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While many media outlets are focusing on the 25-year Macintosh anniversary this month, the Times takes a look at historical Apple sans Steve Jobs.

[via Patrick Crowley]

Even big bad Facebook isn’t immune to the occasional web app error.  It is a bit rough when you get this on their homepage.

Sorry, an error has occurred.

We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.

New York City Major Michael Bloomberg announced a new web resource today on the Google Blog.  A video details how you can explore all NYC has to offer while leaning heavily on Google technologies.  Google maps, earth, APIs and of course mobile are all there. 

The new Official New York City Information Center at 810 Seventh Avenue, between 52nd and 53rd Streets features some great, Google-powered interactive map tables.  Not only can you navigate the city, but you can create personalized itineraries and take them with you.

Check it all out on nycgo.com.  Apparently NYC loves Google! who knew?

Not too comforting to find an application error in the website of a network security package you are about to evaluate. SolarWinds needs a lesson in .Net application security.  Quite the verbose error message for a hacker looking to get started.

I caught this great little “Oops!” screen over at Plaxo.  Not so much a little secret…

Oops!
There seems to be a problem. I’ll tell you what… let us fix it and this can be our little secret. Please wait 30 seconds and try again.

After releasing his Obama mix, DJ Z-Trip was asked to spin in DC during the inauguration.  Unfortunately, he was unable to attend due to the Australia tour, but that didn’t stop him from putting together a fresh mix for Moveon.org’s email.

http://djztrip.com/obama/victorylap/

Check it out, it’s free!

“This one is a bit more on the celebratory side. It’s my way of congratulating all of us for electing what I think is the right person for the job. We made history and I’m proud to be a part of that. Yes, my friends, it is time to celebrate, but please don’t lose sight of the mess we are still in. We have to continue to pull together and make moves… Still plenty of work to do.”

It isn’t 6 degrees, it isn’t 6 degrees and it isn’t 6 degrees….

I caught a new trick at Rob Griffith’s Macworld session today:

How to instantly sleep your mac display:

- Press Shift-Control-Eject

This is awesome because you can’t set the brightness to zero on the desktop displays.

ProxyVote reports the dood ‘ole “The application has encountered an error.  How helpful- perhaps there is an actual reason to vote on paper now.

We are sorry, but internet proxy voting is unavailable at this time.  Pleas try again later.

Apple announced a variable-pricing model for the music offered on the iTunes store.  The new, tiered pricing will be launched in the spring at the $0.69, $0.99 and $1.29 price points.  Phil Schiller assured the crowd that more tracks would be priced toward the bottom tier than the top.

Additionally and perhaps more importantly, all music from the major labels will be available DRM-free in the iTunes Plus format by the end of Q1 2009.

Finally, label and carrier restrictions have been lifted for the iTunes Mobile Store on the iPhone and iPod Touch allowing over-the-air downloading of music with no artificial restrictions.  Pricing and content is identical to the desktop offerings.  Hopefully, video will come soon-