While the biggest news event of the week happened late Friday afternoon, 10 other stories on Ars got lots of attention in the beginning of the week. Author Dan Goodin wrote about the declining strength of passwords, and Nintendo Power announced its last issue would be in December. We ran a story about early coders who transmitted and received instructions for BASIC programs over radio. And we posted a solid handful of hardware reviews. Check them out if you missed them earlier this week!
- Windows 8's new licenses: simpler, saner, better
System Builder license expanded to cover those who build their own PCs. - Geology and Genesis: how Noah’s flood shaped ideas but not landscapes
A complex history is recorded in The Rocks Don’t Lie. - Inside the second: Gaming performance with today's CPUs
Does the processor you choose still matter? - Why passwords have never been weaker—and crackers have never been stronger
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/passwords-under-assault/ - Experiments in airborne BASIC—"buzzing" computer code over FM radio
Before the 'Net, Finland created a primetime program-sharing radio service. - PC laptop buying guide—back to school edition
We wade through minuscule differences between laptops so you don't have to. - In closing arguments, Apple lawyer tells Samsung: "Make your own phones"
Jury is asked to punish Samsung to the tune of $2.75 billion. - Our favorite "forgotten tech"—from BeOS to Zip Drives
Our ride-or-die gadgets of yesteryear didn't all achieve market success. - Nintendo Power's last issue coming in December (update: Nintendo confirms)
Venerable brand to shut down after 24 years. - A worthy Ultrabook appears: the ThinkPad X1 Carbon reviewed
Lenovo shows other manufacturers what it means to make a good thin-and-light.
Oh, right, and that story about the Apple v. Samsung verdict: Apple v. Samsung verdict is in: $1 billion loss for Samsung
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