Archive 4. January 2008

Adobe products communicate via dubious web address - Adobe is just a pigsty. This already started with the forced registration of the Creative Suite.

BGH: Raids against globalization critics were unlawful - it's becoming normal that the state doesn't care about its own laws ...

Django on Jython: Minding the Gap - wow. It's getting closer. And as a side effect, Jython will get closer to current Python. Cool!

HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix - Netflix checks the output hardware and if it's too good, it prohibits playing files. And the kicker: if you follow the suggested troubleshooting path, rights for other files seem to be revoked (in the case of the OP then the rights for the movies purchased at Amazon). Great. DRM is garbage - and especially the one so often praised by the film industry, Microsoft's blob.

iCab is back - and uses WebKit. What I always found interesting about iCab were the very powerful filtering options. And of course it's nice that it's a real OS X program (unlike Firefox, which is still too bulky under OS X).