Links for Monday November 16th, 2009
Will Apple's History Repeat? - Continuations: Comparing the closed nature of the iPhone to the history of the PC is quite popular, but flawed. I think the more apt comparison is between the iPhone and video game consoles -- both are closed platforms, controlled by a single vendor, which must approve applications before they can appear on the system in question. Yet video game consoles have been tremendously successful over the last 20+ years, so I think it's likely that the iPhone will be successful as well, even though it isn't hacker friendly.
Timon Royer Mediendesign » Blog Archive » Apple 27″ iMac (late 2009) Core i5 and Core i7 benchmarks are out: The comparisons between the new iMacs and the Mac Pro are stunning. I didn't think that the Mac Pro could look any worse, but I was wrong.
Youtube in 1080P or how to redline your processor with Flash | 9 to 5 Mac: See, I'm not the only one complaining about Flash on Mac OS X.
The War For the Web - O'Reilly Radar:
"It could be that everyone will figure out how to play nicely with each other, and we'll see a continuation of the interoperable web model we've enjoyed for the past two decades. But I'm betting that things are going to get ugly. We're heading into a war for control of the web. And in the end, it's more than that, it's a war against the web as an interoperable platform. Instead, we're facing the prospect of Facebook as the platform, Apple as the platform, Google as the platform, Amazon as the platform, where big companies slug it out until one is king of the hill.
And it's time for developers to take a stand. If you don't want a repeat of the PC era, place your bets now on open systems. Don't wait till it's too late.
It's going to be interesting to see how the web evoloves over the next decade. As long as new companies are able to startup and play with the big boys (i.e. Twitter), I think everything will be okay.
We've got the scoop on a new Buffy series! | SCI FI Wire: Motion comics can be a little odd (check the "Astonishing X-Men" one on Hulu for an example), but if they get the original cast for the Buffy ones, I'll be on board.