Ars TechnicaAll of my fun Ars Technica feeds :)EA finally gives up on Take-Two acquisition- September 15, 2008 After months of back-and-forth negotiations, EA has finally given up on its plans to take over Take-Two Interactive.Read More...http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080915-ea-finally-gives-up-on-take-two-acquisition.... Best Buy eyes Apple, Microsoft with Napster purchase- September 15, 2008 Consumer electronics reseller Best Buy has agreed to pay a premium for Napster, a company that has lost huge sums of money since shifting away from its P2P roots.Read More...http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080915-best-buy-eyes-apple-microsoft-with-napster-p... Rhythm perfected: Ars reviews Rock Band 2- September 15, 2008 It's here, and it's a doozy. Ars reviews the rhythm game that fans are hoping is the greatest thing since Rock Band 1, and we give you the lowdown on the new instruments, tracks, and gameplay modes.Read More...http://arstechnica.com/reviews/games/rock-band-2-review.ars Twilight of the GPU: an epic interview with Tim Sweeney- September 14, 2008 I recently sat down with Epic Games co-founder and graphics guru Tim Sweeney to talk about GPUs, and we wound up talking about what comes after the GPU. In short, he wants to throw out DirectX, OpenGL, and legacy baggage of a decade of hardware acceleration, and rethink 3D gaming from the ground up.Read More...http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/gpu-sweeney-interview.ars Classic.Ars: Wireless Security In-Depth- September 13, 2008 Ars reaches back into the vault to present two different takes on securing your wireless network, covering both the theoretical and the practical aspects of keeping unauthorized users off of your WAN.Read More...http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/wireless-security-in-depth.ars |