Copyright coalition: Piracy more serious than burglary, fraud, bank robbery

NBC/Universal general counsel Rick Cotton suggests that society wastes entirely too much money policing crimes like burglary, fraud, and bank-robbing when it should be doing something about piracy instead. Trumped-up piracy numbers included.

June 15, 2007 - 11:57AM CT - by Ken Fisher

AT&T; willing to spy for NSA, MPAA, and RIAA

AT&T; announces its decision to filter "pirated" content from its network without harming user privacy, network neutrality, or one-time offenders. Apparently, it will do the bidding of any group whose acronym ends with "A."

June 13, 2007 - 10:13AM CT - by Nate Anderson

MPAA: We are committed to fair use, interoperability, and DRM

In a major speech on DRM, MPAA head Dan Glickman laid out his vision of an interoperable world where consumers can use video content—including ripped DVDs—on any device. Ars talks to Glickman about what this could mean for consumers.

April 26, 2007 - 01:15AM CT - by Nate Anderson

Project aims to bring DX10 gaming to XP, Linux, OS X

The Alky project aims to let Windows XP users who don't want to upgrade to Vista in on the DirectX 10 gaming action. Linux and OS X might come along for the ride. Don't get your hopes up yet, though.

April 24, 2007 - 07:40PM CT - by Jon Stokes

The Daylight Saving change: no savings, no point

Early results are in, and moving Daylight Savings Time up by three weeks appears to have produced no measurable power savings.

April 03, 2007 - 11:41AM CT - by Ken Fisher

Victims fight back against DMCA abuse

The EFF has launched a barrage of recent court cases against DMCA abusers and have had good success so far. Viacom may be their next target.

March 16, 2007 - 10:43AM CT - by Nate Anderson

Sony set to launch improved PS3 online service

Sony's president is expected to announce the new PlayStation 3 online service today at the GDC. But will it reverse the fortunes of the struggling console?

March 07, 2007 - 11:25AM CT - by Jeremy Reimer

AMD CEO talks about revenue slump, product plans

In a presentation at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference, AMD CEO Hector Ruiz tried to address the industry's concerns over AMD's Friday announcement that first quarter revenues would be lower than the expected $1.6 to $1.7 billion.

March 05, 2007 - 02:08PM CT - by Jon Stokes

Intel announces 45nm breakthrough

Intel makes the surprise announcement that they plan to use a high-k dielectric in their forthcoming 45nm process.

January 27, 2007 - 02:17PM CT - by Jon Stokes

OEM pricing for Windows Vista comes into focus

With the consumer launch of Vista a week away, we're finally learning more about OEM pricing for the newest version of Windows. Who wants to pay full retail prices anyway?

January 24, 2007 - 02:27PM CT - by Ken Fisher

Microsoft announces direct downloads of Vista, family licensing

North American Windows users will be able to eschew physical media with Windows Vista. Microsoft will sell the OS online along with a limited-time family licensing program to upgrade multiple PCs with Vista Ultimate.

January 18, 2007 - 10:13AM CT - by Ken Fisher

A look at Hollywood's congressman, Rep. Howard Berman

When Congress convenes in January, Howard Berman will helm one of the important House subcommittees that deals with the Internet and intellectual property. But who is he, and how will he vote?

January 15, 2007 - 10:08PM CT - by Nate Anderson

HD DVD opens up early lead with standalone players, consoles different story

New survey data suggests that early adopters are buying standalone HD DVD players at a much faster pace than Blu-ray, but the PS3 rules over all.

January 15, 2007 - 09:38PM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

Senator to FCC: Don't even think about a broadcast flag

Republican Senator John Sununu plans to introduce a bill that would restrict the FCC's power to tell manufacturers how to design their products.

January 11, 2007 - 10:08AM CT - by Nate Anderson