TUAW Best of the Week
The weekend. Finally. You've put up with all the hassles and idiocies of the working week and now it's time to relax and celebrate the weekend. During the week, all those TUAW stories were flying by fast. You might not have had time to enjoy them. So here are our picks for this week's best posts so you can make the most of your weekend reading time.
Questioning the security of a closed FairPlay
FairPlay has already been cracked four times by programmers outside Apple. Should FairPlay be licensed?
Nice Dashcode tutorial video
Dashcode makes it simple to create widgets.
Are your iTunes gifts arriving?
Don't just send a gift through iTunes. Be proactive and confirm that the recipient received it!
MacLive: Your Xbox Live Friends on the Mac
An open-source utility that lets you know when your friends are online and ready to start playing.
Apple announces Lionsgate Movies now in the iTunes Store
Third major studio? Yay! Only catalog (backlist) offerings? Boo.
Monday man page: open
Learn the wonders of the command line with our own Mike Rose.
CPCC wants to tax your iPod
Our Friends to the North declare a pre-emptive strike on piracy.
MediaFork: Stick a fork in HandBrake
HandBrake lives on in this development forked project. It's alive–and ready to rip your DVDs for the iPod.
iPod How-to videos
A nice collection of videos that walk you through intense iPod repairs.
iTunes: Free Tuesday
Still free. Go grab 'em.
Ask TUAW: DVD into iMovie, Dialogs with Keyboard and More
Mat skillfully answers reader questions.
PDF iPod Tutorial
A free tutorial perfect for first-time iPod owners.
Found Footage: Gates vs. Jobs
Scott dug up this amusing video.
iPod: personalizing isolation
Taking on the luddites a little more diplomatically than this guy did.
Substitute for pricey iSight: the StealthFire
Mike tracked down a clearance-priced 1394 cam. The rest of us are waiting for iChat USB support.
Four MOAB bugs swatted by Security Update 2007-002
Take that ruthless MOABites!