How to obtain and install an SSL\/TLS certificate, for free<\/b>. Anyone operating a server on any scale should want a digital certificate to encrypt data between clients and services, whether for personal, office, or public use. Ars tells you how to obtain and install one<\/a>, for free.<\/p>\n Verizon: $350 ETFs are a good thing, and they help the poor<\/b>. Verizon tells the FCC<\/a> that its new jumbo sized early termination fees don’t even compensate the telco for the total cost of VZ’s latest lineup of smart phone devices. The statement comes in response to an FCC letter of inquiry on the matter.<\/p>\n 3D high-def movies coming to your living room on Blu-ray<\/b>. Get ready for the 3D movie revolution to come your your home theater next year. The Blu-ray Disc Association has approved<\/a> a final spec to deliver high def 3D movies on Blu-ray discs. If you don’t want to spend the cash for 3D hardware, it is thankfully backward compatible with today’s Blu-ray drives.<\/p>\n App Store success several times what Apple likely expected<\/b>. The success of the iPhone App Store surprised everyone, even Apple itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n Intel reveals next-generation Atom details<\/b>. Intel has revealed the launch specs<\/a> for the first-ever line of x86 products that contain both a GPU and CPU on the same die. Pine Trail, the next-generation Atom platform, will pave the way for future integrated CPU\/GPU parts from both Intel and AMD.<\/p>\n Microsoft barred from selling Word, has plan for workaround<\/b>. A federal appeals court has told Microsoft it needs to stop selling Word<\/a> on January 11, 2010 due to its patent-infringing support for editing Custom XML.<\/p>\n Apple allegedly preparing devs for mystery demo in January<\/b>. Apple may be planning to demo a device<\/a> that’s larger than an iPhone in January of 2010, according to the latest rumors. In fact, some developers may already be preparing their apps for it.<\/p>\n Satellite TV to FCC: we’re special, don’t make us open up<\/b>. DirecTV says that the new FCC push to bust open video should only apply to cable; satellite is plenty competitive already<\/a>. Also, a tale of woe from a Comcast subscriber illustrates just why some common video decryption standards are needed.<\/p>\n Has Atari gone Chaotic Evil over D&D<\/i> publishing rights<\/b>? Atari is facing a lot of legal drama<\/a> over the way it has conducted itself lately concerning its Dungeons & Dragons<\/i> game publishing rights.<\/p>\n Comcast settles P2P throttling class-action for $16 million<\/b>. Comcast got itself in hot water when it decided to use reset packets to slow down BitTorrent traffic back in 2007. Now, the company has settled a class-action lawsuit<\/a> in Pennsylvania, promising to pay out $16 million to affected users.<\/p>\n Big Music: damn the numbers, give us antipiracy laws anyway<\/b>. If P2P use is declining or holding steady without new “antipiracy” laws, are those laws still needed? Music trade groups say yes<\/a>.<\/p>\n From Australia to the UAE: why games get the banhammer<\/b>. We’re all used to hearing stories about games being banned in different countries, but what will actually get a game banned outside of the USA? The answers might surprise you<\/a>.<\/p>\n What is a “Brief” post?”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n