Swedes start buying music; are anti-P2P laws working?
arstechnica.com — Digital music sales in piracy-loving Sweden have soared this year. The music industry says that it's all about tough new laws and court prosecutions, but some major labels are seeing worldwide increases. (Submitted by DiggUnderground) More...
Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity
arstechnica.com — During a planning session at the Ubuntu Developer Summit last week, a decision emerged to remove the GIMP from the default Ubuntu installation. Although this decision has generated a bit of controversy, it's a sign of Ubuntu's growing maturity as (Submitted by barnkim) More...
Lack of cross-platform support in Silverlight 4 explained
arstechnica.com — "Microsoft is working on a mobile version of Silverlight (slated to arrive with Windows Mobile 7) which is unlikely to work like its desktop counterpart. Still, Microsoft clearly believes giving Windows developers what they want is more important than maintaining cross-platform support." YOU DECIDE: Should this type of approach be excused? (Submitted by Bicep) More...
Unreal deal: Ars talks Unreal dev kit with Epic's Mark Rein
arstechnica.com — With its new Unreal Development Kit, Epic Games is bringing game development to the masses by offering some powerful tools for free. Ars talked to Epic VP Mark Rein to discuss the new initiative and how aspiring developers can get the most out of it. (Submitted by ecofriend) More...
"Godfather of Spam" goes to prison for four years
arstechnica.com — One of the biggest spammers on the 'Net will spend the next four years inside a federal prison after a judge yesterday sentenced him and the members of his wide-ranging "pump and dump" stock scam. (Submitted by DiggUnderground) More...
Studying the science gender gap at the high school level
arstechnica.com — Preliminary results from a new study show that girls are apathetic about science classes in high school. The researchers are hoping to use additional data to identify which classroom activities evoke a negative response. (Submitted by amprather) More...
Large Hadron Collider starts up, produces first collisions
arstechnica.com — After a series of complications and setbacks, the Large Hadron Collider sees its first particle-particle collisions after a weekend of furious activity. While these weren't at any significant energy, the milestone marks an important step in getting the mammoth machine up and running and filling in the last space on the particle bingo card. (Submitted by DiggUnderground) More...
The counter-punch: a review of Parallels Desktop 5
arstechnica.com — Version 5 of the popular Mac virtualization package, Parallels Desktop, has hit the streets, and Ars puts it through its paces. Gaming performance, Windows 7, content creation, Linux—it's all here, plus the inevitable comparisons to the most recent VMware Fusion release. (Submitted by DigSomeMore) More...
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