While I’m not quite cool enough – yet – to be at WWDC, I am listening to it live right now. Here’s some of the big things Steve Jobs has announced so far.

• Gaming finally to be taken more seriously on the Mac. EA is on board as is Id Software.
• New look for OS X Leopard. Not drastically different but more refined and streamlined.
• Brushed-metal look is gone.
• Organizing is a big emphasis in new OS X – new Stacks program for the dock, new features in finder to make finding things easier.
• .Mac becoming more useful finally. Easily sync with other Mac no matter where they are. It remembers computers IP addresses.
• You can now browse your apps and files via Cover Flow.
• OS X Leopard is completely 64-bit, but of course will run on 32-bit chips.
• Core Animation is a improved and far more utilized.
• Quick Look lets you preview files without opening the app they run in.
• Boot Camp now fully built-in to OS X, but they recommend Parallels and VMWare as well for running Windows apps.
• Spaces is more fleshed out.
• You’ll be able to make Dashboard widgets easily from webpages. Webclips will be updated live automatically.
• New features and major emphasis on iChat. Share files, share videos. All the Photobooth features. New Backdrops.
• Time Machine. Wirelessly backup all your Macs to one drive wirelessly via Airport Extreme. Restore with one-click.
• OS X Leopard shipping in October. Basic version $129. Premium version $129. Ha ha, take that Vista!
• Boom. Safari 3 for Windows XP and Vista!
• Safari on Windows: Twice as fast as IE, 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2.
• Public beta of Safari on XP,Vista, AND OS X starts today.
• One More Thing: iPhone. 3rd party applications via iPhone Safari. Developers can go live with their’s June 29th – iPhone launch day.