks at content, context, and a recent New York law. Read More...
- Enforcement issues all that stand in way of XM-Sirius deal
Sirius and XM still in final talks with the FCC about that merger, including making amends for all those wayward translators.Read More...
- Intel launches new Tolapai system-on-a-chip design
Intel has been talking up the embedded space for months, and the company is finally ready to move in that direction. Tolapai debuts today, as the launchpad for what Intel envisions as an entirely new class of Internet-capable devices. Read More...
- Librarians want to turn us all into privacy fiends
The American Library Association calls the right to read the "foundation of individual liberty," and it isn't keen on government attempts to erode library privacy. The ALA has launched a million-dollar campaign to educate the public about these issues. Read More...
- Telco wouldn't install fiber network, sued to prevent city from doing so
A small town in Minnesota wants to build its own fiber to the home network. The local telco didn't want to do it, but it doesn't want the city competing with it, either. That means one thing: lawsuit.Read More...
- Microsoft refunding gamers, Games for Windows Live goes free
Microsoft made a series of announcements this week that the company hopes will reinvigorate the PC gaming market, including the announcement of DirectX 11 and the advent of free Windows Live gaming. Ars spoke with Microsoft's Kevin Unangst about the company's present and future plans, including DX11, Games for Windows Live, and the PCGA.Read More...
- Report: FCC set to approve XM Radio-Sirius merger (updated)
The FCC has reportedly decided to approve the merger between XM Radio and Sirius. The last fence-sitting commissioner has come down and signed off on the deal.Read More...
- Pedias of world beware: Google Knol now open to the public
Knol is Google's approach to wikis that focuses on genuine content from verified authors?and paying said authors for their time. The new product is drawing attention and scrutiny from nearly every possible angle, and now it's open to the world.Read More...
- Study: websites of financial institutions insecure by design
A study that examined the web sites of financial institutions ranging from local banks to national investment firms finds that many fail their users on the most basic level: they make it difficult to understand when a given action is secure.Read More...
- Industry group working on yet another wireless HD standard
Motorola, Sony, Hitachi, and Samsung have formed a consortium to back the Wireless Home Digital Interface. Another HD-over-wireless technology may not seem helpful, but the standard itself could be a significant step forward over the point-to-point technology we've seen thus far.Read More...
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