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Everyone hates their Internet service provider. And with good cause: In the age of ubiquitous Internet access, Web service in America is still often frustratingly slow. Tired of being the villain, telecom companies have assigned blame for this problem to a new bad guy. He's called the "bandwidth hog,"
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Bill McMichael braked his new Ferrari F430 Scuderia into the turn, downshifting as he went into the corner. Then he punched it on the straightaway. Pedal down, engine whining an octave higher, the sleek, black car closed in on 140 mph within seconds.
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MediaSentry is the hired gun that hunts down filesharers for the RIAA, and the company's activities have raised the question as to whether it should be licensed as a private investigator in some states where it operates. Michigan was one such state, and has now enacted a law that clearly indicates MediaSentry needs a license.
238 diggs and 15 comments
A the recent LinuxWord conference, Ars got the chance to test drive a mobile Linux platform that has developers talking: the ACCESS Linux Platform. We also spent some quality time with the SDK, and had a chat with the folks at ACCESS.
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Engineers at in England and California have set a record in storage speed, outperforming the current rate by more than 250 percent. By combining Flash solid-state technology and IBM's storage virtualization technology, the researchers were able to transfer data at more than 1 million Input/Output (I/O) per second.
311 diggs and 58 comments
Angels second baseman Sean Rodriguez actually struck out in the fourth inning on Thursday at Comerica Park on a 4-2 pitch. Rodriguez took two balls to take it to a 3-2 count officially -- when he should have walked. Since the Angels didn't catch the mistake, there was no course for appeal...
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Bush speechwriter Matthew Scully had crafted the message even before Palin was picked. A match made in heaven.
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This summer more people were shot in Chicago than in Iraq. So... why isn't anyone calling for a withdrawal from Illinois?
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In search of planets and the summer Milky Way, astronomer Tunç Tezel took an evening road trip. Last Saturday, after driving the winding road up Uludag, a mountain near Bursa, Turkey, he was rewarded by this beautiful skyview to the south.
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British apples and pears are under threat because of a dramatic decline in honeybee numbers, experts have warned.The bee population in Britain has fallen by a third over the past year alone due to bad weather, insecticides and soaring numbers of parasitic mites.
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"Gov. Sarah Palin is taking the wrong approach to Troopergate. She should be practicing the open and transparent, ethical and accountable government she promised when running for governor and boasts about now that she's on the national stage. Instead, Gov. Palin has begun stonewalling the..."
1627 diggs and 291 comments
If you’ve visited digg.com at any point over the past two weeks, you’ve probably seen a ton of articles about Sarah Palin. Various scandals she may be involved in. Various scandals she someday will be involved in.
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Wasilla Lobbyist, Silver, lobbying for Palin on bridge to Wasilla
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Sources Tell ABC News that Report Will Be Released Almost Three Weeks Early
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A Penn State football player has been kicked off the team for an undisclosed violation of team rules, and three others will miss this weekend's game against Oregon State because of a separate, off-field issue coach Joe Paterno said Thursday.
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FCC Chair Kevin Martin says that even if Comcast is appealing its net neutrality Order, the agency still wants to know what the heck "protocol-agnostic" means.
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Take a look what they've shredded....
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Morgan Solar, a Toronto-based company launched last summer, believes it has the answer to creating simple and cheap solar concentrators.
383 diggs and 75 comments
It's not rare to hear talk about the pressure developers put on game writers for favorable coverage. What is unusual is hearing someone from the other side describe how he or she can break game writers... and why they think it's perfectly ok to do so.
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On Aug. 30th Thrasher Magazine hosted the Bust or Bail comp at the legendary Paul Revere 16 stair. Jake Phelps ran the show offering money on the spot for gi...
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Imagine an art form that uses living, respiring material; an art form that creates mini eco-systems in often complex and beautiful patterns. It changes the face of urban landscapes and redefines the term “urban jungle.This is green graffiti – crafted in moss and grass; incredible works of a rare and unusual art form & how to make it yourself.
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Hans Lange attempted a dangerous base jump down a Norwegian mountain but when he hit his parachute it failed causing him to bounce down the mountainside.