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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 — A few minutes after the Oracle v. Google verdict, the ten jurors filed out to the elevator. A group of several reporters, including me, had hunkered down close to the elevators to wait for the jury as they walked out.

arstechnica.com — Yahoo is aiming to get its foot into the browser market with a new product called Axis that launched this evening. The purpose of Axis is to add an extra layer to the user's Web browsing experience, with interactive search capabilities and cross-device synchronization.

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 — The United States National Security Agency (NSA), an intelligence agency under the US Department of Defense, today announced a new program to "prime" college students for careers in "Cyber Ops." Called the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations Program, it's the result of the President's National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education.

arstechnica.com — The United States Supreme Court signaled skepticism about broad software patents Monday when it ordered reconsideration of an online advertising patent. The high court asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reconsider its decision approving the patent in light of a March Supreme Court decision restricting patents on medical diagnostic techniques.

arstechnica.com — Patent litigation costs big bucks. Not $7 billion big (the price Oracle paid for Sun Microsystems and the Java intellectual property it used to sue Google), but it's common for a high-profile trial to cost millions of dollars for each side. That's one reason so many are settled before they reach a jury.

arstechnica.com — Oklahoma State University has "discovered" a new cut of beef that used to be minced for use in burgers, which they are calling the Vegas Strip Steak. The university won't reveal where exactly this steak can be found, because it's trying to patent it.

arstechnica.com — Apple's prized product designer Jonathan ("Jony") Ive is a constant source of fascination among the press-doubly so after the death of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Though Ive appears with relative frequency in news articles and documentaries, interest in his design philosophy has never let up.