By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: January 11, 2006
Wednesday, 11 January 2006
- Windows Media Components for QuickTime ★
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This is great news: Microsoft is now offering a free download of Flip4Mac’s Windows Media Components for QuickTime. After installing Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files right in QuickTime player, as well as within your web browser. I.e. you’ll never again need to burn your retinas looking at Windows Media Player for Mac.
- Wikipedia: Extensible Firmware Interface ★
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Wikipedia entry on EFI:
The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is an updated BIOS specification developed by Intel. Designed for use with trusted computing, it allows vendors to create drivers which cannot be reverse engineered. It also allows operating systems to run in a sandbox, delegating networking and memory management to the firmware. Hardware access is converted to calls to the EFI drivers
- Windows XP Won’t Run on Intel MacBook, iMac ★
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XP only supports booting from BIOS-based systems, but Apple’s new Macs use EFI.
- Universal Binary Programming Guidelines, Second Edition ★
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Updated developer docs from Apple, reflecting hardware changes in the now-shipping Intel-based Macs.
- Knight Rider ★
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David Hasselhoff is huge in Germany.
- Google Earth for Mac ★
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I can see your house from here.
- Airfoil 2.0 ★
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Rogue Amoeba:
Airfoil 2 is a major update to our AirPort Express companion, enabling you to send audio from any application to multiple AirPort Express units simultaneously and in sync! Now you can wire your house, wirelessly, using Airfoil and AirPort Express units. In addition, Airfoil 2 features direct support for USB radios like the RadioShark, transmitting from widgets and audio devices, and even the ability to send all system audio at once. Toss in audio effects, full AppleScript support, and a sleek new interface and you’ve got one heck of an update.
- Techdirt: Unintentially Geeky Joke In Apple’s Share Price ★
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On the day Apple released their first Intel-powered computers, their share price closed at $80.86.
- MarsEdit 1.1 ★
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Update to the leading Mac weblog editor with a few new features and bug fixes. Plus, it’s now a universal binary.