Will Google aim its OS sights at the PC market? A recent port of Android to a common netbook suggests that Google Linux could become a reality.

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Domestic film box offices broke multiple records this year, grossing an estimated $9.78 billion. Thanks to both major and not-so-major releases this year, films from studios like Warner Bros, Paramount, and Sony all contributed to the highest-grossing year in film history.

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New information from an economist's deposition suggests that Microsoft made around $1.5 billion from the Vista Capable program, but shoving that number around without some perspective as a garnish changes the entire situation.

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Domestic film box offices broke multiple records this year, grossing an estimated $9.78 billion. Thanks to both major and not-so-major releases this year, films from studios like Warner Bros, Paramount, and Sony all contributed to the highest-grossing year in film history.

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This may be a case of unintended consequences. The NRK, Norway's national broadcasting service has scored permission from the country's music rights holders to release podcasts of any programs that it's done that are less than 70 percent music. A notable component of the NRK's collection is a series of broadcasts that includes the entire Beatles catalog.

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It's the last week for nominations to our first-ever "Who's Who: People to Watch in Tech Policy" list.

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2009 is barely underway, and already we see new fun emerging from Twitter-phishing, also known as—you guessed it—twishing. Predictions for the effect this could have on the failwhale-powered service are numerous and varied as bloggers and journalists weigh in on whether phishing could sink Twitter in 140 characters or less.

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The gaming industry may look recession-proof, but new data shows the price of used games is going down, and poorly-planned new IP is wiping out smaller developers. 2009 could be rockier than we assumed.

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If you don't like having handfuls of set-top boxes for every little thing, LG Electronics hopes that its new line of "Broadband HDTVs" will help cut down on the clutter by integrating Netflix streaming directly into the TV.

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It's a big year for science, as anniversaries of major scientific accomplishments by Darwin and Galileo are set to kick off celebrations of progress in astronomy and biology.

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China's state agencies are porn-hunting again, but this time their targets also include search engines like Google and Baidu.

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Forget the Iraqi Information Minister; governments are now turning to Twitter, YouTube, and blogs to shape public opinion about war, and the Israel/Gaza conflict looks to be one of the most wired yet.

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Ars plans to cover this year's Macworld Expo keynote live on the front page this Tuesday, and we'll do it better than ever before. Even without Steve Jobs, the Philnote is sure to bring some surprises. Read on to see what has been rumored thus far.

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A world in which we are sliced and diced into "buckets" and numbers, microtargeted, then bombarded by customized ads caters to a computer's speed and a company's bottom line. But what gets lost?

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With CES just around the corner, companies are beginning to talk about what we're going to see, and VIA has got some interesting plans for its Nano processor. Samsung will also be shipping a 12" US laptop with the chip.

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China's burgeoning space program spurs the Obama team to consider fusing NASA and Pentagon space efforts.

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We won't start seeing quarterly and yearly reports for at least another week, but bad news is already coming in regarding Q4 semiconductor performance. Sales fell 10 percent in November, leaving industry sales above 2007 by only the slimmest of margins.

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This week's edition of Science has a series of perspectives on how computer technology is revolutionizing the education experience. We take a look at one of the biggest trends: the online migration of education materials and classrooms themselves.

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A new book by two of the IBM engineers behind the Playstation 3's Cell gives the behind-the-scenes story of how two rival consoles ended up sharing much of the same technology.

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Ars staffers share their New Year's tech resolutions, pledging that 2009 will be the year that e-mail is tamed, the perfect backup system is located, and games are actually played for fun. We can dream, anyway.

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As 2008 drew to a close, both individuals and institutions were watching their spending in the face of grim economic news. This past week's news contained a series of articles that all focused on the cost of everything form text messages to running Wikipedia.

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In this week's top Microsoft news, we cover Windows 7, Internet Explorer, rumored layoffs, Zune, the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, a Microsoft patent for "pay-as-you-use" computer leasing, and piracy.

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This week in gaming saw upset game collectors, more troubles for Sony's Home, and Metallica's fight for Slayer. There's also a surprising 360 controller, a Resident Evil film, and more.

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This week's pre-Macworld Expo Apple news revolved partially around rumors, partially around questionable apps in the App Store, and partially around cheap iPhone speculation.

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Christmas and New Year's have come and gone, but we at Ars have slaved away to update those of you who spent six full days hiccuping egg nog.

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