Top stories: Oct 9 - 16, 2009
 Law & Disorder
100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words
by Nate Anderson
For the last hundred years, rightsholders have fretted about everything from the player piano to the VCR to digital TV to Napster. Here are those objections, in Big Content's own words. Read More
|  Open Ended
A review of the Dell Mini 10v, Ubuntu Moblin Remix edition
by Ryan Paul
Intel's Moblin Linux platform has finally arrived on netbooks. Ars takes a hands-on look at Dell's new Mini 10v with the Ubuntu Moblin Remix. Read More
|  Opposable Thumbs
Dungeons and Dragons Online: behold the power of free
by Ben Kuchera
Dungeons and Dragons Online is enjoying a second life in terms of player count and buzz, all thanks to a new business strategy: giving the game away. Turbine is making their MMO as accessible as possible, and that includes making players who don't pay anything as happy as possible. Subscriptions are up 40 percent. Ars explores how free can be very profitable. Read More
|  Law & Disorder
The Internet is about to die. Literally die!
by Nate Anderson
One research group continues to claim that the "sky is falling" on the Internet thanks to high data growth rates and that network neutrality means the whole Internet could just "go away." Ars sifts through the hyperbole looking for a kernel of truth. Read More
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