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arstechnica.com — Oh, rickrolling, will you ever cease to entertain us? Apparently so, given that one of the most widely viewed versions of the 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" on YouTube has been taken down due to a copyright claim filed by AVG Technologies.

arstechnica.com — Ars correspondent Joe Mullin reports that a verdict has been reached in the patent phase pf the Google v. Oracle case. In an e-mail from court, Mullin writes: "Google WINS-no infringement of 104 patent, no infringement of 520 patent." The damages phase, as it relates to patents, will apparently not happen.

arstechnica.com — The people behind a company once accused of being complicit in peer-to-peer copyright infringement are now selling software that blocks pirated content by modifying HTTP traffic in flight. Soon, a version of the same technology could be used by ISPs to inject their own advertisements into third-party search results-a capability that's sure to raise the ire of network neutrality proponents.

arstechnica.com — A blog post published by the Raspberry Pi foundation offers the first look at an experimental camera module that is designed to plug into the organization's popular $35 Linux computer. The camera component, which will likely be available for purchase later this year, is relatively small.

arstechnica.com — The people behind a company once accused of being complicit in peer-to-peer copyright infringement are now selling software that blocks pirated content by modifying HTTP traffic in flight. Soon, a version of the same technology could be used by ISPs to inject their own advertisements into third-party search results-a capability that's sure to raise the ire of network neutrality proponents.

arstechnica.com — Ring. The emergency operator picks up the phone. "911, what is your emergency?" "Hello! This is cardmember services calling about ways to lower the interest rate on your credit card." "Sir, this line is for emergency use only." "Press 1 to speak with an operator now!"

arstechnica.com — Today Google announced it would be leading a campaign to notify users whose PCs were infected by the DNSChanger malware. The malware was part of a scam that came to light last November when the U.S. Department of Justice accused seven Estonian and Russian men of orchestrating several different kinds of Internet fraud schemes.

arstechnica.com — Did you hear the one about New York state lawmakers who forgot about the First Amendment in the name of combating cyberbullying and "baseless political attacks?" Proposed legislation in both chambers would require New York-based websites, such as blogs and newspapers, to "remove any comments posted on his or her website by an anonymous poster unless such anonymous poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post."

arstechnica.com — Nearly every time I travel-whether it's for vacation or for work-people crawl out of the woodwork to ask me which iOS apps I use when on the road. And yes, there is a certain group of apps that I only use when I travel, but they are quickly becoming essential to managing a smooth trip.

arstechnica.com — An exploit that fetched a teenage hacker a $60,000 bounty targeted six different security bugs to break out of the security sandbox fortifying Google's Chrome browser. The extreme lengths taken in March by a hacker identified only as Pinkie Pie underscore the difficulty of piercing this safety perimeter.

arstechnica.com — Recently, a few bloggers conducted tests that seem to show Comcast's traffic to its Xbox 360 running Xfinity TV On Demand, which does not count against a user's usage cap (as announced in March), uses a different type of traffic routing.

arstechnica.com — Google is bulking up on patents to protect its new augmented reality glasses project from legal attack, with at least nine new patents issued in the past week to cover various aspects of the futuristic devices. The patents provide a glimpse into what a heads-up display from Google could provide to real-life users beyond what we learned when Google unveiled Project Glass last month.

arstechnica.com — Cities and shopping centers are apparently keen to attract shiny new Apple Stores to their areas. So keen, in fact, that Apple routinely gets special deals on leasing, taxes, and other incentives. Other retailers aren't jealous, however, because Apple Store customers add to the bottom line, according to The Next Web.

arstechnica.com — Ars contributor Kunio Sayangi was in the desert at New Mexico's El Malpais National Monument when the solar eclipse took place yesterday. He sent us in a couple of photos, and we've searched for others to give anyone who couldn't see the event directly the chance to appreciate it.

arstechnica.com — A startup called Uppidy has unveiled a service that backs up SMS services to the cloud, making it easier for individuals, parents, or even your employer to read your text messages. Uppidy was founded by entrepreneur Joshua Konowe, who came up with the idea after dropping his cell phone in the toilet and going through a difficult process to retrieve his text messages from AT&T.

arstechnica.com — The United States Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a coalition of human rights groups and journalists has standing to challenge the 2008 FISA Amendments Act. The Obama administration has argued that because none of the plaintiffs can prove that their communications were intercepted by any of the government's secret surveillance programs, they lack standing to challenge the legislation that authorizes them.

arstechnica.com — One of the ways in which climate change impacts Earth's ecosystems is through the movement of climate zones. In order to stay in the climate zones they've adapted to, species will have to shift poleward (or, in the case of mountainous regions, upward).

arstechnica.com — When race cars whiz around a track at 200 miles per hour, driving ability isn't the only factor that determines who wins the race. Behind the scenes, in mobile data centers tucked into semis and behind laptops in the pit area, people like Chuck Houghton use tech to make decisions that can determine whether their car crosses the finish line first.

arstechnica.com — Game creator Jordan Mechner wanted to teach the next generation. So the man behind the groundbreaking 1989 Apple II game Prince of Persia recently posted his original 6052 assembly source code to Github. But getting the code from decades-old floppy disks "covered with dust" was no simple task.

arstechnica.com — Five major cable companies have signed a deal to let customers access WiFi hotspots regardless of which Internet provider they use. Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable today said the service will initially include 50,000 hotspots in New York City, the surrounding Tri-State area, Los Angeles, Central Florida, and Philadelphia, with "several additional cities" coming later.

arstechnica.com — The European Commission today accused Google of abusing its dominant position in the search engine market to benefit its own advertising services at the expense of competitors. But rather than launch "formal proceedings," Europe is giving Google a chance to settle the matter.

arstechnica.com — With the demise of Apple's own networking protocol AppleTalk, Apple's products are suffering from the same issue as anyone else's: the Internet is running out of addresses. Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Netflix, and others will permanently turn on IPv6 in less than a month with the World IPv6 Launch, so here's everything you need to know about IPv6.

arstechnica.com — Madison Avenue's strategy for popularizing computers shifted from the 1950s through the 1980s. At first pitches focused on reliability and speed, but by the 1960s, advertising brochures put big systems in gardens next to fashion models. When PCs came on the market, the sales pitch changed again.

arstechnica.com — Libraries are changing, despite their facades. And they're changing to high-tech service companies with embedded librarians, according to some library professionals. Of course, that assumes they aren't defunded out of existence. For ladies and gentlemen of a certain age, the library is changing too fast. For kids, it's changing too slow.

arstechnica.com — Madison Avenue's strategy for popularizing computers shifted from the 1950s through the 1980s. At first pitches focused on reliability and speed, but by the 1960s, advertising brochures put big systems in gardens next to fashion models. When PCs came on the market, the sales pitch changed again.

arstechnica.com — WiFi has easily been one of the most useful technologies of the past decade-so many of our daily tasks and the devices we use rely on it. But it's on the verge of getting a whole lot better. Technology upgrades we'll see within the next year or so will make WiFi much smarter and more efficient in how it distributes signals.