The interface looks to be pretty snappy, although there was a little lag when they were doing web browsing. Here’s hoping that gets ironed out before release.
I’m dying to see a video of this in motion. Their new developer platform appears to be very similar to Dashboard on the Mac; apps are written with CSS, HTML, XML, and presumably JavaScript.
A lot of people have been asking for this on #iphonedev, so here’s a snippet for making a thumbnail of a CGImage.
Long story short: two mutations allowed the virus to take hold in the upper respiratory tract, making it easy both to get infected and infect others.
Boxee, a killer spinoff of XBMC, is now open to anyone who wants to try it.
Richard Esguerra from the EFF:
Apple’s announcement comes nearly a year after Amazon.com’s DRM-free MP3 deals went live, demonstrating that the record labels were holding the DRM card until they could wring business concessions from Apple (in the form of variable pricing). This just underscores that DRM is not really about stopping piracy, but rather about leverage over authorized distributors.
DRM-free music is certainly phenomenal news, but Apple has a long way to go before they can brag about being DRM-free entirely.
Three concerts from December 2008 made available via BitTorrent. This is “raw, unedited, un-color-corrected”, and isn’t really meant for general consumption; NIN is making this available for self-made video editors to play with.
Might go great with the new version of iMovie announced yesterday.
At least there’s a nice Google Maps mashup for determining where it is.
Apparently they left the admin site completely open to the world, and the URL was sniffed out by someone in the audience at Macworld.
The revolutionary new laptop from Apple with no keyboard; just a wheel. Hilarious.