This week in Apple: HDCP, private APIs, and hacks

This week's top Apple news was riddled with scandal, ranging from High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection hidden in new MacBooks to Google's private iPhone API use, and everything in between. Now, all we need is a sex scandal and the circle should be complete. Check it out in case you missed anything.

November 22, 2008 - 12:15PM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

What we do and don't know about Microsoft's Morro

Ars does a little digging to find out more about Microsoft's new security-related product, codenamed Morro. We tell you what we found out and where we met roadblocks erected by Microsoft.

November 21, 2008 - 03:34PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Google may offer Chrome detailing on new PCs

Google has big plans for Chrome, and they don't involve keeping the browser in a perpetual beta twilight. The search giant intends to seize a significant chunk of the browser market in 2009, and could offer competition the likes of which Internet Explorer has never faced.

November 21, 2008 - 02:14PM CT - by Joel Hruska

October 2008: Firefox, Opera gain & IE, Safari, Chrome drop

Between September and October, Internet Explorer dropped by a quarter of a percent: from 71.52 percent to 71.27 percent (quite a small drop for IE, compared to other months). Firefox has rebounded, jumping by 0.51 percent (from 19.46 percent to 19.97 percent), Safari dropped a minor 0.08 percent (from 6.65 percent to 6.57 percent), Opera grabbed the number four spot back by gaining 0.06 (0.69 percent to 0.75 percent) while Chrome dropped 0.04 percent (from 0.78 percent to 0.74 percent).

November 21, 2008 - 02:08PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Next week's Rock Band tracks: The Killers, Soundgarden

The coming week in Rock Band downloadable content will see new Killers and Yngwie Malmsteen track packs as well as some singles from Soundgarden and Lamb of God

November 21, 2008 - 01:30PM CT - by Frank Caron

First batch of Lips DLC revealed

Microsoft has outlined the first batch of downloadable songs for the karaoke game Lips, which includes the likes of Coldplay, Jason Mraz, and Supertramp.

November 21, 2008 - 12:00PM CT - by Andrew Webster

Review: Banjo-Kazooie is almost a bridge masterpiece

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is a game that does just about everything right: it's got some great levels, gorgeous graphics, and an addictive vehicle creation system. Only the game's control issues mar this otherwise worthwhile bridge title

November 21, 2008 - 11:40AM CT - by Frank Caron

Microsoft hopes to make Windows 7 use less disk space

The latest post on the Engineering Windows 7 blog is about disk space and is written by Michael Beck, a program manager in the core OS deployment feature team. Ars dives in to see what Microsoft is aiming for.

November 21, 2008 - 10:13AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Windows Live Sync to succeed FolderShare in December

Windows Live FolderShare, which keeps files and folders synced between two or more computers (Windows XP, Vista, and Mac OS X), is being renamed to Windows Live Sync. The updated service will rollout along with the other Windows Live Wave 3 web services.

November 21, 2008 - 09:55AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Microsoft to aid in war on terror, builds software for DHS

Microsoft has joined forces with GIS vendor ESRI to build a suite of collaboration tools for intelligence gathering and processing. This software will be used by the Department of Homeland Security's fusion centers.

November 21, 2008 - 09:19AM CT - by Ryan Paul

Roll your own search results with Google's new SearchWiki

Google's SearchWiki—the feature that allows people to annotate, add, delete, and move around search results—will soon be available to all users logged in with a Google account. The company's not sure yet what it plans to actually do with the data, though.

November 20, 2008 - 06:45PM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

Ballmer only wants Yahoo's search business, VP crosses over

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has reiterated that Microsoft is only interested in Yahoo's search business. Adding to that, Sean Suchter, the VP of Search Technology at Yahoo, has swapped sides and is now working for Microsoft.

November 20, 2008 - 04:05PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Symantec and Kaspersky on OneCare's death: good riddance

Symantec and Kaspersky have given us statements on Microsoft's announcement to axe OneCare and offer a free anti-malware solution instead. Neither answer is very pro-Microsoft.

November 20, 2008 - 03:37PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

The Raconteurs join Guitar Hero: World Tour line-up

Another week, another batch of Guitar Hero DLC. This time around we have three tracks from The Raconteurs to rock out to.

November 20, 2008 - 02:00PM CT - by Andrew Webster

Space Battle shows potential in future Zune gaming

The recently-released top-down shooter Space Battle hints at a potentially bright future for gaming on the Zune, if Microsoft plays its cards right with Xbox Live integration.

November 20, 2008 - 12:00PM CT - by Frank Caron

Zune Pass subscribers get to keep 10 songs

Microsoft has struck deals with music labels in order to allow Zune Pass subscribers to keep up to 10 songs every month: $15 for up to 10 songs for keeps and unlimited access to the rest of the online music library. Not bad Microsoft, but not perfect.

November 20, 2008 - 11:12AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Grand Theft Auto IV DLC details finally emerge

We finally have details on the downloadable episode for Grand Theft Auto IV, which puts players in the role of a brand new character. Details and screens inside.

November 20, 2008 - 11:00AM CT - by Andrew Webster

Delay confirmed; IE8 will ship in 2009

As suspected, IE8 will not be shipping by the end of the year. The IE8 team is planning a release candidate build in the first quarter of 2009, with the final release following sometime after.

November 20, 2008 - 09:28AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

An unofficial Tweak UI for Vista: Ultimate Windows Tweaker

Tweak UI for Windows XP is a great application, but Microsoft never created one for Windows Vista. However, an unofficial one has been available, currently at version 1.0.

November 19, 2008 - 08:57PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Touch gestures meet the Windows 7 Media Center

The Windows 7 Media Center team has been hard at work bringing touch features to the application (video inside). Multitouch is on the way.

November 19, 2008 - 08:08PM CT - by Emil Protalinski