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Linked List: February 27, 2007

Tuesday, 27 February 2007

Parallels Desktop Out of Beta 

Free update for existing users.

MySpace Extortionists Plead Guilty 

Two dopes from New York wrote software to snoop email and IP addresses from MySpace users, then tried to extort $150,000 from MySpace as a “consulting fee” to stop distributing their hack. One odd aspect of their plea bargain agreement is that they’re each limited to a single email address. (Via Valleywag.)

Anil Dash and Tim O’Reilly on Web Conference Diversity 

Anil Dash suggests a hypothetical web conference with 18 speakers, all women. It’s a good line-up that would make for a terrific conference. But, it would also make for a far different conference theme than any of the criticized conferences in Kottke’s list.

In a comment on Anil’s post, Tim O’Reilly writes:

I have to side with Eric Meyer. Find interesting people. Work a little harder to find interesting women who can bring fresh voices and perspectives, but in the end, tell your story, whatever it is. The most interesting people in a field may be female, male, black, white, asian, gay, straight…it doesn’t matter. Just find the most brilliant and interesting ones related to the area you’re exploring, put them on stage, and let them shine.

Joe Clark on Barriers to Success in the Computer World 

Joe Clark, in a comment on Anil Dash’s weblog:

I am waiting for someone to disprove my contention that the barriers to success in information technology are poverty (can’t afford a computer) and disability (cannot use it), not sex. The computer does not have an opinion about whether or not you “are wanted”; women have no barriers in using computers for their own purposes.

Interesting to think of poverty as an accessibility problem.

Speak Up: ‘Idiocratic Design’ 

Armin Vit looks at the clever signage, branding, and typography from Mike Judge’s futuristic satire Idiocracy. (Via Design Observer.)

Trampoline 2.0 

Old Jewel Software’s new $20 app launcher with a pie menu interface; optimized for easy access to your most-accessed apps. Check out the screencasts to get a feel for it.

Wil Shipley on Microsoft’s Anti-Piracy Goals for China 

Wil Shipley:

Those freaking Chinese are sitting on piles of gold! They pirate your software because they are a greedy, greedy people, not because Windows Vista Basic costs $295 in China and laborers rake in about $160 a month.

MacNewsWorld — Bad Mac News Site, or the Worst Mac News Site? 

Dan Moren rips apart another crummy MacNewsWorld report on Mac security.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom: The Ars Technica Review 

Dave Girard goes deep with Adobe Lightroom, including a comparison vs. Aperture.