A federal judge has struck a blow to the Bush Administration's use of the "state secrets" privilege in a lawsuit over its domestic surveillance practices. The ruling also undercuts the Democrats' rationale for signing off on retroactive immunity for the telecoms.

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Viacom boldly asked the judge in its case against Google/YouTube for a copy of Google's search engine source code. The request was denied, but Viacom will get a copy of any video ever pulled from YouTube and a 12TB database of who watched what when.

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The latest data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that broadband adoption is slowing down, its price remains a barrier, and nearly a quarter of the US population just isn't interested in the whole Internet thing.

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Virgin Media has sent out warning letters to customers as part of a partnership with record industry group BPI, saying that they could have their broadband disconnected if they continue file sharing. Virgin has backed off on the claim, however, saying that it won't take legal action against users, while BPI insists that it will.

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EMI has filed suit against VideoEgg and Hi5, charging that the sites are earning ad revenue from EMI music videos. Safe harbor? DMCA takedowns? No way, says EMI; the sites are liable.

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OpenMoko has announced that the Linux-based FreeRunner mobile phone will be available for purchase on July 4. Despite lack of support for 3G, the FreeRunner will likely appeal to Linux enthusiasts and open source software developers.

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How easily can the government turn your mobile phone into a homing beacon? The ACLU and EFF are suing to find out.

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Two key media groups take aim at the FCC's bass-ackwards system for counting indecency complaints.

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In an age of too much information, Filtrbox hopes to help information junkies and marketing professionals get to the content that matters to them. Ars Technica takes the company's media monitoring tool for a spin around the web to see if we can find a light at the end of the long information tunnel.

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Mozilla has announced the availability of Weave 0.2, the new version of its Firefox synchronization add-on. Ars tests this version and takes a close look at the underlying architecture.

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Substantial majorities of US voters not only favor solving major issues through scientific research, but they appear to be willing to spend money on doing so.

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A recent iSuppli report estimates that Intel took market share from AMD in the first quarter of this year, but the smaller CPU manufacturer is still moving in the right direction compared to its disastrous 2007. Shanghai may still be at least six months away, but AMD isn't just marking time.

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Mobile operators like AT&T, T-Mobile, and Vodafone have joined the BONDI initiative supported by the Open Mobile Terminal Platform. Through BONDI, they hope to establish specifications and even offer reference implementations for security standards when developing mobile websites.

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Mozilla has been awarded a coveted spot in the Guinness World Records for the launch of Firefox 3, which was downloaded over 8 million times in only 24 hours. Our own statistics show that Firefox 3 is also extremely popular among Ars users.

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Ars brings you the latest upchuck on Sirius/XM—the Proceeding That Would Not Die. A trio of senators tell the FCC that a merger needs more stringent conditions than the companies want

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Australia's government is backing an ambitious plan to build a new fiber-to-the-node network that will reach 98 percent of Australians and offer a minimum 12Mbps to all. But just how open will it be? Google has some thoughts.

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Three of the biggest names in search are Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. With Yahoo trying to cut deals with the other two companies and the Department of Justice watching carefully, it's not even clear if those engaged in the negotiations even know what's going on.

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Security appliance vendor Barracuda Networks has filed a countersuit against Trend Micro in an effort to protect the open source ClamAV project from Trend's allegations of patent infringement.

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Microsoft has announced Equipt, a software bundle consisting of Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, and Windows Live tools. The subscription-based Microsoft Equipt will set you back $70, per year, but comes with three licenses.

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The US Department of Justice is preparing to dig a little deeper into the advertising deal between Google and Yahoo, citing concerns over competition in the online ad market.

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