The Warden

Google: “Let in Google Voice!”

Apple: “NO!”

Google: “FINE. We’ll go make an infinitely superior music store and eat up your market share.”

At least, that’s what it sounds like. The weird thing is, though, Google already promotes AmazonMP3 on the Android.

New Google Music Service Launch Imminent (via) (via)

Malik is skeptical, mainly because of Apple’s draconian approval policies. Apple has already approved web browsers, but here’s the catch: they’re all based on Mobile Safari. They’re all really just add-ons, rather than full-blown independent browsers. Additionally, Mozilla isn’t stupid: you don’t invest time and energy into a project that you know will just be rejected.

That leads me to an interesting thought. Mozilla CEO John Lilly said that the app “[will] surprise people”. What could be more surprising than a WebKit-based Firefox? It could run on WebKit, but include an awesome bar, Weave, and all the other Fennec features.

Crazy idea? Heck yes. In fact, it probably won’t happen — Mozilla is pretty committed to Gecko. But still… food for thought.

Coming Soon: A Mozilla App for the iPhone.

Devin Coldewey at CrunchGear sums it up best:

Is it just an MP4 with those specifications? Then why call it iFrame? Is it slightly different yet no better (as I suspect)? Then why make it at all? Why not make your software compatible with existing formats instead? I’m going to explode!

iMovie update reveals new Apple video format (via) (via)

He missed a few Linux features that were stolen, but still, good read.

Apple versus Microsoft: The top 20 stolen ideas of the OS wars (via)

My first reaction was, “oh gosh, PayPerPost…”

My second reaction was, “genius.” After all, most of the ratings  come from people who are uninstalling it and feel compelled to use the stars (or at least, that’s what it would seem).

My third reaction was, “lemme get in on this before Apple’s lawyers shuts it down…”

FuelMyApp lets iPhone app developers reward reviewers. Will it work? .

PCWorld recently had an interesting article on Google Voice, the iPhone and the FCC. Basically, the FCC is worried about unfair business practices by Apple against Google.

Ironic, isn’t it, that the FCC was, just last week, really worried about Apple and Google being too lovey-dovey.

Weird. Blu-ray is arguably the main competitor to the iTunes movie downloads. For crying out loud… you can’t even play DVDs in iTunes.

iTunes 9: Blu-ray And App Organization And Twitter, Oh My?.

So says Apple, anyway.

Jobs Returns to Work as Apple CEO After Medical Leave (Update3) – Bloomberg.com (via)

Holy crap. This kid is amazing.

Nine-year old whiz-kid writes iPhone application | Technology | Reuters (via)

Dude. They haven’t heard of computer security. Macs are safe, but not government-level safe.

Whiners: Technology’s White House of Horrors.