Yeah, therestartpage.com is so so awesome.

Sad news from the Apple camp today: Steve Jobs, the company’s founder, long-time CEO and chief visionary has died today:

SAN FRANCISCO — Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder and former chief executive of Apple, has died at 56.

Apple said in a press release that it was “deeply saddened” to announce that Mr. Jobs had passed away on Wednesday.

“Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives,” the company said. “The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.

Best technology CEO, innovator and visionary of all time. Thank you very much for everything. You changed the way we live right now. You will be missed.

UPDATE: Statement by Jobs’ family is here.

Wired has a fascinating story about the mysterious Russian short wave radio transmitter UVB-76 which has broadcast nothing but bleeps and buzzes since the early days of the Cold War.

Jobs Steps Down at Apple, Saying He Can’t Meet Duties [NYTimes]

The news coverage of teenage engagement on Myspace quickly turned to, ‘Oh my gosh, there are all these bad teenagers doing bad things and this is crazy!’ Quickly, it turned into a big narrative about how this was a dangerous, dangerous place. Myspace got to a point where they were not innovating technologically. They were having to do all technical innovations to address the various panics that are happening. Basically their development cycle turned into one of crisis management, not one of innovation.

Honestly, I cannot wait for Myspace to finally die.

The Rise and Inglorious Fall of Myspace [Bloomberg Businessweek]

Freedom is a simple productivity application that locks you away from the internet on Mac or Windows computers for up to eight hours at a time. Freedom frees you from distractions, allowing you time to write, analyze, code, or create. At the end of your offline period, Freedom allows you back on the internet.

You know you need it.

I’ve tried many headphones, including Sony MDR-V700DJ and Shure SRH840 and I can honestly say that Sony MDR7506 are by far the best. I’ve been using them for about eight months now and I couldn’t recommend them enough. Priced around USD $100, the sound quality vs. price ratio can’t be beat. Do not hesitate: this is a superb product for every audiophile afficiando out there – as long as you like your music in lossless or on vinyl.

MDR7506 Product Page [Sony]
Sony MDR7506 Professional Large Diaphragm Headphone [Amazon]

Twitter announced today a new version of twitter.com, now with embed multimedia and completely redesigned UI. I have to say – it looks sick!

These changes will roll out as a preview over the next several weeks. During the preview, you’ll be able to switch back and forth so you have time to grow accustomed to the way things work. Eventually, everyone will have the updated version of Twitter.com.

More info here.

Yesterday Amazon unveiled the third generation of its Kindle e-book reader, which offers smaller body, better contrast, faster speeds and double the storage and battery life compared to the previous model. I must admit I have never used one before (somehow, I still prefer classic ‘paper’ books) but I will definitely get one now.

Pre-orders start now for both the WiFi-only model (USD $139) and WiFi+3G (USD $189). Both models will ship on August 27.

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Yup, that’s the content of Last.fm robots.txt file from July 28, 2010, 3:21am EST. Nice.