Remains of the Day: Let’s Make the Web Faster Edition [For What It's Worth]

Google wants to make the web faster (how controversial!), Apple keeps secrets, and Outlook 2010 causes a minor outrage among web developers.

• Let’s make the web faster
  Yeah, let’s! [Official Google Blog]
• Pictures: Boxee Beta, Coming This September
  Boxee just landed on Windows (in addition to its already exisiting support for Mac OS X, Linux, and the Apple TV), but it’s still in early alpha development. TechCrunch has some grainy shots of the upcoming Boxee beta (the next step after alpha). [TechCrunch]
• Outlook’s broken—Let’s fix it
  “Microsoft have confirmed they plan on using the Word rendering engine to display HTML emails in Outlook 2010. This means for the next 5 years your email designs will need tables for layout, have no support for CSS like float and position, no background images and lots more.” If that doesn’t sound too bad, consider emails that look like this.
• Apple’s Obsession With Secrecy Grows Stronger
  Notice the lack of working videos here. [NYT]
  
• Apple’s 2009 MacBook Pro: Battery Life to Die For
  Apple has promised better battery life from their new unibody MacBook Pros, and apparently they did not disappoint. [AnandTech]
• First results of Electrolysis, multi-process Firefox
  Firefox takes aim at Chrome’s multi-process feature. It’s a ways off, but it’s great to see them continue to go in this direction. [Mozilla Links]