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Alastair Houghton has a great sequence image of last night’s lunar eclipse.

Ars Technica, in my opinion consistently the best all-round tech journalism website around, announced their redesigned website today. It’s a great refresh which makes information access easier while keeping their style consistent, but with a refined look. Fantastic job, folks!

Everyone’s talking about this tip to speed up Mail.app. I’ve linked to Bbum’s article as he provides a better overview of what to do and how it works. It’s surprisingly effective!

Looks like a hacker managed to sneak an exploit into the WordPress 2.1.1 blogging software. If you downloaded it within the past few days your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to version 2.1.2 immediately. Thankfully for me, I update all my WordPress installs via Subversion, which is unaffected.

Hex Color Picker. Lets you get and edit hexadecimal HTML color codes in the standard Mac OS X color panel.

Create your own Apple rumour. Clever sendup of all the gossip sites.

First look at FF Meta Serif. If you’re a typography geek you’ll know that this font going to be everywhere.

The BBC is reporting that Microsoft is being warned of more EU fines as it is failing to comply with the EU’s anti-trust rulings. Microsoft’s been deliberately slow & uncooperative in producing the documentation to allow interoperability with its products and deserves more pressure. They’ve been getting away with abusing their monopoly for far too long. Update: the EU have a FAQ on the issue.

What the hell? I just checked Adobe’s online store with a view to buying Lightroom. They offer two different options: download or shipped box. Guess which one’s cheaper? Nope, the download is almost a fiver more! Same with Photoshop: £569.88 for the boxed version, £586.85 for the download. Apparently, not providing a CD or printed manual at all — these cost extra for the download option — is more expensive than manufacturing & shipping them to you. Or is it that Adobe feels that they can scalp their customers for the “I want it now” factor? That’s pretty reprehensible.

Getty Images buys WireImage. Makes sense seeing as everyone seems to be obsessed with celebrity these days.