Tag: APPLETV

Last month Steve Jobs promised you'd be able to watch YouTube videos on the AppleTV, and today the company has delivered. Starting today, AppleTV owners can download a free software updated that will let them browse and view YouTube videos. But those sneaky little PR folks at Cupertino decided to pack a little something extra into the press release. The iPhone will also be an overpriced portable ...

Steve Jobs is taking all of the fun out of hacking Apple products like the AppleTV by announcing that new features are on their way. While hackers have been busy working on a plugin to play YouTube videos on an AppleTV box, apparently so has Apple. Jobs made the announcement during a talk with the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg at the paper's "D: All Things Digital" conference. YouTube ...

YouTube is quickly becoming the next Doom. Whereas a consumer device (cellphone, PDA, internet appliance) was once judged as truly geek-worthy when someone hacked it to play Doom, now you know your device has arrived when someone hacks a way to play YouTube videos on it. A Series of Tubes is the latest in a long line of AppleTV hacks for those not afraid of voiding their warranties. You'll ...

After spending several weeks in public beta, SlingPlayer for Mac OS X turns 1.0 today, with hundreds of bug fixes and a redesigned GUI based on user input.. SlingPlayer is Sling Media's software for watching video streamed over the internet from a Slingbox attached to your TV, DVD player, personal video recorder, AppleTV or other A/V devices. Probably the biggest updates from the beta version ...

It's no secret that the AppleTV runs a modified version of OS X. And that means that intrepid hackers might be able to get the OS to run on non-AppleTV boxes or add functionality to the existing hardware. But the first step is getting the operating system off of the hard drive to take a look at it. Well, it looks like we can cross that one off the list. While it's no longer hosted on his web ...

MacScoop reports that it has obtained a document suggesting Apple will release a final version of Boot Camp for Mac OS X Tiger this Spring -- and that it could cost $30. At the same time, Apple will be launching Mac OS X Leopard, which will include Boot Camp, so if you want the option to dual boot two operating systems, you'll have dual choices: purchase a copy of Boot Camp or upgrade to Leopard. ...

We all saw Bill Gates sell something no one was buying, and Steve Jobs selling many things people really want in their respective keynotes this week. I am always the kind of person trying to find the meaning in it all. So, what do you think? I think Microsoft is putting out some decent software (Vista, Office, etc) but I think they have largely missed the boat on the digital lifestyle. Apple has ...