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Local elite rule over small villages in Indonesia

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Dutch-sponsored researcher Y. Argo Twikromo has investigated how the local ruling elite have retained their political control over the local population. He has tried to understand and analyse the dynamic processes of state ...





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Digital Entertainer brings PC content to big screen

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

So there you are with all those videos, photos and MP3 music files, and the only place you can play all that digital entertainment is on your computer. It's probably sequestered away somewhere in the room you've designated ...


Microsoft was accused by i4i of infringing on a 1998 XML patent in its Word 2003 and Word 2007 programs

Microsoft to appeal Word patent ruling

Technology / Software

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Microsoft said Wednesday it plans to appeal a ruling by a Texas judge that would ban the US software giant from selling its popular Word program in the United States.


Court: Microsoft OK to sell Word during appeal

Technology / Business

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit says Microsoft Corp. can keep selling its Word desktop software as it appeals an unfavorable patent ruling.


Court: Yahoo's LAUNCHcast not 'interactive'

Technology / Business

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A federal appeals court in New York says Yahoo's LAUNCHcast music service is not "interactive" enough to require separate licensing deals with recording labels.


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Swedish court overturns landmark file sharing ruling

Technology / Internet

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark file sharing ruling that forced an Internet service provider to reveal an Internet user's identity to five publishers.


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EU ruling opens door for online betting crackdown

Technology / Internet

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Online bookmakers such as the one behind the multi-million sponsorship of Real Madrid can be banned by individual EU states, Europe's top court said Tuesday in a landmark ruling set to hit the industry.


Dutch court: Web site must remove copyright works

Technology / Internet

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A civil court on Wednesday ordered Dutch Web site Mininova to remove within three months all files on its servers that point to copyrighted works or face a fine of up to euro5 million ($7.16 million).


Bill would counter Supreme Court age bias ruling

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Democrats in Congress are trying to counter another Supreme Court decision on employment discrimination, this time taking aim at a ruling that makes it harder for older workers to prove age bias.


Dish prevails over TiVo in initial patent ruling

Technology / Business

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday that it has received an initial favorable ruling related to its patent fight with TiVo Inc.


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Short heels make elite sprinters super speedy

Biology / Other

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

What is it about elite sprinters that gives them the edge over non-sprinters in the 100m dash? Stephen Piazza from the Pennsylvania State University publishes his discovery, in The Journal of Experimental Bi ...



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