John Paczkowski

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Damn. And Here I Was Hoping for Photoshop or Logic Pro.

So the iPhone’s much-discussed 12thmystery app”? You know, the one that might have been an e-book reader … or a pdf/.doc viewer … or Skype or … video iChat! Apple finally got around to telling us what it is today and it’s … YouTube!

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As Kevin Kline’s Otto in “A Fish Called Wanda” might say, “OK … DISAPPOINTED!

It’s hard to believe that playing YouTube clips on the iPhone’s 3.5-inch display is going to do much to revolutionize the mobile-device industry, but if Steve Jobs says so … One thing it might revolutionize is Apple’s relationship with the entertainment industry. I imagine NBC won’t be too keen on iPhone users watching “30 Rock” or “The Office” on YouTube, instead of purchasing them from iTunes …


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Moore’s Law means that more and more things can be done practically for free, if only it weren’t for those people who want to be paid. People are the flies in Moore’s Law’s ointment. When machines get incredibly cheap to run, people seem correspondingly expensive.

— From Jaron Lanier’s new book, “Who Owns the Future?” excerpted on Wired.com