Linked List: December 29, 2004

Wednesday, 29 December 2004

Announcing bbPress 

Matt Mullenweg, lead developer of WordPress, has released a new open source bulletin board/forum package: bbPress. It’s the package behind the WordPress support forum, if you want to see it in action.

Apple Promotes Tsunami Relief 

As of this writing, the homepage at apple.com is promoting organizations aiding those hurt by the Indian Ocean tsunamis.

Update: However, there’s not a mention of anything tsunami-related at Apple’s start page (the default home page for Mac users).

ThinkSecret Says Apple Will Announce $499 Headless iMac 

Nick Ciarelli, a.k.a. Nick dePlume:

With iPod-savvy Windows users clearly in its sights, Apple is expected to announce a bare bones, G4-based iMac without a display at Mac Expo on January 11 that will retail for $499, highly reliable sources have confirmed to Think Secret.

The new Mac, code-named Q88, will be part of the iMac family and is expected to sport a PowerPC G4 processor at a speed around 1.25GHz. The new Mac is said to be incredibly small and will be housed in a flat enclosure with a height similar to the 1.73 inches of Apple’s Xserve. Its size benefits will include the ability to stand the Mac on its side or put it below a display or monitor.

If this pans out, it’s a huge scoop. Unlike most (vague) rumors, this one is specific.