Ancient Art of the Sharpened Spade
A federal court has ruled that sophisticated hash value analysis of a hard drive counts as a "search" under the Fourth Amendment, but legal experts expect an appeal.
The sprawling electronics and media giant gets hit by poor exchange rates and financial problems, but that didn't prevent a couple of its divisions from showing signs of life.
A man who pleaded guilty to recording at least two movies in a theater with his camcorder has been sentenced to 21 months in prison—and may be linked to more than 100 other illegal films. The sentence comes as the movie industry lobbies for tougher laws, even though the current ones apparently are working just fine.
Another file-sharing case is moving to trial, but the defendant has recently picked up some powerful allies: a Harvard Law prof and his class of students. Together, they argue that the entire underpinnings of the RIAA campaign are flawed and unconstitutional.
The days of bullet points, résumés, and cover letters have been replaced by collaborative file-sharing widgets and dynamic trip planners. LinkedIn would like to welcome you to your new, more social, professional résumé.
Fallout 3 suffers from morbidly high expectations, but after 50 hours we can say with some authority that both fans and first-timers will be very happy with what has been accomplished.
What do The Bangles and Rob Zombie have in common? They've signed a petition that opposes unlicensed white space devices. Meanwhile Dell and Google tell the FCC to vote yes on white space on November 4.
Canadian researchers demonstrate that it's possible to successfully hack a commercial quantum key distribution system. The efficacy of the attack is a real threat to quantum key distribution.
The Xbox 360 will get an entirely new interface this November. Ars takes a detailed look at the "New Xbox Experience" and goes right to the source to get your questions about it answered.
Former KaZaA heavyweight Kevin Bermeister has allied with his former music-business enemy and plans to launch a new service that would present would-be pirates with legal alternatives when they attempt to download content. The software is ready for trial deployment, but no word yet on whether it can navigate the minefield of Big Content licensing.
Universal Studios is facing a lawsuit from DVD rental kiosk company Redbox over a predatory revenue sharing agreement. Universal has threatened to cut off Redbox's suppliers if the rental company refuses to stop selling used movies and give the film company 40 percent of its revenue.
Ten years after the passage of the DMCA, and the consequences of the law have become clear: safe harbor provisions have been good, anticircumvention provisions bad, and all of it leaves companies, consumers, and even presidential candidates victims of spurious abuse.
LittleBigPlanet has been delayed for a week and has only now seen release, but don't let that scare you away: this is an already-amazing game that will only get better with time.
In Windows 7, many previously bundled apps will be separate, as part of the Windows Live brand and Microsoft is positioning Windows Live as a key part of its Windows experience. Ars reports from PDC where Microsoft outlined what looks to be a compelling Windows Live strategy.
With the upcoming release of Office 14, Microsoft today announced Office Web, a suite of five core Office components that will float up into the clouds.
Wasn't it YouTube that wanted to host "every music video ever created" back in 2006? Unfortunately that hasn't happened, and now the Viacom-owned MTV has swooped in to post more than 16,000 music videos to its site with more being uploaded every day. Ouch.
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others have finally unveiled a new code of conduct governing how they should conduct business with totalitarian regimes.
Zimbra has a base of 30,000 customers employing its e-mail and collaboration software for over 20 million users. A new hosted option that runs on Yahoo's new data centers and targeted, at least initially, at the education market should only help to expand that base.
Microsoft has given us a first glimpse as Windows 7. The taskbar has changed significantly, and there are a number of other changes we have screenshots of.
Google announces a $125 million deal that settles a lawsuit with publishers that had sued it over its book search. Not only does it put the search feature in the clear, but it may see Google become a major retailer of out-of-print books.