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$60 for an expansion pack? Halo 3: ODST underwhelms
by Ben Kuchera
Halo 3: ODST began life as an expansion to Halo 3... and based on our retail copy of the game, that's also where it ended up. One new multiplayer mode, three new multiplayer maps, a short campaign, and two "new" guns shouldn't add up to $60, but this is Halo. Our full review inside. Read More
|  Infinite Loop
From Mac Portable to MacBook Pro: 20 years of Apple laptops
by Eric Bangeman
20 years ago, Apple introduced its first portable Mac—we hesitate to say laptop because of its size—the Macintosh Portable. Ars looks back at some of the best Mac laptops to come out of Cupertino over the past two decades—and a couple of clunkers. Read More
|  Open Ended
Ubuntu 9.10 boot optimizations: 5 second startup with an SSD
by Ryan Paul
The latest Ubuntu 9.10 alpha release includes significant improvements to boot performance. Tests show that the popular Linux distribution can now boot in mere seconds on a computer with a solid state drive. Read More
|  Law & Disorder
Google Voice rejection came from the top at Apple (updated)
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The FCC has released an unredacted copy of Google's previously confidential letter explaining just why Apple rejected its Google Voice app for the iPhone. Discussions between the two companies lasted for weeks at the Senior VP level, but in the end, Apple said the app could cause "user confusion." Read More | Forward this message to a friend |
