Programmers Are Tiny Gods

post from Daring Fireball on 29 January 2009 01:09:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Derek Powazek:

Like designers, if you give a programmer a problem with parameters, they?ll apply every bit of genius they have to solve it in the best possible way. If you tell them how to do it, you?ll suffer the wrath of an angry God.

?

Read The Full Article:
http://powazek.com/posts/1655

Digg this

Chuck the Ball for iPhone

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 29 January 2009 01:05:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Makeshift Games has released a new puzzle title for the iPhone and iPod touch, Chuck the Ball. The ...

Read The Full Article:
http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=67e3e2cec4718155f762aa00fae215b9

Digg this

"Walt Disney World Secrets" Notescast Now on
iPhone and iPod touch

post from prMac on 29 January 2009 12:57:00 PM. © prMac

TimeStream Software introduces the new "Walt Disney World Secrets" Notescast App for the iPhone and iPod touch. Now iPhone and iPod touch owners can tour all of Walt Disney World Resort using their iPhones as their personal interactive tour guide as they journey from one new secret to the next throughout all of Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Read The Full Article:
http://prmac.com/release-id-4158.htm

Digg this

Walt Disney World Secrets Notescast Now on iPhone
and iPod touch

post from prMac on 29 January 2009 12:57:00 PM. © prMac

TimeStream Software introduces the new "Walt Disney World Secrets" Notescast App for the iPhone and iPod touch. Now iPhone and iPod touch owners can tour all of Walt Disney World Resort using their iPhones as their personal interactive tour guide as they journey from one new secret to the next throughout all of Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Read The Full Article:
http://prmac.com/release-id-4158.htm

Digg this

Break Thru Radio Announces Mumiy Troll's First
Live US Radio Show

post from prMac on 29 January 2009 12:18:00 PM. © prMac

BreakThru Radio is proud to announce that seminal Russian outfit, Mumiy Troll will be gracing its 'Live Studio' program for their first ever live North American radio performance. After an extensive US tour which will see the band performing to audiences from Washington DC to Seattle, Mumiy Troll will release their first US album, 'Comrade Ambassador'. The exclusive 'Live Studio' session will be available from Friday, January 30th.

Read The Full Article:
http://prmac.com/release-id-4193.htm

Digg this

Is it bigger than a breadbox (Or: Rules of Thumb)

post from Manage This on 29 January 2009 12:03:00 PM. © Manage This

Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you need a good way to measure something, or need a tip on how to get something done efficiently. Generally this sort of thing is called a rule of thumb. Things that are handy, like US paper money is 6[...]

Read The Full Article:
http://blog.extensis.com/?p=2679

Digg this

Evidence Points to New iPhone: Two,
Count’em, Two Sources

post from TheAppleBlog on 29 January 2009 12:00:00 PM. © TheAppleBlog

iphone

Once again, the future is being told in code. Firmware code, specifically. MacRumors has discovered evidence that suggests a major hardware revision is in the works for the iPhone line.

They arrived at this conclusion after finding a section of code in the latest iPhone firmware that makes reference to an “iPhone 2,1″ model. Apple uses this kind of naming to identify their hardware in code. The iPhone 3G is identified by the tag “iPhone 1,2″, while the original is dubbed “iPhone 1,1″. The numbers don’t change at all for storage bumps, so a new number means a significantly updated device.

Before you go thinking that this is just a case of a site that deals in speculation chasing ghosts in the code, consider that the iPod touch, originally referred to as the “iPod 1,1″ in iPhone firmware code, became the “iPod 2,1″ when it received its recent major update. Considering the iPod got a built-in speaker, volume controls, a faster processor, microphone support, and a built-in Nike+ receiver, it seems like a good bet that the “iPhone 2,1″ will boast a number of improvements. If I were a betting man, I’d put my money on the processor boost for sure, and there are rumors of a multi-core processor in the works, and possibly Nike+ integration if that many transmitters in one device doesn’t cause some kind of trouble.

Backing up the evidence found in the firmware are ad serving reports from Pinch Media, which now sometimes list an “iPhone 2,1″ model in addition to those devices previously included. The numbers are still small, but it looks like Apple is at least live testing the device in-house. Might they be prepping for a June release, to mark the one year anniversary of the iPhone 3G?

Read The Full Article:
http://theappleblog.com/2009/01/29/evidence-points-to-new-iphone-two-countem-two-
sources/

Digg this

TappyTunes for iPhone

UtiliTouch has released a new musical application for the iPhone and iPod touch, TappyTunes. Designe...

Read The Full Article:
http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=5bc47c46af15e5ef094844e3eb557369

Digg this

iSuppli on Storm Costs

Despite arriving months later, Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm is ultimately more expensive to...

Read The Full Article:
http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=4e892fe95b8f00325bc9f3a088360569

Digg this

Google Search Still Growing

Mike Arrington:

Of the 137 billion estimated total searches performed in the U.S. last year, 85 billion were done on Google. What?s even more impressive is that nearly 90 percent of all the growth in search volume was also captured by Google. Most of that growth came from increasing the number of searches per person, rather than bringing more people to Google.

Wait, but Sarah Lacy told me just last week that Google has been dethroned because no one stays on top for more than four years.

?

Read The Full Article:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/28/google-gobbled-up-90-percent-of-all-us-searc
h-growth-in-2008/

Digg this