Getting handsy with the hardware (and the software)

Getting handsy with the hardware (and the software):
This week we wrote a lot about all the Apple hardware and software we could get our hands on, and we did a full review of Amazon's Kindle Fire HD. A lot happened this week—maybe everyone finally got back from summer vacation? If you were too busy to keep up with the important news of the week, never fear, we compiled 12 of the best and most interesting news stories in the handy list below. This way, you can be all caught up in time for next week's grind!

• Locking up, locking down: Hands-on with iOS 6 enterprise management
  
  With single-app mode, self-destructing profiles, iOS buttons down for business.


• US, EU regulators approve Universal-EMI music deal
  
  World's first and fourth-largest record labels will now come together as one.


• Endeavour makes its final rounds: A photoessay
  
  On the ground at Ellington Field in Houston, Ars gets some close-ups.


• Apple's EarPods built for durability, but audio quality is questionable
  
  http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/09/apples-earpods-built-for-durability-but-audio-quality-is-questionable/


• Review: iOS 6 gets the spit and polish treatment
  
  The name of the game is refinement.


• When your best just isn't good enough: the Kindle Fire HD
  
  Buying Amazon's 7-inch tablet? Get ready to overlook some flaws.


• Apple's iPhone commandeered at hacker contest days before new release
  
  A Galaxy S3 running latest available Android operating system is also toppled.


• Tempting fate: Installing iOS 6 on the iPhone 3GS
  
  How well does 2012's software run on 2009's iPhone? Ars finds out.


• Quantum cryptography: yesterday, today, and tomorrow
  
  Does it have a future? Classic cryptology isn't budging, but all depends on QKD.


• Dual-ing impressions: Chatting about Torchlight II
  
  Two Ars writers discuss Runic's latest take on the Diablo model.


• ITC: How an obscure bureaucracy makes the world safe for patent trolls
  
  The smartphone wars are increasingly fought in a trade office.


• IPv4 address transfer markets are forming where we least expected
  
  As IPv4 addresses run out, regions have very different fixes in mind.

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