Linked List: May 8, 2006
Monday, 8 May 2006
- Yahoo Is Unleashing a New Way to Turn Ad Clicks Into Ka-Ching ★
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Amazing that Yahoo is now in the role of David (vs. Googliath). Nice graph shows how Yahoo’s ad revenue is growing year-over-year, but they’re falling behind because Google’s ad revenue growth is so much higher.
- Long-Term Backup ★
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Mark Pilgrim — yet another convert to the church of DiskWarrior — asks:
How do you back up 100 GB of data per year for 50 years?
(I think 100 GB per year is a low estimate — we’ll probably all be shooting much higher-resolution digital video a decade from now.)
- WouldjaDraw 1.1 ★
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Feature update to new drawing app; now with arrows, easier rotation, and more export options.
- StickyBrain 4.1b3 Gets Yojimboed ★
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Tim Gaden on new features in StickyBrain seemingly inspired by features in Yojimbo.
- Apple Wins Trademark Case With Beatles ★
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Reuters:
Apple Computer won its courtroom battle against the Beatles on Monday when a judge ruled the company’s iTunes Music Store did not infringe on the trademark of Apple Corps, which represents the band’s interests.
- Reduce OS X Security Threats: Ignore Security Software ★
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Great ZDNet UK editorial slams McAfee for trying to scare Mac users into buying their Mac anti-virus software with exaggerated and false claims regarding the current state of Mac OS X security:
It may be true, as McAfee says, that from 2003 to 2005 the number of discovered Mac vulnerabilities increased by 228 percent while Windows only saw a 73 percent increase. But that’s like saying that in the last decade, deaths caused by choking on ice cream were up by 200 percent while deaths from smoking only went up by ten. Like the ice cream, shining light on McAfee’s claims makes them melt away — when we asked the company how big the risks actually were, it admitted that there was “no significant risk” at the moment.