Linked List: December 6, 2004

Monday, 6 December 2004

Apple Threatens iTunes.co.uk Owner ★: Kieren McCarthy reporting for The Register:

Apple has accused the owner of iTunes.co.uk of being a cybersquatter, and taken him to UK registry Nominet demanding to be given the domain.

Unfortunately, the owner happens to be one Benjamin Cohen, the “dotcom millionaire” of lore, whose father is a solicitor, and Apple doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
Photoshop Anti-Aliasing Tweaks ★: I’ve long thought that text anti-aliasing in Photoshop produced inconsistent results, but I could never put my finger on what was going on. Dave Shea explains. (Yes, it’s Dave Shea Day here on the Linked List.)
Dave Shea on sIFR ★: Terrific overview of sIFR (scalable Inman Flash Replacement), an ingenious use of Flash.
Everything TypeKey ★: Wiki from Andre Torrez for developers using Six Apart’s TypeKey authentication system. (Andre programmed Dropcash, which uses TypeKey for authentication.)