* Glitz comes off the iPhone. Well, maybe maybe not. Jobs told programmers at Apple's Worldwide Developers' Conference that as far as mobile applications were concerned, the iPhone is a mobile Safari browser. Sounds cool when you mumble AJAX and Web 2.0, but Tom Yager makes some really salient points as to why it might truly and bodaceously suck (think 'no SDK'). Bottom line: Not enough info to truly pan it, but * Glitz comes off the iPhone. Well, maybe maybe not. Jobs told programmers at Apple’s Worldwide Developers’ Conference that as far as mobile applications were concerned, the iPhone is a mobile Safari browser. Sounds cool when you mumble AJAX and Web 2.0, but Tom Yager makes some really salient points as to why it might truly and bodaceously suck (think ‘no SDK’). Bottom line: Not enough info to truly pan it, but it’s definitely not looking as cool as it was just two weeks ago. (Source: InfoWorld)* More iPhone bummers: iTunes required. Yeah, that’s right. Even though it’s got a full OS X install running, you’re not given free choice in music players. Or maybe you are, but you’ll still need an iTunes account to activate the device. What the hell are they thinking in Cupertino?! (Source: PC World)* Microsoft clarifies virtualization licensing. Important for SMBs considering a virtualization solution other then Redmond’s. A new whitepaper details licensing with third-party virtualizing apps, but it’s probably only good until Server 2008 hits the shelves. (Source: ComputerWorld) * EC proposes unused TV spectrum for WiMax. Gotta love it when government and the phone companies actually work together to make things better. EC is proposing using ultra-high frequency spectrum swaths for WiMax since they’re largely unused by the TV industry for which they’re presently allocated. Could speed WiMax deployment. Though not on this side of the Atlantic. (Source: CNet) Technology Industry