Linked List: June 18, 2007

Monday, 18 June 2007

EFF Update on the ‘Innards’ of iTunes Plus Files ★

Peter Eckersley, on the EFF weblog:

Firstly, the most interesting hypotheses turn out to be false. There aren’t any watermarks in the compressed data; in fact, the compressed segments are identical across multiple copies of the same track.

Where by “interesting” he means “hysterical”.

Real People and Their On-Screen Avatars ★

Interesting contrast between those whose avatars resemble themselves and those whose avatars, well, don’t.

TransGaming ★

This is the company whose Cider libraries are being used to port EA games to the Mac. The way I see it, this is far better than having to buy a license for Windows and running Boot Camp just to play games.

Apple Announces Better Battery Life for iPhone ★

Apple PR:

Apple today announced that iPhone will deliver significantly longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when iPhone was unveiled in January. iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback. In addition, iPhone will feature up to 250 hours—more than 10 days—of standby time. Apple also announced that the entire top surface of iPhone, including its stunning 3.5-inch display, has been upgraded from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity.

Interesting that they’d announce this today, rather than at the special media event I’ve heard Apple plans to hold for iPhone.

Terry Semel Out as Yahoo CEO ★

Co-founder Jerry Yang takes over as CEO, CFO Sue Decker as president. I hope Yang keeps the reins permanently, but speculation is that he’s just keeping the seat warm.

Considering how badly Yahoo has been beaten by Google, the only thing that’s surprising is that Semel wasn’t forced out sooner.

bgcolor Follies ★

Jeffrey Zeldman:

A reminder for people who make websites: if you forget to set your site’s background color, your visitors may set it for you.

Updated WWDC 2007 Flickr Photoset ★

Including some shots from Thursday night’s Beer Bash (great band, good food, lousy beer).

64-Bit Carbon Summary From CarbonDev Wiki ★

Overview of the news from WWDC regarding 64-bit Carbon support in Leopard.

iPhone New York ★

Pretty good unofficial 60-second spec for iPhone. (Thanks to Chris Pepper.)

LG Prada Advertised With OS X Screenshot ★

Swedish electronics retailer Elgiganten advertises the LG Prada touchscreen phone with fake screenshot showing it running the iPhone’s OS X. (Thanks to Jesper.)