Major update to Boinx Software’s excellent cursor-highlighting software, free for owners of 2.0.

Robert McMillan:

Safari doesn’t make PayPal’s list of recommended browsers because it doesn’t have two important anti-phishing security features, according to Michael Barrett, PayPal’s chief information security officer.

Common sense is the best protection from phishing scams, but it would be nice for Safari to let me know if the site I’m looking at is a known phishing site. In fact, an early version of Safari 3 that was included in pre-release builds of Leopard did exactly that. I have no idea why Apple removed this from the final version of Safari 3, but I suspect it will return soon.

AppleInsider:

Apple Inc. will hold a special event for analysts and members of the media next week, March 6th, to formally announce plans for its much anticipated iPhone and iPod touch software developers kit (SDK).

Wal-Mart is now the only retailer who sells more music than iTunes.

Speed bumps, larger HDs, more RAM, and a Multi-Touch Trackpad for the Pro.

It seems that games are currently limited to a 16MB partition. Many of the games available for iPod run well over 16MB. Somehow this no longer sounds very promising. We’re talking about Microsoft here right? The people that make the XBox game console? The people who develop Windows, the OS whose only real strength is gaming? These people are going to let Apple have a better media player gaming platform? Seriously, Microsoft, WTF?

David Weller, Community Manager of Microsoft’s Game Technology Group:

Q: How much memory is available for Zune games?
A: Games on Zune are limited to 16Mb for code and content.

Really? That seems lame. Many of the games available for iPod — Sonic The Hedgehog, Yahtzee, Texas Hold ‘Em, Bejeweled — all run well over 16MB. I wonder if this is some sort of artificial limitation, or if there is an actual problem with games being larger than 16MB. I’m betting on the former.

That’s 61% off the original price. I have a feeling this deal won’t last long.

UPDATE: They’re gone (for now).

Ryan Block for Engadget:

Microsoft just announed [sic] XNA Studio developers will be able to use the Zune as a multiplayer wireless mobile gaming platform!

Very cool.

1GB Shuffle — $49. New 2GB model — $69. Interestingly, the refurbished 1GB Shuffles are still selling for $49.

UPDATE: 1GB Refurbs are now $39.

A partial list of songs from Pirates of Silicon Valley, the made-for-TV movie about the beginnings of Apple and Microsoft–which I admittedly video taped and watched obsessively back in 1999 when it premiered.

Finally. I’ve been rooting for Blu-ray all along for the mere reason that the name HD DVD, although a more descriptive and appropriate name, is an acronym… and the last thing we need in today’s technology is another damn acronym.

The “water sensor” actually appears to be a piece of litmus paper, placed in such a way that allows Apple to determine if your iPod has been damaged by moisture (and therefore not covered under warranty.) This is not uncommon, apparently, for consumer electronics.

But, since the paper is so conveniently placed inside the headphone port, I can’t imagine it would be too difficult to change the paper back to its original color with a Q-Tip and some household acids and bases.