A little birdie chirped into my email wondering what the radar number for my previous gripings about WebServicesCore, and I figured that for all one of the Apple employees that actually read my inane bullshit, behold:

Radar #4945073 ("WebServicesCore lacks support for basic HTTP authentication")

Let's all cross our fingers and hope for a much needed update to WebServicesCore. If all else fails, we can tap our shoes together and wish for a new web services API right?

(What's that weird rdar url?)