Figuring out magazine subscriptions in the iPad age

Figuring out magazine subscriptions in the iPad age
August 20, 2010 3:20 PM - by Chris Foresman | Posted in: Infinite Loop

Magazine publishers have been pushing Apple to let them use their own payment systems to offer digital subscriptions via the iPad. A compromise has been reached which would allow dead-tree subscribers free access to digital versions, but there is room for more improvement.

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Amazon, droughts driving drop in plants' ability to store carbon

Amazon, droughts driving drop in plants' ability to store carbon
August 20, 2010 2:54 PM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Plants are great at locking up carbon. Over the last decade, however, a temperature-driven drying trend has cut into this carbon sink.

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Meditation boosts part of brain where ADD, addictions reside

August 20, 2010 2:20 PM - by Casey Johnston | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Participants who meditated for 11 hours per month showed more robust connections in a part of the brain that processes rewards and decisions.

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Argentinian court applies common sense to search defamation lawsuit

August 20, 2010 1:03 PM - by Jacqui Cheng | Posted in: Law & Disorder

Google and Yahoo have been cleared of defamation charges brought by Argentinian entertainer Virginia Da Cunha—for now.

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Torchlight 2 trailer gives us exactly what we want

August 20, 2010 12:25 PM - by Ben Kuchera | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

Torchlight was a wonderful game that was a hit with both the critics and the public, but it lacked one thing. One... important... thing. Guess what this trailer for the sequel features?

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Supreme Court told P2P users can be "innocent infringers"

Supreme Court told P2P users can be "innocent infringers"
August 20, 2010 11:03 AM - by Nate Anderson | Posted in: Law & Disorder

A group of law professors has filed a brief with the Supreme Court, arguing that it's patently ridiculous for copyright notices on compact discs—which P2P users never see—to count as "knowledge" of infringement.

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PS3 Top Gun mixes old movie with older gameplay

August 20, 2010 9:50 AM - by Ben Kuchera | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

Want to know what happens if you take a by-the-numbers arcade-style flying game and add in scenes from an older film written by someone who may not understand English? Here's a hint: save your $15.

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Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCU

Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCU
August 20, 2010 9:19 AM - by Matthew Lasar | Posted in: Law & Disorder

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) had choice words for the Google/Verizon net neutrality plan, and none of them were good. Speaking at a public hearing on Thursday, Franken also called called the proposed merger of Comcast and NBCU "very, very dangerous."

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Bad news for AMD as Intel gains server share

August 20, 2010 8:21 AM - by Jon Stokes | Posted in: Uptime

A slow product transition from AMD, strong execution from Intel, and a comeback in server demand have all combined to cost AMD critical server marketshare.

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ISP's top data hog gobbles 2.7TB of data in a month

ISP's top data hog gobbles 2.7TB of data in a month
August 19, 2010 7:30 PM - by Nate Anderson | Posted in: Law & Disorder

A Belgian ISP has released a list of its top 25 downloaders. Try hard enough and it is apparently possible to download more than 2 terabytes of data in a single month. Few people can manage it, though.

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Gulf oil spill plumes big, have staying power

Gulf oil spill plumes big, have staying power
August 19, 2010 4:52 PM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

A research vessel has continuously monitored deep oil plumes moving away from the site of the damaged drill site in the Gulf of Mexico. The plumes aren't diffusing, and there's little sign that bacteria are breaking them down, so they may be around for months after the well was sealed.

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Privacy groups, Facebook already facing off over "Places"

Privacy groups, Facebook already facing off over "Places"
August 19, 2010 3:25 PM - by Jacqui Cheng | Posted in: The Web

Facebook is once again under fire for its privacy settings on Places, its new location-based feature. The company has responded, though, by saying that some groups simply aren't giving Facebook enough credit.

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Everything's scarier with children: a look at Dead Space 2

August 19, 2010 2:42 PM - by Andrew Webster | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

The upcoming Dead Space feels a lot like its predecessor, but is different in one very important aspect: you now have to fight freakishly mutated children.

