The Mac Cafe looks at Apple's stance on NetBooks and the Apple TV
Boxee.tv has announced that they are offering Hulu.com, CBS.com and Comedy Central streaming support into their media management application. Boxee is a free personal media application that is installable on your Apple TV. Boxee provides your Apple TV with playback support for a wide variety of media types across local networks and the internet.
We've long maintained that there really is only one use for Apple TV. And that's as a doorstop. Some people told us we were idiots, and that the thing gets so hot it's also useful for frying an egg, but to be honest, we like to keep food and technology separate. Luckily, there's a little company called Boxee that can turn your doorstop into more.
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs made a surprise appearance on the company's fourth quarter conference call Tuesday and fielded a variety of questions that revealed further insight into company's ongoing product strategies.
So think your Apple TV is a little bit closed off? Want to play content from sources other than itunes? Well have I got a little something for you. It’s called Boxee and it’s some nifty open source software that patches your Apple TV and allows it to play all that naughty stuff you got from The Pirate Bay.
We know that you will have to travel far and wide to find an Apple TV in someone’s home — assuming you don’t have one of course. We also know that Steve Jobs officially regards the product as a hobby, something they are working on, testing, enhancing, hoping that it’ll take off some day.