Linked List: August 19, 2010

Thursday, 19 August 2010

Apple Adds ‘Compare Macs’ Option to Apple Store ★

Nice interface.

People Magazine iPad App Now Free for Existing Subscribers ★

But you can’t subscribe from within the app itself, right? That’s the holdup Time Inc. was running into, I think.

Intel to Buy McAfee in $7.68 Billion Deal ★

The WSJ:

The deal, the largest in Intel’s 42-year history, was described by the companies as evidence that security is becoming one of the fundamental pillars of computing. With Internet connections rapidly being added to consumer electronics devices, appliances, industrial equipment and other hardware, the approaches that have served to protect today’s personal computers and servers aren’t adequate, Intel and McAfee officials said.

That’s a bet on Windows; McAfee is irrelevant on every other platform.

Avram Piltch on the New Android Flash Player ★

Avram Piltch:

I’m the last person on earth who wanted to believe Steve Jobs when he told Walt Mossberg at D8 that “Flash has had its day.” I took it as nothing more than showmanship when Jobs shared his thoughts on Flash and wrote that “Flash is closed and proprietary, has major technical drawbacks, and doesn’t support touch based devices.” After spending time playing with Flash Player 10.1 on the new Droid 2, the first Android 2.2 phone to come with the player pre-installed, I’m sad to admit that Steve Jobs was right. Adobe’s offering seems like it’s too little, too late.

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