Linked List: August 31, 2010

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Apple to Provide Live Video Streaming of Tomorrow’s Event ★

How many years has it been since Apple has tried this? If it holds up — a big “if”, considering Apple’s previous live-streaming efforts — there goes the live-blogging racket.

Bloomberg: New Apple TV Tomorrow ★

Ronald Grover and Peter Burrows, reporting for Bloomberg:

Apple Inc., preparing to announce a new set-top box that delivers TV to consumers, will include movies from Netflix Inc., according to three people with knowledge of the plans.

But is the Netflix integration built into the system, or, is it an app?

Just How Bad Is Flash on Android? ★

Ian Betteridge:

What does this demonstrate? Simply that the idea that Apple could simply magically put Flash on the iPad (which runs a processor in the same class as the Nexus One) is fantasy. Ignoring the broader reasons for Apple wanting to keep Flash off its platform, it’s clear that Flash is simply too processor-intensive to work properly on mobile-class processors as currently specified.

Pointing at the TV ★

Hans Gerwitz on the tricky user-interaction problems posed by an iOS-based Apple TV.

Put This On, Episode 3: Work ★

Best episode yet. More “Nerd Boyfriend” segments, please.

NYT: ‘Army Revises Training to Deal With Unfit Recruits’ ★

“Oh that’s right, Private Pyle, don’t make any fucking effort to get to the top of the fucking obstacle. If God would have wanted you up there he would have miracled your ass up there by now, wouldn’t he?”

Martin Scorsese Attends Free iMovie Demonstration at Apple Store ★

With most Onion stories, 90 percent of the joke is in the headline. With this one, it’s in the photo.

Palm Previews WebOS 2.0 Details ★

Looks like some great improvements. The “Just Type” feature sounds like LaunchBar or Quicksilver.

AutoCAD Returns to the Mac, Along With iOS Viewer Apps ★

Everything is coming up Milhouse.

Intel Buys Infineon’s Wireless Unit ★

The future is mobile.

Oxford English Dictionary ‘Will Not Be Printed Again’ ★

Alastair Jamieson, reporting for The Telegraph:

Simon Winchester, author of ‘The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary’, said the switch towards online formats was “prescient”. He said: “Until six months ago I was clinging to the idea that printed books would likely last for ever. Since the arrival of the iPad I am now wholly convinced otherwise.”

The Oatmeal: ‘This Is How I Feel About Buying Apps’ ★

A classic.