- Apple Set to Withhold QuickTime 6 until MPEG 4 license fees are dropped. I'm gonna hold my breath until I turn blue! [google news]
- Eve Andersson's Diary of a Start-Up tells the tale of Ars Digita and how things went bad when they tried to grow too fast and brought in the vulture capitalists. [scripting]
- Another employee says Goodbye ArsDigita. [cam]
- Studios Assail ReplayTV Technology.ReplayTV made the boxes more useful, but at the cost of drawing the studios' ire. I was talking with a friend about this last week, and pointed out thatTiVo was unlikely to allow people to send videos to others over the net because they're more careful. I don't think it's necessarily right, but I think it's smart of TiVo. [reed]
- BT seeking enforcement of old hyperlink patent.
It's an old patent but it's got an awful lot of similarities to certain things that are being used on the Internet.
Guess we'll see whether it has enough similarities or not. [google news] - Why BT's Link Patent Case Is Weak.
- Move Over, BT: He Invented Links. Bob Bemer (who's been programming since 1949) figures he invented hyperlinks in 1960, and put 'em in the public domain. Of course he also helped create COBOL, so he's not entirely a good guy. [fark!]