A recent study suggests that viewing natural scenery—even if only a photograph of it—can help restore some advanced cognitive functions. Unfortunately, it’s not clear that the theory behind this makes any sense.
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An Islamic charity has established its right to sue the government over warrantless surveillance, a federal court ruled Monday.
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AMD talked up its new ultra-portable lineup in November and is partnering up with HP to showcase actual products at CES this year. The companies have designed an ultra-portable that’s gunning for the narrow space between netbook and notebook, with features they hope will appeal to users wanting just a bit more power, or those wanting to save money without compromising weight, screen size, and features.
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Apple today announced a handful of new products at Macworld Expo '09 in San Francisco. It may be the company's last time attending the trade show, but Apple had a collection of both new software and hardware products to show off on stage.
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Universal Music Group says that user-generated content sites like Veoh can’t dock in a “safe harbor” if they do anything except store videos—even transcoding destroys immunity. A judge is having none of it.
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Apple has apparently crafted a compromise with the major record labels, dropping DRM and introducing tiered pricing.
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Ars Technica will be reporting live from the 2009 Macworld Phil Schiller keynote. A full running transcript of the event will appear here once the event starts.
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As promised, Comcast has turned off its “P2P specific technique” throughout its network, the company says. Now, it will handle congestion by identifying the problem, not the protocol.
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The developers behind the Debian Linux distribution have voted to proceed with the release of the next major version despite ongoing controversy over the inclusion of binary firmware in the kernel.
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ZOMG, did you hear about how British cops are elite haxx0rz in ur base killing all ur d00dz!!!1! Let’s all take a deep breath, shall we?
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