We doubt you could have missed this week's release of Lion, even if you aren't a early adopter who likes to jump in at the get-go. Oh, no, we're sure you didn't miss that. And who could have missed Netflix and the backlash? Well, we've got a few suggestions for users of both, plus a few other tasty treats just in case you missed it.
- 10 Ways To Kick The Netflix Habit and Never Look Back - I think a lot of people were looking for exactly this kind of article last week, after Netflix apparently decided they wanted to be hated with a single giant price hike.
- Living With Lion - Netflix stories have had their place this last week in the news cycle, so leave it to Apple to drive that big piece of business right off the tech front pages with the release of their brand new operating system. How does it measure up? What's it like living with something brand spanking new under the hood? Well, editor Nic Vargus got in on the ground floor, and even better kept himself a little diary of what it was all about. Prepare yourself and get ready to learn, people.
- How to Upgrade Your Time Capsule's Hard Drive - We're big fans of DIY action here at Mac|Life, so we thought this tutorial would be right up our readers' alleys. Sure, you could fork over even more of your paycheck to Steve Jobs for the latest Time Capsule, but that strikes us as pricier -- and less fun! -- than getting out your tools and going to town on your old model.
- How to Burn a Lion Install DVD and Create Bootable Thumb Drive - Oh, Steve is going to love this one, gang. You know how he's trying to wean us all off physical media, then you go and start figuring out how to make DVD back ups and thumb drive bootables. It's almost like you haven't come to trust in the power of the cloud yet. What's that all about? Well, until you work on your trust issues, here's how you do those things, just for you back up purposes, mind you.
- App Showdown: Flash Browsers - Still in demand no matter how you slice it, Adobe's Flash still makes up a significant portion of the benighted corners of the web where they haven't heard of HTML5. While we wait for the light of truth, justice, and so on to come their way, we'll have to make due with some Flash-y browsers that put a little of that old timey magic in the palms of our hands.
- iCade Arcade Cabinet Review - How can something start off as a gag idea and be so awesome all at once? Well, it is. What started out as a ThinkGeek joke turned into the have to have item of the year (after the iPad and iPad 2 themselves). Love that old style gaming? Well, iCade is here to provide you with the small time feel of that old time gamery. You know you want to get your Donkey Kong on.
