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Another shot at a richer web:
In response to demand by users, plugin vendors and web developers for web browser support for an open, secure and scriptable plugin model, the Mozilla Foundation, in collaboration with Apple, Macromedia, Opera, and Sun Microsystems are working to extend the Netscape Plugin Application Program Interface (NPAPI) in a manner that allows greater interactivity with plugins such as Flash, Shockwave, QuickTime and Java, resulting in a richer, more interactive web.
T-Mobile launches a combo WiFi / GSM PDA in Germany.
The Steve Jobs WWDC (world wide developers conference) keynote is set to kick off in 15 minutes. No quicktime stream nor satellite broadcast this year. I'm on the macintouch IRC channel though (which is already full,) so I should get any news pretty fast.
New displays seem like a sure thing. Maybe new iMacs. Definitely a Tiger (OS X 10.4) preview. Might not be much more interesting than that though. I'll post anything major in the comments.
Wow. Meshcube. A tiny (!) wireless router containing open source mesh networking software. This (or something like it) is the building block of the utopian wireless future. I am no longer very sure we will get there (where "there" is a totally decentralized network,) but at least the technology is becoming available.
I guess the first large scale tests will probably come in disaster areas. Just drop a few dozen (or hundreds) of these over an area for immediate ad hoc communications infrastructure. Very cool.
Oxford Semiconductor has a new firewire chip that incorporates high end (including 7.1) audio. I can't see why all next generation Macs won't get this chip. Cool. Audio out (especially dolby surround sound) has been a weak point (not counting the new G5 towers which have the nice optical out - but this should be cheaper and easier than that.)
Making a model of NYC (click the right arrow in the bottom right corner to go to the next page.)
I guess it is for this exhibit but I'm afraid I can't tell you much more.
There really is a guy who has been trapped in an airport since 1988. Snopes agrees.
Did you know there is a $20,000 cell phone?
Treocentral has collected over $3500 from it's readers to offer as a reward to the first person who writes a driver to make a bluetooth SD card work on the Treo 600.
This is interesting. I can't imagine that it is possible, or someone would have done it already. But at the same time, I can't imagine how it could be impossible. Truly a mystery. But if anything can get to the bottom of it, it's cash money.