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Submission + - Nobel Prize in Physics Announced

Submitted by PhysicsPhil on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @09:38AM

PhysicsPhil writes: The Nobel Prize committee has issues a press release for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics. Albert Fert of France and Peter Grünberg of Germany share the award for the discovery of giant magnetoresistance in the 1970s, a technology that found practical application in hard drives in 1997. The prize of 10 million Swedish Krona (roughly $1.5 million US, 1 million Euro) will be split equally by the pair.

Submission + - Guilty verdict in first file sharing case

Submitted by PhysicsPhil on Thursday October 04, 2007 @07:40PM

PhysicsPhil writes: CNN and Ars Technica are reporting that the jury has returned a verdict in Capitol Records vs. Jammie Thomas. In the first music sharing suit to go to trial, a jury found Jammie Thomas guilty of copyright infringement. Jurors ruled that the infringement was willful and awarded damages of $222,000 out of a possible $3.6 million. The plaintiffs alleged she shared a total 1702 songs, but focused on only 24 songs during the trial. As would be expected, plaintiffs are pleased, defendant is not.

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