By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: April 18, 2007
Wednesday, 18 April 2007
- Gartner: Mac Sales Grew 30 Percent in First Quarter ★
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Gartner says Mac sales are up 30 percent over the same quarter last year, and, more interestingly, that’s compared to just 2.9 percent growth for the entire PC category. Apple’s U.S. market share jumped from 4 to 5.
The Windows Vista launch really hurt Mac sales, huh?
- MOO NoteCards ★
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Another cool print-your-Flickr-photos product from MOO. (Via Scott Beale, who already has some example notecards to show off.)
- Apple Mail’s Wandering Columns ★
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This drives me nuts, too, and I don’t even use Mail as my main email client.
- Caffeine 1.0 ★
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Another freeware software utility that prevents your Mac from going to sleep or dimming the screen. (Thanks to Rob Mientjes.)
- European Adobe CS3 Pricing ★
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The prices for the various CS3 bundles are almost twice as high in Europe as they are in the U.S. For example, an upgrade to the Design Premium suite costs $599 in the U.S., but £599 in the U.K., which, at today’s exchange rate, works out to $1,195. Yikes.
- Markdown Support for TypePad ★
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Very cool.
- Jiggler 1.3 ★
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“No-doz for your Mac” — freeware app from Stick Software that serves the same purpose as the aforelinked USB mouse jigglers.
- WiebeTech Mouse Jigglers ★
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USB gadgets that keep your computer from going to sleep by simulating constant mouse activity. (Via Marko Karppinen.)
- Turning a Feature Into a Flaw ★
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Nice write-up from Marko Karppinen on the IPv6 routing features, and perceived security concerns, of the new Airport Extreme base station:
Again, it seems Apple alone understands the need for networking standards designed to work out of the box, without expert administrators.
- Yes, That Does Sound Very ‘Special’ ★
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Paul Thurrott on the Xbox 360, which Microsoft has lost billions on and is plagued by reliability problems:
I love the 360, and think Microsoft’s done something special there. On the other hand, it’s loud and unreliable. I’ve had three game discs scratched so bad as to be unplayable. I’ve had two consoles turn up dead with the “red ring of death,” and I know of several friends who have had the same issues. I get together monthly with a group of guys up the street to play Halo 2 and, more recently, some 360 games, and they’ve almost all had problems with their consoles.
This is the same Paul Thurrott who just called the Nintendo Wii “a joke”.