EFF Posts Apple’s “Top Secret” iPhone Developer License Agreement

So today we're posting the “iPhone Developer Program License Agreement”—the contract that every developer who writes software for the iTunes App Store must “sign.” Though more than 100,000 app developers have clicked “I agree,” public copies of the agreement are scarce, perhaps thanks to the prohibition on making any “public statements regarding this Agreement, its terms and conditions, or the relationship of the parties without Apple's express prior written approval.” But when we saw the NASA App for iPhone, we used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to ask NASA for a copy, so that the general public could see what rules conrolled the technology they could use with their phones. NASA responded with the Rev. 3-17-09 version of the agreement

http://www.eff.org/files/20100302_iphone_dev_agr.pdf

via All Your Apps Are Belong to Apple: The iPhone Developer Program License Agreement | Electronic Frontier Foundation.



FFmpeg 0.5 Released

It is codenamed “half-way to world domination A.K.A. the belligerent blue bike shed” to give an idea where we stand in the grand scheme of things and to commemorate the many fruitful discussions we had during its development.

Link: FFmpeg 0.5 Released



Facebook patents News Feed; sets stage for fight against social peers | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

I’m not sure if I like the sound of this…

Facebook patents News Feed; sets stage for fight against social peers | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com.



Google’s Experimental Fiber Network - Google ISP Coming?

I sure hope Google can change the sad state of internet acces speed and connectivity here in the US. Our current regime of ISPs just aint getting the job done (IMHO).

Official Google Blog: Think big with a gig: Our experimental fiber network.



Google’s Undocumented Text-To-Speech API

Check out this example in a new window. Its a basic REST api using GET parameters, so the URL looks like this:

http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&q=hello+there,+I+am+an+example+of+the+google+text+to+speech+service

Sounds like translation text is limited to 100 charters. Can’t wait until google officially supports this.

The Unofficial Google Text-To-Speech API .



Google Chrome Mac Beta is Now Available!

Google Chrome - Download a new browser.



Google Launches “Google Public DNS”

A bit like OpenDNS but more Googly?

Link: Google Public DNS.

Update: OpenDNS gives their perspective: http://blog.opendns.com/2009/12/03/opendns-google-dns/



Google: Zeitgeist 2009

Michael Jackson

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Building 3D Models on the Fly Using a Webcam

Cant wait for this to hit the main stream

Building 3D Models on the Fly Using a Webcam « SciTe Daily.



YouTube Rolling Out 1080p HD Video Next Week

If you've been uploading really high-resolution stuff to YouTube, you'll see a real payoff next week. That's when the video sharing service starts streaming videos in 1080p, wide-screen-TV-friendly, high-definition video

via YouTube Rolling Out 1080p HD Video Next Week - YouTube - Lifehacker.



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