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+Despite the fact that there's no firm release date yet, Amazon is [already pre-selling][1] Apple's forthcoming OS X Leopard. Mac fans can place their orders now for $129 and Amazon is offering its price guarantee so if the OS goes on sale (unlikely) between now and whenever it is released, you're covered.
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+For more info on some of the features in Leopard check out our review and for the eye candy, have a look at the [photo gallery of the beta version][1] that was handed out at last week's WWDC (Apple asked us to pull some of the shots from the gallery, however, a little bird told me that Google's search page has something called "cached" I have no idea what it does, I'm just saying, [it exists][3]).
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+[1]: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Mac-Version-10-5-Leopard/dp/B000FK88JK/ "Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard"
+[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/screenshots_mac.html "Screenshots! Mac OS X Leopard"
+[3]: http://www.google.com/search?q=Leopard+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fblog.wired.com%2Fmonkeybites%2F&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t \ No newline at end of file
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+A site by the name of 6pli has released a [really nice del.icio.us tag visualization tool][1]. The flash-based visualizer provides 3-D views of del.icio.us tags and allows you to browse through a web of interconnected del.icio.us links.
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+To get started just click one of the demo apps on the start page and then hit the "visualize" link at the bottom of the box.
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+One part six-degrees-of-separation and one part search tool, the 6pli browser is a nice way to visualize how del.icio.us bookmarks fit together.
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+To the right of the visual node view you'll see a list of the actual links, which makes it easy to not just explore, but also jump to the referenced pages. Mouse over a node and that link title will be highlighted in the right-hand side list and show the url as well as additional tags.
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+The 6 pli del.icio.us visualizer is listed as an alpha project, but I had no problems with it in Firefox 2.
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+[via [Digg][2]]
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+[1]: http://www.sixpli.com/ "del.icio.us visualizer"
+[2]: http://digg.com/design/Visualizing_data_is_oh_so_del_icio_us \ No newline at end of file
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+After a being publicly dressed down for security flaws, Apple has released an update to its Safari 3 browser for OS X and Windows which patches three serious security flaws.
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+[The Safari 3.0.1 update][1], which was released last week, fixes three flaws in the Windows version of the browser including the very serious bug [we mentioned][2] when the initial version was released.
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+Although the first beta of Safari for Windows probably could have used some extra testing, at least Apple was able to turn around an update rather quickly. Thor Larholm, who discovered one of the more serious bugs that the update fixes, says that the quick turnaround time is a positive sign for Apple's beleaguered entry into the Windows browser market.
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+"I want to congratulate Apple for fixing a serious security vulnerability in such a short time frame," Larholm [writes on his blog][3], "their usual response time can be counted in weeks to months."
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+Still there are other known flaws which have yet to be patched and LArholm suspects that a variation on his initial attack may still be possible. "Quotes and whitespace are now filtered on any requests to external URL protocol handler applications," he notes, "but other characters are still being passed without filtering so I expect to find some variations pretty soon."
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+[1]: http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ "Download Safari 3"
+[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/safari_for_wind.html "Safari For Windows: Six Security Exploits In One Afternoon"
+[3]: http://larholm.com/2007/06/14/safari-301-released/ "Safari 3.01 released" \ No newline at end of file
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+With the flurry of Microsoft-Linux vendor patent deals in recent weeks, we asked you to vote on who you thought would be next to join the ranks of [Novell][5], [Linspire][4], and [Xandros][3] all of which have signed deals with Microsoft which provide patent protection.
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+"Not Ubuntu" was the overwhelming [response to our poll][1] and it would seem that Compiler readers are a savvy bunch since Mark Shuttleworth [recently announced on his blog][2] that neither Canonical nor the Ubuntu project are interested in signing any deals with Microsoft.
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+Although Shuttleworth says he has not spoken formally with the Ubuntu Community Council, he rejects Microsoft's patent claims on his blog and says, "we have declined to discuss any agreement with Microsoft under the threat of unspecified patent infringements."
