Week in Apple: OS X beta anniversary, nano review, HDR photography
This week's top Apple news covered all corners of the Apple universe, from nostalgia about the decade-old Mac OS X public beta and five years of iPod nano reviews to rumors about the next iPhone and Apple TV. We also looked at the latest iPod nano and analyzed Apple's HDR photography feature in iOS. Read on for the bite-sized roundup:
Ars reviews the 6th-generation iPod nano: all screen, all the time: The sixth-generation iPod nano is unlike any other iPod nano Apple has ever sold. The device now has a touchscreen and its interface looks a lot like iOS, but it's really more of a mishmash between the iPod shuffle and the iPod touch. Ars gives it the once-over.
Mac OS X Public Beta: For the vast majority of Mac users, the September 13, 2000 appearance of the Mac OS X Public Beta was the first glimpse of Apple's attempt to produce a modern operating system. Hop in the Classic.Ars time machine and check out John Siracusa's original review of the Mac OS X Public Beta.
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Week in tech: first sale fail, DRM fail, adult services fail
Intel's walled garden plan to put A/V vendors out of business: In a keynote at IDF, Intel's CEO tipped the company's plans to turn the x86 ecosystem from an open free-for-all into a world where code must first get permission from someone other than you before it can run on your machine.No, you don't own it: Court upholds EULAs, threatens digital resale: Those onerous EULAs that govern software? They're valid, and they can keep you from reselling a program or even letting the discs leave the country. Thanks to a new court ruling, only Congress can save us from a world where "first sale" no longer applies and all the media you "own" is merely "licensed."
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Week in gaming: Halo Reach! Civilization! Hunting! Come in!
Let's talk about gaming snobbery for a moment, because a ton of people were skeptical that a hunting game could be fun, or that Reach is a wonderful time in both single- and multiplayer. I get that you might not have liked Halo in the past, and I get that the "normals" like it so you're skeptical, but what if everyone in the world started saying, for instance, the Olive Garden had this amazing new dish? Would you pass it by because you don't like the Olive Garden, or would you loosen up a bit, listen to the people you trust, and give it a try? Getting rid of your preconceived notions of games and ceasing to judge titles by what you think of its fans will only lead to you playing more games you enjoy.
This week we have Civilization, we have Halo, and we have the HD update of Shadow of the Colossus and Ico finally confirmed. Take a look.
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