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Hey guys, don't forget to read the manual on that new gizmo of yours:
http://arst.ch/9rn
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Men and women approach technology differently—this comes as no surprise. However, according to data from a UK-based helpline, men are significantly less likely to have read the manual before calling tech support.

Ars Technica Congress is considering a couple of laws that would force companies to notify consumers when their data is breached: http://arst.ch/9s5
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It's frustrating to be a consumer these days, especially knowing that your personal information could be exposed anytime there's a major data breach. Two new Senate bills aim to improve notification to ...

Ars Technica Fans of Assassin's Creed should have a lot to look forward to in the sequel: http://arst.ch/9q3
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Ars goes hands on with the upcoming Assassin's Creed 2 and finds a game that appears to improve on almost all of the issues of its predecessor, leaving gamers with what could be one of the best titles of the year.

Ars Technica Bizarre legal defense after EMI sues over Beatles MP3 sales
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BlueBeat.com made waves this week in the music world by selling remastered Beatles tracks for a quarter a piece. Now, hit with a federal copyright lawsuit, the company behind the site has responded... and it says that BlueBeat actually owns the copyright on the works it sells. EMI is not amused.

Ars Technica Firefox finally passed IE6 marketshare! Here's a question for Web developers: what non-IE feature do you most want to use in Web sites?
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Internet Explorer 6 has finally been surpassed by Firefox according to the latest worldwide market share numbers. Details inside.

Ars Technica Developers stealing from developers: an App Store tale
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In the high-stakes game of iPhone application development, your portfolio can mean the difference between landing a client or being overlooked. What happens when your peers decide they need to steal from your app portfolio in order to get ahead? Ars explores a dark side of App Store development.

Ars Technica P2P users may be music industry's best friend after all
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A new study suggests that P2P users still buy plenty of music—and that "unofficial" sources of music might actually encourage more purchases.

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With the FCC launching a rule-making proceeding on net neutrality, a pair of bills have been introduced to Congress that would bar the FCC from issuing "any regulations regarding the Internet."

Ars Technica A few of us nerds at the Orbiting HQ are updating to Apple TV 3.0 right now. New fonts, menu system, and everything. Whaaaat!

Ars Technica After net neutrality, will we need "Google neutrality?"
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A leading US academic on network economics argues that net neutrality is a good thing—but ISPs aren't the only potential gatekeepers on the 'Net. "Search neutrality" might well be needed next.

Ars Technica We asked on Twitter, so now we're asking here. Do you have any fitness gadget recommendations? Big or small, unleash them on us!

Ars Technica Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own
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ISPs may not act for years on local complaints about slow Internet—but when a town rolls out its own solution, it's amazing how fast the incumbents can deploy fiber, cut prices, and run to the legislature.

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Urban noise favors birds with songs that go to 11.

Ars Technica Fun fact: Ars Technica (Cambridge) & Reddit (Medford) were started about 5m from each other in MA - both ended up at Condé (--stolen from Ken Fisher)

















