PC World has a story about some seriously cool retro iPhone cases, designed to look like previous Apple products.
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Phrase of the day
ubernerd passive-agressivenessMG Seigler on Paris Lemon.com
MG Seigler discussing the growing spat between Google and Microsoft over Google’s alleged bypassing of Internet Explorer’s security settings.
Could also be the dictionary definition of the personality of one Sheldon Cooper.
iOS ’86
Another one from a few days ago, but I felt it was worth posting. A very clever concept from Anton Repponen
Fix the Sandbox
This is one from a few days ago, but it’s worth reading anyway. Daniel Jalkut discusses the problems with the Mac App Store’s soon to be obligatory sandbox.
What has happened to Nasa’s missing Moon rocks?
Intriguing story from the BBC. At first it sounds like it could be the plot from a Bond movie, although in most cases the explanations are far more mundane.
Interesting Under The Hood Tid Bits for Mountain Lion
There are some interesting tid-bits of information about under the hood improvements scheduled for Mountain Lion in the official press release:
Hundreds of new APIs give developers access to new core technologies and enhanced features within OS X. The Game Kit APIs tap into the same services as Game Center on iOS, making it possible to create multiplayer games that work across Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. A new graphics infrastructure underpins OpenGL and OpenCL and implements GLKit, first introduced in iOS 5, to make it easier to create OpenGL apps. Using Core Animation in Cocoa apps is easier than ever, and new video APIs deliver modern 64-bit replacements for low-level QuickTime APIs. Enhanced Multi-Touch™ APIs give developers double-tap zoom support and access to the system-wide lookup gesture. Kernel ASLR improves security through enhanced mitigation against buffer overflow attacks.
It’s interesting to see Apple throw its weight behind Games development on the mac, an area it is often criticised for not properly supporting.
OS X Mountain Lion
Israeli scientists develop prototype of Geordi’s Star Trek VISOR
It never ceases to amaze me how many things from Star Trek are coming true
The New York Times Attempts to Justify Its Singling Out of Apple over China Working Conditions
While other companies have been criticized for conditions at their operations overseas, Apple has received particular attention because it is the biggest — its market value is more than the combined value of Google and Microsoft — and among the richest. Its stock closed Monday at $502.60, up more than 20 percent this year. The company also has a vast overseas presence, with its contractors employing 700,000 people in China and elsewhere.The New York Times
In a piece about Apple’s press release form Monday that it has asked the Fair Labor Association to perform an Audit of it’s manufacturing partners, The New York times throws in this little ditty as a way to justify its lack of balance when reporting on conditions in China. Of course the writer fails to point out that the chief reason that “Apple has received particular attention” is because his news paper put that attention on Apple.
Sorry, but this is a weak excuse and I stand by my previous conviction that singling out Apple does more harm than good.
Incredible Lego Prosthetic Arm
Check out this incredible prosthetic arm made entirely of lego. It was designed to mimic the full range of human movement and I have to say, it’s one of the most impressive lego creations I’ve seen to date
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The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives
Fascinating article from Gizmodo on a subcutaneous medical device developed by Nasa. Worth a read.
Google says it won’t support fair licensing in open standards
Hands up anyone who didn’t see this coming?
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