Phase One introduces elusive 645 medium format camera platform

Phase One introduces elusive 645 medium format camera platform

Hailed as the “world’s most flexible, open medium format digital camera platform,” the unit plays nice with a smorgasbord of high-end lenses (Mamiya’s 645 family, Hasselblad V-lenses and Pentacon Six lenses, for starters), and can achieve shutter speeds from 1/4000 second to 60 minutes.

Not much info yet, but looks to be a smoken back

(Via Engadget.)

ssh broken in current apple security update

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6859298

There are reports of bus errors from the ssh command line client after updating to the latest security release from apple. I would wait to update until this is resolved

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6859298

Arthur C Clark (1917-2008)

Arthur C Clark died today, and it is a sad day for Science Fiction lovers everywhere. To me there is no greater writer of the genre anywhere. He was a visionary who saw what would come long before anyone could even believe what was happening in the now.

Litmus Day Passes

Litmus Day Passes

Speaking of web browsers and compatibility, Litmus — a web app that lets you test web pages and email newsletters for compatibility against a slew of HTML rendering engines — now offers day passes.

This actually is great news, being able to do a quick spot check on a site right before launch will be very useful.

(Via Daring Fireball.)