Between Bejeweled 3 and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the free time of the gaming world has been all but sucked dry. Uncharted 3 is finally real, Gran Turismo received a patch, and we learned how to use a real fake guitar. Or is that a fake real guitar? In a surprising twist, the most popular story of the week was about a depressing independent game. Go figure. We talked with Mark Rein about Unreal Engine 3 and the iPhone, and took a look at the November sales numbers... which look great if you're name doesn't rhyme with "bony." Let's take a look at what gamers were talking about this week.
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Week in Apple: lawsuits galore and iPad 2 rumors
Lawsuits involving Apple have seen some action this month, but there was also talk about the next iPad and iOS's effect on handheld gaming device use. We also took a look at Dragon Dictate for the Mac and discussed Apple ditching NVIDIA.Potential NVIDIA/Intel settlement could mean good news for Apple: Intel and NVIDIA appear to be in talks to settle their licensing dispute over chipsets. If so, Apple may be as big a beneficiary as Intel and NVIDIA, since it would have a clear upgrade path for its notebooks and ultraportables stuck on Core 2 Duo processors.
Apple ups ante on Motorola patent infringement suit: Apple is now claiming Motorola's Droid smartphones (as well as its set-top boxes) violate as many as 24 of its patents in its proxy fight against Android.
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Week in tech: two-tiered Internet edition
4chan rushes to WikiLeaks' defense, forces Swiss banking site offline: The forces of Anonymous have taken aim at several companies who are refusing to do business with WikiLeaks. 4chan's hordes have launched distributed denial-of-service attacks against PayPal, Swiss bank PostFinance, and other sites that have hindered the whistleblowing site's operations.Did the FCC just bless a capped, two-tier Internet?: Wall Street analysts and ISPs see dollar signs in the FCC's newly announced support for "usage-based pricing" and its openness to "managed services." But Netflix and other Internet innovators are terrified of the coming tollbooths.
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