Week in Apple: Verizon iPhone shootout, Thunderbolt makes its debut
Ahhh, sweet release. After so many weeks of rumors, we all needed it. Not only did Apple finally release new MacBook Pros this week, the company also announced a media event for March 2 that may touch on the next-generation iPad. Apple also helped Intel make its Thunderbolt (also known as Light Peak) debut, Ars pitted the Verizon iPhone against the AT&T iPhone, and more. Read on to get your roundup of the top Apple news of the last week.iPhone versus iPhone: Ars puts Verizon and AT&T to the test: Verizon versus AT&T: if you were to buy an iPhone today, which network would you choose? Ars did a plethora of real-world tests to compare the data network speeds and voice calls against each other, with bonus WiFi hotspot and battery testing.
Thunderbolt smokes USB, FireWire with 10Gbps throughput: Intel, with the help of Apple, has developed a new technology to connect devices and computers with massive bandwidth. The standard uses tiny ports and optimized controller chips to enable laptops to connect to mass storage and other high-bandwith, low-latency hardware.
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Week in tech: more HBGary fallout, rooting your Nook Color, and more
Black ops: how HBGary wrote backdoors for the government: The attacks last week by Anonymous on security firm HBGary have yanked back the curtain on the dark world of government-sponsored malware. Where does the US military get its custom rootkits? It buys them—and the 0-day exploits that deliver them—from private security firms. How to root a Nook Color to transform it into an Android tablet: The Nook Color has the potential to be a compelling low-cost tablet. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to root the Android-based device in order to expose its hidden power. In the process, you'll learn how to use the awesomely named "Auto-Nooter" (just don't get it near your pants).
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Week in gaming: Bulletstorm PC, Geohot cash, Tiny Wings
Even though the story was about how much of a pain in the butt it is to get Bulletstorm running on the PC without it feeling like a console title, I have to say it was fun to really dig into the .ini files and see what we could tweak. Made me feel like a kid again!This week we checked out a great board game, a great iPhone game, and looked at some modular robots. Also, if you haven't watched the Battlefield 3 trailer yet, you need to do so. Here are the stories that everyone was talking about.
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Week in science: don't fear the mosqorpion
Ten years on: why a complete human genome mattered: The completely sequenced human genome has just turned 10. The project has paid amazing dividends, but a lot of researchers resisted the idea when it was first proposed. Ars charts its politicized birth, silent adolescence, and triumphant maturity.National security driving a Helium-3 shortage, hurting physics: Helium-3 is a rare isotope of the noble gas with applications in quantum physics, medical imaging, and nuclear threat detection. It's also now in very short supply. At the 2011 AAAS meeting, a panel discussed the effects the helium-3 shortage is having on these fields of science.
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