Week in Apple: battery hack, Hulu rumor, and more
Has everyone recovered from their post-Lion-installation hangovers yet? Or have you been putting it off in hopes of avoiding new OS headaches? Either way, this week's top Apple news at Ars was delightfully light on Lion, instead focusing on the Apple battery "hack," updates to iOS reading apps, a hard drive recall, and the new MacBook Air's innards. And that's just the beginning!
How a security researcher discovered the Apple battery "hack": Security researcher Charlie Miller has found a way to hack the "smart" batteries in Apple's laptops, which could result in a non-functioning—or worse, exploding—battery. The hack was made possible because of a simple security blunder at Apple, and Miller detailed to Ars how he stumbled upon it in the first place.
iOS reading apps begin ditching outside store links in droves: Apple's June 30 deadline for content-based apps to ditch their links to outside stores has come and gone. But as the end of July draws near, high profile app makers have begun to do so in droves, signaling that Apple is finally putting its foot down on the new rules.
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Week in gaming: indie RPGs, laser tag, and a Masterpiece
7 fantastical indie RPGs worth playing : These seven independently produced RPGs star a wide range of protagonists, from washed up basketball players to peppy shopkeepers, and should go a long way towards satiating your RPG fix.
Lawn warfare: Light Strike brings laser tag back home: The new Light Strike series of guns offers a modern take on laser tag, which can mean only one thing: our own Ben Kuchera must engage in some all-out backyard warfare to review them properly. His verdict: while the guns are decent, the peripherals are eminently skippable.
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Week in tech: TV paywalls, the future of Windows, and LightSwitch
Fox challenges cord-cutters by sticking TV shows behind paywall: If you've made a habit of watching TV shows from Fox online the day after they air, get ready for a rude awakening. The network has decided to put all of its online offerings behind a paywall for eight days after broadcast, and you can only access them if you have an acceptable cable or satellite subscription. And this is only the beginning.
Rogue academic downloader busted by MIT webcam stakeout: An arrest report reveals more details on how former Reddit employee Aaron Swartz was caught downloading millions of academic papers.
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