A ruling in a long-running copyright infringement case brings good news for the RIAA, as a judge supports the group’s argument that merely offering a song for distribution is enough to infringe the distribution right under the Copyright Act. The EFF tells Ars that the ruling will “grease the wheels” of the RIAA’s litigation machine.
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Today’s microchips, while tiny, still use a fair amount of power. This means that batteries have to be large and don’t usually last very long. But what if microchips were just a little bit more efficient? That’s what a team of engineers at MIT was thinking when they set out to redesign the microchip to make it even more efficient.
Google Docs now allows you to view and edit your documents offline, without an internet connection. To do all of this, Google Docs uses Google Gears, an open source browser extension that adds offline functionality directly to the browser.
“Are these people who are feeding at the all-you-can eat buffet of free music greedy? The answer, by the numbers, is absolutely. They eat till they make themselves sick. People hoard music that they never even listen to.”
Today the web is alight with speculation as to how Apple will sell 45 million iPhones in 2009.
The music, a 20-second clarinet solo, is encoded in less than a single kilobyte, and is made possible by two innovations: recreating in a computer both the real-world physics of a clarinet and the physics of a clarinet player.
Lifehacker outlines how to rip all the cr*pware out of your XP installation, and its so easy! Perfect for use as Virtual Machines and for Vista users who want to dual-boot into XP for better, faster gaming experiences.
Microsoft is definitely lying about these new 360s and accessories.