+
+>Allegations of "infringement of unspecified patents" carry no weight whatsoever. We don't think they have any legal merit, and they are no incentive for us to work with Microsoft on any of the wonderful things we could do together. A promise by Microsoft not to sue for infringement of unspecified patents has no value at all and is not worth paying for. It does not protect users from the real risk of a patent suit from a pure-IP-holder (Microsoft itself is regularly found to violate such patents and regularly settles such suits). People who pay protection money for that promise are likely living in a false sense of security.
+
+Shuttleworth does not however outright reject Microsoft's claims that it wants to improve "interoperability" between the two OSes. "I welcome Microsoft's stated commitment to interoperability between Linux and the Windows world - and believe Ubuntu will benefit fully from any investment made in that regard," he writes.
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+Shuttleworth doesn't rule out the possibility of a collaborative deal between the Ubuntu project and Microsoft. "I have no objections to working with Microsoft in ways that further the cause of free software, and I don't rule out any collaboration with them, in the event that they adopt a position of constructive engagement with the free software community."
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+However Shuttleworth also calls out OpenXML in particular as an example of Microsoft interoperability that won't be coming to Linux.
+
+>The Open Document Format (ODF) specification is a much better, much cleaner and widely implemented specification that is already a global standard. I would invite Microsoft to participate in the OASIS Open Document Format working group, and to ensure that the existing import and export filters for Office12 to Open Document Format are improved and available as a standard option.
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+[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/vote_who_will_s.html "Vote: Who Will Sign with Microsoft Next?"
+[2]: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/127 "No negotiations with Microsoft in progress"
+[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/xandros_joins_n.html "Xandros Joins Novell In Microsoft Ménage à Trois"
+[4]: http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/M/MICROSOFT_LINSPIRE?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "Microsoft Signs Another Linux Deal"
+[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/the_be_very_afr.html "The 'Be Very Afraid' Tour: Microsoft's Patent Strategy Explained"
+[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/more_on_microso.html "OOXML" \ No newline at end of file
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+Last Friday YouTube [quietly launched][3] a new online video editing tool dubbed Remixer. Remixer uses Adobe's flash-based Premiere Express web app and is nearly identical to the video editing tools launched by Photobucket earlier this year.
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+In fact there's so little difference, [our earlier review will suffice][4] to give you an overview of what Remixer offers. In brief: very little aside from back-button headaches. Combine that with the fact that Photobucket Remixer launched its version way back in February and you can see why we're underwhelmed.
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+While the new editing tools may appeal to those shooting video with their cellphones or other sources that make it easy to upload first and edit later, most operating systems ship with some sort of video editing package these days and frankly even the most basic desktop app is going to blow YouTube Remixer out of the water.
+
+Along with the Remixer YouTube also launched a [mobile version of the site][2]. The slimmed down mobile interface features video selections in streamed 3GP. Hitting the site on your mobile will display a prominent warning:
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+>YouTube Mobile is a data intensive application. We highly recommend that you upgrade to an unlimited data plan with your mobile service provider to avoid additional charges.
+
+Much as I would like to test YouTube Mobile, I don't have an unlimited data plan, so I'll differ to the folks over at [Gizmodo][1] who found that while the initial offering is fairly impressive, there are some drawbacks:
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+>* No way to upload videos via the page, but you can still upload via SMS, as always.
+* Not all videos on the main page are online, and there's no discernible pattern to what you'll find.
+* The files come in .3gp streamed format. You can't download them to save.
+* Video res is downscaled compared to the main site, but impressive.
+* Buffering takes about 10 seconds or so. These files aren't small, and downloading them and playing them is likely to destroy your battery life.
+* Sorry iPhone, these videos are too beefy for EDGE.
+
+Gizmodo posted the following video demo as well.
+
+
+<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UPhq0EPMmNQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UPhq0EPMmNQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
+
+[1]: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/video/a-tour-of-mobile-youtube-269525.php "A Tour of Mobile YouTube"
+[2]: http://m.youtube.com/ "YouTube Mobile"
+[3]: http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=vX4dQrLrds4 "YouTube: Site Update"
+[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/photobucket_deb.html "Photobucket Debuts New Video Remixer" \ No newline at end of file
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