Python 2.6 was released today.
iPhone NDA Lifted
Apple made the following announcement today:
We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software.
We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to protect, so that others don’t steal our work. It has happened before. While we have filed for hundreds of patents on iPhone technology, the NDA added yet another level of protection. We put it in place as one more way to help protect the iPhone from being ripped off by others.
However, the NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success, so we are dropping it for released software. Developers will receive a new agreement without an NDA covering released software within a week or so. Please note that unreleased software and features will remain under NDA until they are released.
Thanks to everyone who provided us constructive feedback on this matter.
Via Apple
Most Alien-looking Place On Earth
Ran across this. Would be a great place to visit. Probably run out of film for everything you’d want to photograph.
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/09/most-alien-looking-place-on-earth.html
Wrath of the Lich King Coming Nov 13, 2008
Blizzard has announced that the next World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, will be released November 13th, 2008.
Do Something About Good Ideas Or Someone Else Will
Here’s an article entitled Good Ideas Have Lonely Childhoods. Go read it.
HTML 5 – In 2022??
Note to Future Steve… Remember to check to see if releasing the HTML 5 standard in 2022 will matter to anyone by then.
iPhone 2.1 Software Update
The iPhone 2.1 software update is out. It promises to increase battery life, fix dropped called problems, and increase your IQ by 10 points.
Ok….not the last one. But the update is out.
How NOT to Demo at TechCrunch50
You know, if a company is going to demo at TechCrunch50, it’s probably not the smartest thing in the world to alienate half your potential user base by talking about politics. But that’s exactly what DotSpots did for the first five minutes of the demo that did during their TechCruch50 demo. And the company motto? “The Wisdom of Crowds”? Apparently they haven’t heard the saying “None of Us Is As Dumb As All of Us”.
edit: Google’s Marissa Mayer gave DotSpots got high marks for the idea, but wondered about the business model.
Time will tell.
TechCrunch50 is Living Streaming Now
Here’s a URL to the live stream of TechCrunch50
Cappuccino and Objective J
A new web framework called Cappuccino has been released. It allows you to program web apps in Objective-J (something similar to Object-C, only more like Javascript), and come up with some pretty impressive apps. Check out Cappuccino website for a demo of what can be done.