MacNN | Front+Row News 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 Front+Row, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ GlideTV bows unusual HTPC trackpad remote 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 Understudy allows Hulu and Netflix through Front Row http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/13/netflix.through.front.row/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0902/frontrow.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A Google Code project, Understudy, now allows Hulu and Netflix streaming video to be played through Apple's Front Row software. Users can subscribe to multiple feeds and select individual videos to watch. The provided feeds for each service can be used, while the program also can automatically discover the user's profile or the feeds can be copied from the clipboard. To view the content, Understud... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/13/netflix.through.front.row/ Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:55:00 GMT Apps: Webify, iWallet, FitPlot http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/29/tv.row.labels..addresses/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Webify 1.1 ($16) is intended for users that prepare content for internet publication. Groups of images can be simultaneously resized, flipped, scaled, or rotated, saving time over single image editing. Webify works as an image browser, with a drag-and-drop interface claimed allow for faster work. The 1.1 update now properly handles the Rotation effect on rectangular shaped images, as well as retai... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/29/tv.row.labels..addresses/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:20:00 GMT Macs better than PCs at Vista http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/17/macs.better.at.vista/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/vistahomepremium-box.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Popular Mechanics says that Macs run Windows Vista better than PCs designed to run the operating system. The magazine published an analysis based on user feedback and performance benchmarks for similarly equipped machines, using a number of 'real world' tests to evaluate the machines. Testers were asked to set up the computers right out of the box and "explore the machines through everyday tasks s... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/17/macs.better.at.vista/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:35:00 GMT QuickTime, iTunes, Front Row updates fix holes http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/02/quicktime.itunes.updates/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/2-updates-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple today released updates to QuickTime 7.4.5, iTunes 7.6.2, and Front Row 2.1.3, offering several performance enhancements, as well as a patch for a security hole found in QuickTime. The patch fixes an issue related to the SHA-1 checksum, which is related to protecting files with 160-bit encryption. iTunes 7.6.2 doesn't list specifically which issues are fixed, but more than likely resolves com... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/02/quicktime.itunes.updates/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:30:00 GMT