Why Apple is more expensive than Amazon: “Buy what you like, where you like. But remember why things are the way they are. Apple is more expensive than Amazon because the labels want you listening to music on a Zune.”
Excellent analysis of the current state of the music industry.
This has got to be the biggest non-announcement ever.
Sigh. My guess is we’ll see lots of mainstream TV shows in iTunes’ Canadian store before we see iPhones for non-millionaires.
My 5th generation iPod (30 GB) has given up the ghost. Sad iPod icon and everything. ‘Josiah’ at Apple tech support says it’s probably the hard drive, and that it’s not likely worth fixing; since it’s out of warranty, the repair cost is nearly as much as the replacement cost. Ah, disposable technology… Is there any other kind? 
iTunes Store Top Music Retailer in the US: “iTunes Store Top Music Retailer”
Of course, this might be partly due to the fact that nobody buys CDs any more… But still…
(Via ArsTechnica.)
Mac OS X first to fall: “In the first attempted attack in the PWN2OWN contest, a security analyst breached the defenses of Apple’s Mac OS X using a bug in the Safari browser and won $10,000 as well as the computer that he compromised.”
(Via SecurityFocus.com.)
As if Ireland getting the iPhone ahead of Canada wasn’t bad enough, now Austria has them. Austria!
Austrian iPhone Launch - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): “the Austrian iPhone launch is due to kick off tomorrow”
Maybe if we had electricity in Canada, we could get iPhones, too. Or movies on iTunes. Or TV shows that weren’t aimed at the monster truck demographic.
Then again, Rogers will probably want $10 a byte for data, so maybe it doesn’t matter.
TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Leopard Emerges from Beta as 10.5.2 Ships.
What is it with everyone’s obsession with Leopard’s transparent menubar?
If you’re using a desktop image that’s in any way useful — as in it’s easy to find icons on the desktop, you know, big blue sky, as opposed to some noisy, distracting pattern that camouflages everything you put on it — then it’s not a big deal.
I agree with Matt’s assessment that iCal’s new behaviour of requiring a double-click to show event details is still an annoying step backwards, though.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (via the Sydney Morning Herald):
However, [Torvalds] went on to say that both companies are using their operating systems to propel more software and hardware sales.”
Simply shocking. I can’t imagine what they’re thinking…
Apple’s calendar software, iCal, has taken unfortunate steps backwards in Leopar, Mac OS X 10.5, which were not remedied by the 10.5.1 update.
When users of iCal under Mac OS X 10.4.x invite users of 10.5.x to an event, the behaviour is quite different than it used to be. Regardless of the calendar the sender had assigned an event to (e.g. Home, Work, etc.), when inviting a Leopard iCal user, the event arrives as part of the Home calendar.
Worse, it’s impossible to edit the event or its notification/reminder. You can’t change the Calendar to which it belongs, it will have a 15 minute alert — even when the sender chose an hour — and there’s no way to confirm or decline the invite.
Here’s hoping 10.5.2 addresses some of these issues.
Money quote:
You can run up to eight 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays at the same time with just one Mac Pro.
This image only shows 6, by the way.
