New Apple iPhone SDK beta mark 2
Apple has released the second beta version of the software development kit for building third party apps for the iPhone and iPod touch.
The free download is available online and now includes the interface builder, the Xcode integrated development environment, the iPhone simulator, frameworks and samples, compilers, and the Shark analysis tool.
Apple revealed recently that more than 100,000 copies of the first version of the SDK were downloaded by wannabe iPhone developers in the first week it was available.
The first version of the beta SDK was released in early March and Apple plans to release the firmware upgrade for the device to consumers in June.
AMD Ships Triple Core Phenom X3 Processors
AMD has announced the availability of its triple core processors, a first for the PC market. The company also updated the quad-core Phenom lineup by resolving the famous “errata bug” that plagued it earlier this year and has confirmed that the quad-core Opteron chips for servers will be available later in the second quarter.
The AMD Phenom X3 processors delivers significant enhancements in gaming and high-definition experiences for mainstream PC customers. It provides a full HD experience with support for the latest and most demanding formats, including VC-1, MPEG-2 and H.264 on a mainstream PC. With the AMD Unified Video Decoder (UVD), the solution can process HD playback on the better-suited GPU rather than the CPU so consumers may enjoy a smooth HD viewing experience - less lag, stalling and dropped scenes - in the latest Blu-ray titles.
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Final in June
Mozilla Corp. Thursday confirmed that it will release the final beta of Firefox 3.0 shortly, and that it expects to deliver the finished browser to users in June.
Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 has been code-frozen, said Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla’s vice president of engineering, and is working its way toward release. “That will be the last beta for Firefox 3.0,” he said. Once Beta 5 is out of the way, developers will move to the Release Candidate (RC) stage.
Mozilla released Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 about two and a half weeks ago. According to its online schedule, Beta 5 will probably hit the company’s download servers sometime early next week.
The open-source Firefox currently accounts for about 17.3% of the browser market, according to Net Applications Inc.’s most recent data. Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer rules the roost with 74.9%, while Apple Inc.’s Safari holds down third place with 5.7%.
source:pcworld
Usage Statistics In YouTube
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YouTube account holders will now be able to access usage statistics for the videos they upload, such as where viewers are geographically located and how they found the clips.
The announcement, made early Thursday, wasn’t a complete surprise. Earlier this month, YouTube sales team manager Brian Cusack said that the Google unit was planning to provide its members with more data about video viewership.
The metrics will also give a better understanding of clips’ popularity and viewership to people who upload videos for fun without commercial or marketing purposes.
YouTube Insight doesn’t collect or display personally identifiable information on viewers, but rather provides uploaders with aggregated data on viewers’ geographic location and on the time and day when clips were viewed, a Google spokesman said via e-mail. Google will “soon” turn a feature to let uploaders discover how viewers found a clip, such as via a Google search, browsing YouTube’s “related videos” suggestions or clicking on an e-mail or Web site link, he said.
source:pcworld
