Blockbuster will soon bring to market a set-top box that will deliver movies to customers via the Internet.

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This is a good blog entry on GigaOM speculating about Apple's new living room strategy. Based on internal memos to remove Apple TV literature and product by September 30, Om expects a new computer with a lot more functionality.

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I thought it was pretty funny. I mean, the Betamax adopters at least had a few years to nag their VHS friends about the better picture quality, before the format died a slow death. But HD-DVD -- they just took it out back and shot it! I think that's what's so striking about this.

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HandBrake 0.9.2 incorporates many major and exciting changes—including full support for the AppleTV Take 2 and the latest iPhone/iPod Touch firmware. Mac users take note: this release is only compatible with Mac OS X Leopard, 10.5.

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The Apple TV can now receive audio from iTunes, as an AirTunes device, just like an AirPort Express. As you can see, Apple TV's will now appear in iTunes output menu - my Apple TV is named Boxy1. It works just like a standard AirPort Express units.

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We have received several reports from readers that the delayed update to Apple TV is now available.

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My Macworld Predictions Hits and Misses and Wrap-Up

Macworld San Francisco '08 has come and gone, and like Christmas, people were hoping against all hope that they would see some great things under their Christmas tree. I had similar hopes and predictions, and some of them came true, while others did not.

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As Steve Jobs noted during his Macworld keynote, Apple now "gets" that video is what consumers want on their TVs. And Apple TV should deliver.

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Though Apple CEO Steve Jobs' announcements this week didn't quite produce the iPhone-level earthquake that some had hoped for, they did set off some tremors that could have long-range effects on the technology landscape.

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The MacBook Air is getting all the attention at Macworld, but some experts are more excited by Apple's willingness to improve old hardware with software upgrades, which some see as an exciting new model for the gadget industry. On Tuesday, Apple added several big new features to …

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Netflix isn't losing any sleep over apple iTunes movie rentals.

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Overall, 2007 was a great year for Apple, especially money-wise. But let's not talk about the finances. Let's look at the hits and misses among its product introductions, at least as seen through my eyes.

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Apple's foray into the living room seemed like a no-brainer, and this HDMI-packing, Wi-Fi- and Ethernet-enabled set-top box looked like a sure-fire success.

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Ludicrous attempt to paint the AppleTV as a failure. Potential "Jackass of the Week."

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As iPods and iPhones sell like crazy and the uptake on Macintosh computers grows strong, many believe that it is plain luck that Apple survived near bankruptcy and experienced a rebirth when Steve Jobs returned to the company [in 1997] he co-founded in 1977.

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At last someone has developed a patch to expand the Apple TV's storage through its USB 2.0 port, using the internal hard drive to boot and one fat external 2TB drive to stockpile as many TV series, photos and porn movies as you want.

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TVMama.com, a news blog covering the world of media streaming devices is officially launched at Israeli blogging conference

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During Apple's town-hall meeting earlier today, company CEO Steve Jobs outlined his beliefs on how the iPhone will permanently change the mobile phone business.

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The wait is over, and you can finally train that Apple Remote of yours on videos of passable karaoke, mind numbing video blog confessions and the genius that is Daxflame.

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Because the AppleTV just won't cut it....

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Hey indie filmmakers! Come be apart of over 600+ filmmakers and 200+ indie TV shows! indieTV.tv is seeking programming!

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Steve Jobs' latest is a dud - and that speaks volumes, says Fortune's Brent Schlender. Let's pause for a moment amid the worshipful buzz before the launch of Apple's iPhone in June to consider the heretical notion that Steve Jobs might be promising more than he can deliver.

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That's right, Google's YouTube is coming to Steve's little AppleTV "hobby" as he described it during his gig at D. The little treat Steve left out at the show is a new build-to-order 160GB disk; 4x the original capacity offered by Apple at launch.

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12:51pm - But this is all peas? This isn't the main entree?12:52pm - We'll see over time, but I'm not so sure it is... we'll see. So what we're going to do today is introduce something really cool. People want to buy a lot of video...

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The year 2007 is shaping up to be the year of a new media revolution - and one family in Gloucestershire, UK, is at the cutting edge. New video-on-demand services are launching almost weekly and more and more music is being sold online.

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