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Week in gaming: New Super Mario Bros. and DJ Hero death
This week has been filled with games that are worth your time and money. Classically trained gamers will enjoy the newly multiplayer-enhanced New Super Mario Bros. Wii, while Left 4 Dead 2 is a great entry into the co-operative ...
Week in tech: good karma for koalas, not so good for pirates
Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, was officially released last month. In a comprehensive review, Ars takes you under the surface for an in-depth look at the new features and major architectural changes. The wiki crops up in m...
Week in Apple: Developers leaving iPhone, Psystar screwed
What would a week in Apple be if it didn't involve some developer drama, Google, and Psystar? That's all included in this week's top Apple news, as well as a few major software tidbits and rumors about Apple building more first-...
Hacked Darwin kernel available for 10.6.2 on Atom netbooks
First the 10.6.2 update to Snow Leopard wasn't compatible with Intel Atom processors. Then it was. Then it wasn't again when it was finally released to the masses. Fortunately for the netbook-loving Mac OS X fans out there, the ...
Week in Microsoft: Windows 7 meets the GPL, MinWin, FUD
Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news. Here were the top stories: Inside "MinWin": the Windows 7 kernel slims down: Back in 2003, Microsoft assembled a team of engineers to rethink the lowest levels of Windows, ...
Shocker: Ars, Hollywood agree on need for ACTA openness
MPAA head Dan Glickman sent a letter yesterday to both Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk in which he called for a serious US push to pass the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. That...

