By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: May 15, 2006
Monday, 15 May 2006
- Ctrl-Alt-Del Comic Spoofs New Mac TV Ads ★
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PC nerds really can’t stand the fact that Mac users aren’t bothered by viruses. I’ve made this point before: Even if for the sake of argument we concede that the only reason Macs aren’t plagued by viruses / malware / adware / spyware is that they’re just not popular enough — how exactly is that a bad thing for Mac users? By that logic, the Mac will always be safe from crapware, and Windows will always be doomed.
(Via Chris Pepper via email.)
- Wiretap Update: Big Three Telecoms Sued While Government Invokes State Secrets ★
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Eric Bangeman:
Shortly after more details of the National Security Agency’s domestic spying program were revealed, a new lawsuit was filed against three of the telecoms alleged to have collaborated with the NSA. Naming AT&T, BellSouth (which is in the process of being acquired by AT&T), and Verizon, the lawsuits allege the companies violated communications privacy laws dating back to 1934 and seek US$50 billion in damages. Meanwhile, the government is now trying to get the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s lawsuit against AT&T dismissed.
This is why I love the EFF.
- iLife ’06 Updates Available ★
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Mostly bug fixes, but iWeb 1.1 gets some big new features, like comments and search for weblogs. Available via Software Update.
- Tim O’Reilly Commencement Speech at SIMS ★
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I’m a sucker for commencement speeches. Thank to Nat Irons for the link, and for this apt summary: “Couple of good anecdotes in the first third, but the gist is ‘Here’s why Web 2.0 is great, and don’t worry too much about money.’”
- Justices Set Aside Patent Ruling Against eBay ★
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Good news from the U.S. Supreme Court on the patent-reform front:
In a significant victory for eBay and the technology industry, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that judges do not have to automatically bar companies from using patents that they have been shown to have violated.
- Mac OS X 10.4: Pasting a Phone Number Into a Fax Dialog Sheet With Some Applications ★
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Very strange fax dialog bug in Mac OS X 10.4. (The “This document will be updated as more information becomes available” line at the end is — as MDJ has pointed out a few times — an Apple euphemism for “It’s a known bug and we’ll update this document when it’s fixed.”)
- New Web-Based Inquisitor UI ★
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Very slick, very useful web-based meta-search from David Watanabe. (Via Jesper via email.)
- Dastardly Dialogs ★
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Unsanity’s Rosyna on the extraordinarily poorly-written dialog that System Preferences displays when it attempts to load a PowerPC-only pref pane on an Intel-based Mac. It looks like an over-the-top example of how not to write an error message.
- ZigVersion 1.0b3 ★
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Public beta release of a new GUI Subversion client for Mac OS X. (Via Daniel Bogan via email.)
- That’s Why macosxhints.com Isn’t a Wiki ★
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I’m not saying macosxhints.com “should be” a wiki, but I agree with Chris Clark that a more wiki-like format would make it a better resource. Or perhaps the point is that there’s an untapped opportunity right now for a wiki like this. (Via Jesper via email.)
- Frameworks, Kits and Caboodles ★
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Daniel Jalkut on the “Web Kit”/”WebKit” consistency thing. He argues that Apple is being consistent; that “Web Kit” is the umbrella technology, and “WebKit” is the framework.
- Softbank-Apple Mobile Phone Rumor ★
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Even if it’s true, this sounds more like Apple’s deal with Motorola than it sounds like an Apple-designed, Apple-branded “iPhone”. I.e. another deal for an iTunes-compatible phone, not a deal for an iPod phone.
