Looks like a huge improvement over the old BIOS interfaces – I wonder if this might cause more problems though with the uneducated computer user. I think for most the BIOS is far to ‘scary’ to mess with, whereas this new UEFI framework looks really user friendly. I am all for user friendly, but I am not sure this is a place ‘we’ want to be user friendly.
Category: Links
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A Scientist Searches for the Truth of UFOs
Good way to start off the morning.
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Facebook chooses Seattle site, by Pike Place Market
I just quit Facebook, and now they have to move into my backyard…
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Better Screen, Same Typography
Khoi Vinh on Apple’s typographic missteps with iOS 4:
Building a great display for typography without building great typographic tools is a dereliction of duty.
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Apple Pulls Pulse News Reader for iPad From App Store After New York Times Complaint [UPDATED]
I am really bummed I didn’t buy this before it was pulled. This is just a bunch of legal B.S. that the New York Times is trying to pull. If Apple lets this stand I don’t see how they could justify NOT pulling all the other RSS apps in the App Store. Lame.
[Updated: 6/8/10 at 1:02 PM] Now back in the store – no explanation as to why just yet.
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Did Apple’s iPhone 4 Just Kill the Flip?
Janko Roettgers:
Speaking of customers, one of Flip’s big selling points has always been its low price point; a dead-simple HD camcorder for less than $200 is hard to beat. However, the new Flip SlideHD costs around $280 for 16GB of memory. Apple announced today that the iPhone 4 will start selling at $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB.
I am in full agreement, the new iPhone is going to crush the Flip, why carry two devices when one can do it all? I always wanted a Flip, but HD video recording and editing on my next phone – well that is just ‘the bees knees’ now isn’t it.
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20 most stressed, 20 least stressed counties
California leads the most stressed with 13 out of 20 counties being in the state. Ouch (though in fairness they probably have the most counties with populations over 25,000 in the U.S.).
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Safari 5 Extensions
Directory of extensions for the newly released Safari 5 – some great ones already. To enable extensions go to Preferences > Advanced and check the box that says show Develop menu, then click the newly revealed Develop menu and click on Enable extensions.
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Cisco Licenses iOS Name To Apple
That solves that mystery.
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Foxconn to give Chinese workers another pay raise
This is on top of the raise that they just got – good for them, they deserve it.
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Shanghai 1990 vs 2010
Amazing what 20 years can do to a landscape.
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Full-body scanner debuts at Omaha airport
This is going to be one of those pieces of technology where we have to decide whether we want security or privacy. Given 9/11 I am inclined to err on the side of security.
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Safari 5 Now Available
No keynote for this, but a very nice upgrade.
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Gruber’s iPhone 4 Impressions and Observations
John Gruber:
It’s mentioned briefly in Apple’s promotional video about the design of the iPhone 4, but they’re using a new production process that effectively fuses the LCD and touchscreen — there is no longer any air between the two. One result of this is that the iPhone 4 should be impervious to this dust-under-the-glass issue. More importantly, though, is that it looks better. The effect is that the pixels appear to be painted on the surface of the phone; instead of looking at pixels under glass, it like looking at pixels on glass. Combined with the incredibly high pixel density, the overall effect is like “live print”.
The fusing he is talking about is very welcome – I have had one spec of dust stuck in my screen for the past two months and it drives me crazy.
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WWDC: iPad, iBooks, And App Store: The Key Stats
Some staggering numbers here. A billion dollars paid to developers.
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WWDC Announcement: iBooks App Updated
iBooks now supports bookmarks, notes and PDFs. The addition of PDFs is great as the current Apps are not up to snuff for reading PDF files on the iPad.
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WWDC Keynote Live Coverage at 10a pst
I will be posting on the announcements after they are made and I have time to cull together some info for you all on them. As such I will be delayed from everyone live blogging it and today will be an Apple heavy day (more so than normal).
Here are live blogs to get play by plays:
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Malware found lurking in apps for Windows Mobile
Elinor Mills:
Scammers are distributing apps for Windows Mobile-based smartphones that have malware hidden inside that makes calls to premium-rate numbers across the globe, racking up expensive bills unbeknownst to the phone’s owner, a mobile security firm said on Friday.
As Hans Gerwitz said on Twitter:
This is why the App Store is curated.