Links for Thursday May 26^th, 2011

• Intel might make chips based on non-Intel cores: I still think it's rather unlikely that Intel would manufacture ARM chips for Apple, but this statement from Intel's CFO certainly isn't going to tamp down on the rumor mill.

• Mozilla Firefox, NVIDIA and YouTube Bring 3D HTML5 Video to the Web: Yet another in the long series of 3D announcements that companies really think are great, but the general public continues to (mostly) ignore.

  It is weird that Firefox, which is totally open source, got to ship this feature before anybody else. Was the source for this feature closed until now?

• TSA Threatens To Cancel All Flights Out Of Texas If ‘Groping Bill’ Passed: It truly is a new world that we're living in, if Texas backs down in an issue of state's rights.

• The Economics of Dropbox: I thought this was a pretty reasonable guess at what it costs Dropbox every month in order to run their service. I bet their Amazon bill is eye-popping.

• Y Combinator Is Boot Camp for Startups: I love what Paul Graham is doing with Y Combinator, and this article is a pretty good read, if you've never heard Paul or YC before.

• Google drops another turd in the punchbowl: Jamie Zawinski on Google's webP. Love the title of this blog post.

• Apple's Deals May Transform Digital Music: Interesting article from Businessweek. I thought this was interesting:

  "Label executives say they are negotiating aggressively to make sure they profit from the shift to the cloud. It may be the last opportunity to stem rampant piracy and years of plummeting sales."

  This is why even if Apple does release a service, it could be reject by consumers — because it will cost too much to satisfy the greedy labels.

  And one more point to note — because Apple is the single biggest retailer of music, they hold a bit more sway over the labels that your average negotiator. What would happen to the music label's business if Apple shut down the music part of the iTunes store? It would likely drive people back to piracy, and crater the label's sales. (via Mac Rumors)