[…] the NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success, so we are dropping it for released software.

John Gruber is calling it a “glorious non-[expletive]-NDA world”. (It made me laugh, at least.)

Apple could easily add an average rating to every single track and album, based on millions of samples. Even more powerful, they can show only average ratings based on users with similar musical tastes as yours, further targeting your specific preferences.

I think they’re already doing this transparently with the Genius Sidebar. It’s my understanding that the recommendations are based on ratings of users with similar tastes (among other data).

Nice iPhone wallpaper from Dan Rubin.

I second that.

So far I’m very impressed. The sync feature requires that both the desktop and iPhone be on the same network — which is fine with me. The setup and continued usage is so seamless and simple that it makes me question why in the world we don’t have this feature with iTunes and “information” data.

Overall the Things experience is very pleasant and feels very Apple-like; much more so than OmniFocus.

If you’re looking for a GTD solution, take a look at the Things suite.

The rules — which we reported on in February — allow for searches of hard drives, flash drives, cellphones, iPods, pagers, and video or audio tapes, and specify that the agencies can “detain” belongings for a “reasonable period of time,” (i.e., as long as they please)

I have just one question: Who reports to who in this country?

That is the coolest thing I’ve seen all week — which is saying a lot considering I saw The Dark Knight last night.