RIAA responds: Nesson more like P.T. Barnum than David
May/090
Last week, we ran an op-ed from Charles Nesson, the Harvard Law professor waging war on the RIAA “Goliath” and its army of lawyers. Here to respond to Nesson’s accusations is Steven Marks, general counsel for the RIAA. To Marks, Nesson is playing the part of a circus ringmaster, not a downtrodden “David.” The views expressed here are not necessarily those of Ars Technica
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RIAA responds: Nesson more like P.T. Barnum than David
Get Ars in your inbox, and maybe a prize—The Dispatch returns
May/090
Let’s face it: keeping up with the goings on in the tech world is tough work. Ars Technica offers? copious amounts of RSS feeds , a bustling Twitter feed , and, of course, the site itself. One hole in our current news syndication lineup, however, is one of the most ubiquitous and effective transmission mediums the ‘Net has to offer: e-mail.
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E3 2009 promises to return to form, surprises expected
May/090
While E3 may not officially begin until Tuesday this week, the action has already begun.
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PSP Go revealed in detail—it’s real
May/090
It didn’t take long before one of the biggest E3 rumors was confirmed. GamingConsoleNetwork ?noticed that?the PSP Go made an appearance?in an early release of the Sony video series Qore. And then it was described in detail
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Can Web-based plagiarism detection beat a Google search?
May/090
A new plagiarism detection service says that it can help track down copied text on the Internet—but it is any better than a search engine? We put it to the test with some of our own content. Plagium is simple to use: enter text into a box and hit the “track plagiarisms” button.
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Weird Science discovers that video games can kill
May/090
Video games are harmful to children: But not how you think.
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Weird Science discovers that video games can kill
HTML 5 and Web video: freeing rich media from plugin prison
May/090
The expressive power of the Web is largely made possible by open standards. HTML, the vendor-neutral markup language that serves as the underlying foundation of the open Web, helped to foster the culture of interoperability and inclusiveness that have made the Internet a success.
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Eco-Consciousness through ‘Bhagidari’ (Partnership) with Delhi’s Citizens
May/090
One of the most difficult tasks in achieving a greener and more resource efficient life on planet Earth is changing inherent patterns or attitudes in each and everyone of us. Because it is the direct grand collective impact of our actions in regards to resource usage and consumption that will determine the future of Earth’s environment
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Eco-Consciousness through ‘Bhagidari’ (Partnership) with Delhi’s Citizens
2002 Coal Ash Risk Study Not Released by EPA
May/090
An October, 2002 the EPA-funded study on the health risks from Coal Ash dumps, which showed an increased cancer risk as well as the risk of non-cancer illnesses, was never released to the public. The predicted cancer risk increase–up to 1 in 50 more cases per site–was due to arsenic leaching into the water table from unlined waste (coal ash) ponds.
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2002 Coal Ash Risk Study Not Released by EPA
Tech week in review: P2P battles, Android on Ubuntu, and more
May/090
Just as the northern hemisphere is heating up as we move towards the summer solstice, so is the rhetoric between the RIAA and its legal adversaries. Harvard law professor Charles Nesson has gotten involved in another file-sharing lawsuit, and he’s making another demand of the recording industry.
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