http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/youtube.api.now.only.on.some.devices/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/popcornhourc-200.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />YouTube drew controversy with word this week that it has begun limiting the use of its native video API on devices. Reflecting new terms of service, any device that connects to a TV must have a license from YouTube to get fully native video support. The move will ban smaller-scale devices like the Popcorn Hour C-200 from directly accessing YouTube videos, although it will still allow them access... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/youtube.api.now.only.on.some.devices/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/boxee.finds.hardware.maker/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/boxeebox-render.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Boxee today confirmed talk that it would produce its own hardware. The media center startup now says it has partnered with an unnamed home electronics company to make its own set-top box and that a mockup as well as further details will be shown at an already-planned December 7th event that was to mark the Boxee software entering beta. Most details aren't known, but Boxee stresses that the devic... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/boxee.finds.hardware.maker/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/06/should.differ.dramatically.from.current.alpha/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/boxee-alpha.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The first public beta of Boxee will be shown on December 7th, according to its developer. The app is primarily used to stream movies and TV shows to an HDTV, including remote content from sources such as Hulu and Netflix. Music and photos can also be streamed; versions of the app have been produced for the Mac, Windows and the Apple TV.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/06/should.differ.dramatically.from.current.alpha/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/myka.ion.a.home.theater.pc.for.the.living.room/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/mykain.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Myka has moved on from producing media hubs by releasing its Myka ION nettop as a full-fledged home theater PC. As the name implies, the PC packs a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and 2GB of RAM, along with an NVIDIA Ion graphics platform to supply HD (non-Flash) video. It runs on Ubuntu Linux and includes Boxee and XBMC media center software as well as support for standard-definition Adobe Flash and ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/myka.ion.a.home.theater.pc.for.the.living.room/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/13/glidetv.marries.av.computer.controls/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/glidetvnavigator.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Catering explicitly to home theater computers, GlideTV today produced an unusual controller known as the Navigator. The bowl-shaped peripheral has a trackpad for mouse pointing but is surrounded by AV controls and a directional pad that ease navigating through common apps. It can steer through Front Row and iTunes on Macs, Windows Media Center, and platform-independent apps like Boxee or SageTV.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/13/glidetv.marries.av.computer.controls/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/29/hulu.desktop.app.hits/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/huludesktop.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Hulu, jointly operated by NBC, Fox and Disney, has launched a new desktop application meant to simplify streaming the site's video. Mac and Windows versions are available, supporting Front Row and Windows Media Center remotes, respectively; aside from controlling playback the software provides a special tracking display, and a distinct menu for browsing categories and subscriptions. Windows syst... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/29/hulu.desktop.app.hits/ Fri, 29 May 2009 15:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/24/boxee.takes.on.hulu.again/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0903/boxee.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The international team of developers working on Boxee are gathered in New York and to celebrate, a new version of the Boxee alpha has been released with additional content. The move also brings another round in Boxee's battle with Hulu. Boxee's new XUL-based browser framework imitates Mozilla's Firefox and makes it harder for Hulu to block access to Boxee users by preventing a simple ban; any bl... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/24/boxee.takes.on.hulu.again/ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/09/hulu.blocks.boxee.rss/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0710/hulu.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />TV streaming service Hulu is once again attempting to block access from the Boxee media browsing client, the latter company claims. After Boxee was initially forced to remove a dedicated Hulu component, the company developed a workaround in the form of an RSS reader that tapped into publicly-accessible feeds. Even this access is now being blocked, despite continued Hulu RSS compatibility with or... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/09/hulu.blocks.boxee.rss/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/06/boxee.video.rss.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0710/hulu.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Boxee, the developer of its namesake media player front-end, has released a new alpha version of the app with a built-in RSS reader. The software is installed onto Mac and Ubuntu Linux systems as well as Apple TVs, and provides more elaborate support for downloaded media as well as direct web streaming of shows on ABC and CBS. The Boxee RSS reader is optimized for video, and can feed clips from ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/06/boxee.video.rss.update/ Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/25/apple.tv.231.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0809/appletv-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />(Update with response from Boxee) Apple has quietly released a software update for the Apple TV, its media-streaming set-top box. A list of changes made in the v2.3.1 update is currently unavailable, but it is known that the code breaks Boxee, a popular third-party software client which provides functions such as better format support, access to online streaming services and various social networ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/25/apple.tv.231.update/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:50:00 GMT