Apple's WWDC Keynote: Liveblog

With only a few days remaining until Phil Schiller takes the stage at Apple's WorldWide Developer's Conference on June 8, we'd like to give everyone a heads-up on our keynote strategy this year. We're inviting you to join us on the web (click through to sign up for an email reminder), in IRC, and on Twitter as we document this year's 2009 WWDC Keynote.  

The intrepid Jacqui Cheng and her fingers of fury will be jotting down every announcement, intonation, and quip made by the parade of Apple executives, while Clint Ecker will be in the photographers' pit with a big lens and EVDO card getting you live shots of the action on stage.  The keynote begins at 10am pacific time on Monday, June 8 (click here to find out when it starts in your time zone), but we'll be opening the chat rooms to comments and polling readers on what they'd like to see starting a few hours before things start heating up.

Top stories: May 30 - June 4, 2009

Open Ended HTML 5 and Web video: freeing rich media from plugin prison by Ryan Paul DailyMotion and Google are both experimenting with the HTML 5 video element and have strongly endorsed standards-based solutions for deploying video on the Web. Ars takes a close look at the state of open video and explores both the benefits and challenges of liberating rich media from the proprietary plugin prison.

Software Hands-on: much to like in Hulu Desktop by Jacqui Cheng Hulu has introduced Hulu Desktop as part of its new Hulu Labs. The client allows Mac and Windows users to browse their favorite TV shows and movies on the desktop using an Apple or Windows Media Center remote. So far, we like it.

Opposable Thumbs Microsoft morphing Xbox 360 into social, entertainment hub by Ben Kuchera Microsoft kicked off this year's E3 by announcing the long-expected motion camera and the arrival of Facebook, Last.fm, Twitter, and more on the Xbox 360.

Opposable Thumbs PSP Go revealed in detail—it's real by Ben Kuchera The PSP Go is real, and Sony itself has described many of the details of the hardware via an early episode of its own digital news show, Qore. We have the details, and some images, of the next step in Sony's move towards a less physical future.

Opposable Thumbs Miyamoto teases new Zelda Wii title, dishes on Natal by Ben Kuchera Shigeru Miyamoto hosted an intimate Q&A session at E3, and talked about a new Zelda, gave his thoughts on Microsoft's motion-sensing technology, and discussed how he doesn't want you to leave the house without your DS. A glimpse inside the mind of genius.

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