Linked List: June 6, 2005

Monday, 6 June 2005

QuickTime Stream of WWDC Keynote Address ★

High-quality h.264 compression — better video quality than ever before. (Look for a few shots of Woz around 51 minutes in.)

Universal Binary Programming Guidelines ★

Apple developer documentation on the new “fat” structure for dual PowerPC / x86 binary applications. (It’s a PDF.)

Asshat AP Reporters Deem Apple Move ‘Risky’ ★

Check out the first paragraph of this AP report:

In a risky move that could further shrink its minuscule slice of the PC market, Apple Computer Inc. announced plans Monday to switch its Macintosh computers to the same Intel Corp. chips used in systems that run Microsoft Windows.

These are the same sort of dweebs who’ve been saying for 10 years that Apple “had to switch” to Intel.

Apple to Switch to Sun Chips ★

Even tastier.

Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006 ★

Apple PR:

At its Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple announced plans to deliver models of its Macintosh® computers using Intel microprocessors by this time next year, and to transition all of its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007. Apple previewed a version of its critically acclaimed operating system, Mac OS X Tiger, running on an Intel-based Mac to the over 3,800 developers attending CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote address. Apple also announced the availability of a Developer Transition Kit, consisting of an Intel-based Mac development system along with preview versions of Apple’s software, which will allow developers to prepare versions of their applications which will run on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs.

Attorney Claims to Have Negotiated Apple-Transitive Licensing Deal ★

Attorney Jay de Groot, in his personal profile on the West Legal Directory, claims the following in his list of client work:

Transitive Technologies: Represented Transitive Technologies in a co-development and licensing agreement with Apple Computer

This could indicate some sort of PowerPC emulation for x86 Macs. (Via MacRumors.com.)

Also worth noting is that Mr. de Groot works for the firm Morrison and Foerster, LLP, owners of one of the greatest domain names on the entire Internet.

New York Times Jumps on Intel-Apple Bandwagon ★

Nothing new in the report, which they make up for by rehashing 20 years of Apple’s history with Motorola and IBM. Worth noting is the caption under the photo of Jobs:

Steven P. Jobs of Apple Computer is to address his engineers Monday.

All your engineers are belong to Jobs.