“Apple TV: The Sequel,” writes Edward C. Baig (usatoday.com), “comes with a newly tempting price and a major software overhaul. And it eliminates the need for a computer. Now, you can preview and rent videos using Apple TV alone.” In fact, Baig points out that once you click Rent, you can begin to watch the rented movie “on your TV within seconds, even while a video downloads. It’s instant gratification to folks who might otherwise drive to the rental store or wait for DVDs by mail.”,“Updated Apple TV makes it even more tempting”, http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2008-02-20-apple-tv_N.htm, http://images.apple.com/main/rss/hotnews/hotnews.rss, Apple Hot News,

PC Magazine’s Edward Mendelson muses that “Leopard again raises the question of whether to switch from Windows to a Mac. I’ve found Vista to be a major disappointment that tends to look worse the more I use it.” Mac OS X Leopard, on the other hand, “is easier to manage and maintain and I vastly prefer OS X to Windows for Web-browsing, mail, and especially for any task that involves graphics, music, or video. Leopard performs all such tasks even better than previous versions did—and Leopard is the only OS on the planet that works effortlessly and intuitively in today’s world of networked computers and peripherals.” In fact Mendelson believes “it’s getting harder and harder to find good reasons to use anything else.”,Leopard “by far the best OS ever written for the vast majority of consumers”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2207556,00.asp, http://images.apple.com/main/rss/hotnews/hotnews.rss, Apple Hot News,

Christopher Breen (macworld.com) gives a four-mouse (out of five) rating to Apple TV, Take Two. Breen says he was “impressed by the look of the HD movies I rented and played on my 42-inch Panasonic plasma TV.” And he was “just as impressed by the sound. Live Free or Die Hard’s 5.1 sound track was nicely separated and huge through my 5.1 AV receiver. And I applaud Apple’s decision to include an AirTunes option—the ability to choose the Apple TV as a remote speaker system within iTunes and stream music to it and its attached AV gear.”,Apple TV could “change the way we obtain and consume video”, http://www.macworld.com/article/132191/2008/02/appletv2.html, http://images.apple.com/main/rss/hotnews/hotnews.rss, Apple Hot News,

The Grammy-Award-winning Linkin Park brought its unique sound to the SoHo store the other night to give a live performance to contest winners flown in from 20 states nationwide. You’ll be able to purchase and download the live recording soon (as part of the ongoing “Live from SoHo” series), but if you’d like to whet your Park appetite right now, visit the SoHo page and watch the video.,Live from SoHo: It’s Linkin Park, http://www.apple.com/retail/soho/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss, http://images.apple.com/main/rss/hotnews/hotnews.rss, Apple Hot News,