Saturday, February 14, 2009 - Posts

• Week in review: Kindle 2 frenzy and climate change edition

  As the week comes to a close, it's time to look back at some of the biggest stories to hit Ars Technica. At the top of the list was the announcement of the long-anticipated Kindle 2 at an event in New York. It's thinner and features a redesigned interface as well, but the biggest difference is arguably the new E-Ink display. We were able to get some hands-on time with the Kindle 2 and found ourselves impressed with its crispness and readability. Amazon says they'll ship on February 24. Click here to read the rest of this article Read More... Posted Saturday, February 14, 2009 2:18 PM from Ars Technica - Front page content | 0 Comments Filed under: science, Science/News, gadgets, Gadgets/News, News, week in review

• Week in gaming: Killzone 2, Mad Catz arcade sticks, and more

  This week saw a number of big stories, including some possible rumblings concerning the PlayStation 4, a very special arcade stick from an unlikely place, and a review of one of the most anticipated PlayStation games this year. Let's dig in to see what caught the eye of Ars readers. Intel is shooting for PlayStation 4, but has it scored? Is Intel's Larrabbee GPU going to find a home in the PS4? It's possible, but at this stage the most likely answer is that Sony is looking at a number of vendors for its internals. Jon Stokes looks at the likelihood of the rumor. Click here to read the rest of this article Read More... Posted Saturday, February 14, 2009 1:01 PM from Ars Technica - Front page content | 0 Comments Filed under: News, Sony, Week in gaming, Mad Catz, gaming, Killzone 2, Gaming/News

• Week in Microsoft: Redmond goes retail

  Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news: What do you want to see in Microsoft's retail stores? . The software giant has confirmed that it will be launching Microsoft-branded stores. What do you want to see when you walk inside? Windows 7 UAC flaws and how to fix them . A number of security flaws have been found in Windows 7's streamlined UAC—flaws that Windows Vista is immune to—prompting a series of surprising responses from Microsoft. We take a look at what the flaws are, and what's being done about them. Click here to read the rest of this article Read More... Posted Saturday, February 14, 2009 12:02 PM from Ars Technica - Front page content | 0 Comments Filed under: News, One Microsoft Way, microsoft, Microsoft/News

• This week in Apple: Emoji, iPhone doc access, Apple TV feedback

  Unless you've been living under a rock or perhaps outside the US where you haven't been pummeled with sappy advertising, you're probably painfully aware that today is Valentine's/Singles Awareness Day. If you're bucking society and are hanging out at home today, here are the top Apple stories of the week for you to catch up on. Typing Genius defies Apple, introduces Emoji support : Ars Technica chatted with iPhone developer Gary Fung who is shipping a version of his App Store software that enables Emoji support. But wait, hasn't Apple been rejecting other apps for enabling Emoji support? Exactly. German company PearC begins selling line of Mac clones : A German company called PearC is selling Read More... Posted Saturday, February 14, 2009 11:47 AM from Ars Technica - Front page content | 0 Comments Filed under: News, Apple TV, apple, MobileMe, GPS, Snow Leopard, China, Mac clones, Emoji, iPhone, Beatles, phishing, Apple/News

• The week in hardware: It's all about the chips

  The past week saw a number of launches and updates from both Intel and AMD. We covered the debut of the Atom N280 (with accompanying chipset), Intel's upcoming Nehalem-based octal-core Xeon, AMD's new series of Phenom II X3 and X4 processors, and other various developments in the industry. It's all about the chips, baby—if you missed some news, drop in and have a look. Click here to read the rest of this article Read More... Posted Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:32 AM from Ars Technica - Front page content | 0 Comments Filed under: News, Hardware/News, Phenom, Sandisk, Ion, Toliman, Nehalem, Atom, NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, hardware, Core i7, Phenom II, MLC Flash, Xeon