Linked List: January 13, 2005

Thursday, 13 January 2005

StuffIt Image Format ★: Allume Systems (nee Aladdin) has announced, but not released, a new image compression format which they claim compresses 28 percent better than JPEG.
Jason Snell: Mac Mini: What You Need to Know ★: Jason Snell with a terrific first look at the Mac Mini. For example, his is the only report I’ve seen that mentions the speed of the Mini’s hard disks — only 4200 RPM, same as in iBooks.
Apple: Best Financial Quarter Ever ★: Apple posts highest quarterly revenue and net income in company history. Mac sales are up, and as Jobs stated in the MWSF keynote, iPod sales are way up.
Google Mini ★: $5000 search appliance. What’s up with the “Mini” name craze? (Via Daniel Bogan via AIM.)
NY Times Editorial on Apple Hardware Pricing ★: Not an op-ed column, but rather one of the unsigned editorials representing the opinion of the Times’s editorial board. What a bizarre topic for an editorial.
Nick Ciarelli Is Nick dePlume ★: Now a freshman at Harvard. He’s been running Think Secret since he was in the 7th grade. And I was right that his identity wasn’t much of a secret — Apple’s lawsuit doesn’t include his name, but a letter they sent to Think Secret on Nov. 11 does. Ciarelli told The Harvard Crimson he hasn’t hired a lawyer because he can’t afford one.
Andy Hertzfeld Interview With CNet ★: Another great interview with Andy Hertzfeld.
Pages Is More of a DTP App Than a Word Processor ★: So says Macworld’s Philip Michaels. And so says Dori Smith, too.