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Apple may be looking to lock out unauthorized iOS users

August 19, 2010 2:15 PM - by Chris Foresman | Posted in: Infinite Loop

Apple has applied for a patent on a method to protect mobile devices from unauthorized access, including automatic data wiping, alerting the device owner of trouble, and photographing and geolocating an "unauthorized" user.

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Gravitational lens makes dark energy less mysterious

Gravitational lens makes dark energy less mysterious
August 19, 2010 1:49 PM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Nobel Intent

Researchers use gravitational lensing to estimate the structure of the Universe and dark energy's contribution to it. The new data backs up previous estimates, increasing confidence in our measurements.

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The PS3 jailbroken? USB hack allows homebrew, copied games

The PS3 jailbroken? USB hack allows homebrew, copied games
August 19, 2010 12:20 PM - by Ben Kuchera | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

The PS Jailbreak promises gamers that they can plug in a USB stick, click a few times, and have their PS3 get much cooler. Countdown to new firmware update in 3, 2, 1...

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Intel agrees to buy McAfee, decides that security matters

August 19, 2010 11:53 AM - by Peter Bright | Posted in: Uptime

Intel has agreed to buy security firm McAfee for $7.68 billion, and is claiming that security is now as important a goal as power consumption. This marks a new direction for a company that previously regarded security features as a luxury.

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RIAA: Google/Verizon deal needs yet another gaping loophole

RIAA: Google/Verizon deal needs yet another gaping loophole
August 19, 2010 11:02 AM - by Nate Anderson | Posted in: Law & Disorder

The recording industry worries that even the weak-tea net neutrality provisions proposed by Google and Verizon could put a crimp in its antipiracy plans, and it wants to make sure all ISPs have the right to filter "unlawful" content. If not, we'll have an Internet of "chaos."

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A blood-soaked cartoon: hands-on with XBLA, PSN Shank

A blood-soaked cartoon: hands-on with XBLA, PSN <em>Shank</em>
August 19, 2010 10:34 AM - by Andrew Webster | Posted in: Opposable Thumbs

Ars goes hands-on with the upcoming PSN and XBLA title Shank, and finds a surprisingly fun and violent 2D action game with an impressive sense of style.

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RIM to use QNX-developed OS for upcoming "Blackpad" tablet

August 19, 2010 10:00 AM - by Chris Foresman | Posted in: Gear & Gadgets

BlackBerry 6 may have too much legacy code to easily adapt it to a tablet, making QNX's software a better fit given the short timeframe RIM has to enter the burgeoning touchscreen tablet market.

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Hands-on: Motorola's Droid 2 sequel is a worthy update

Hands-on: Motorola's Droid 2 sequel is a worthy update
August 19, 2010 7:51 AM - by Ryan Paul | Posted in: Gear & Gadgets

Motorola's Droid was a winner when it launched last year. Now its successor, the Droid 2, is out with some solid improvements. Ars goes hands-on Motorola's newest Android handset.

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Being a behemoth: how Microsoft (and 9 others) make their billions

Being a behemoth: how Microsoft (and 9 others) make their billions
August 19, 2010 6:55 AM - by John Timmer | Posted in: Uptime
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Can business success and technology innovation go hand in hand? We take a look at the biggest companies in world of technology to find out how they make their money.

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Facebook adds geolocation, check-ins to iPhone and Web apps

Facebook adds geolocation, check-ins to iPhone and Web apps
August 18, 2010 9:17 PM - by Jacqui Cheng | Posted in: The Web

Facebook has finally announced its long-rumored location feature, called "Places." Available to iPhone users and mobile devices that have HTML5 and geolocation capabilities, the feature is similar to other location-based services, but privacy groups still have complaints.

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Probabilistic processors possibly pack potent punch

Probabilistic processors possibly pack potent punch
August 18, 2010 8:18 PM - by Peter Bright | Posted in: Chipster

A DARPA-funded startup hopes that a new kind of processor it has developed, based on analog probabilities instead of the digital sureties of binary, will revolutionize the world of computing.

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iOS still receives majority of independent mobile ads

August 18, 2010 7:43 PM - by Chris Foresman | Posted in: Infinite Loop

The mobile ad business is booming for independent network Millennial Media, and the company's latest data still shows iOS devices making the lion's share of ad requests. However, Android is seeing huge gains.

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