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While the Apple TV has only been out a week, there has been an abundance of mischief in hacking the Apple TV, even turning it into a full blow Mac. PCWorld’s Cyrus Farivar, outlines this short history. More …

Patrick McFarland,goes into great detail on CD/DVD media over at the Ad Terras Per Aspera site.

From the article: Unlike pressed CDs/DVDs, burnt CDs/DVDs can eventually fade, due to five things that affect the quality of CD media: sealing method, reflective layer, organic dye makeup, where it was manufactured, and your storage practices (please keep all media out of direct sunlight, in a nice cool dry dark place, in acid-free plastic containers; this will triple the lifetime of any media). More …

c|net News reports that Cingular has apparently confirmed that Apple will launch the iPhone on June 11. The source is somewhat dubious, but that is the first day of WWDC, so get out those credit cards. More …

Computerworld opines that Apple has become smarter about how it competes with Microsoft on several fronts. “What’s especially intriguing to me is that many IT managers have reported that execs of all stripes are switching to the Mac at their companies …” More …

Wired reports, “Apple TV hacker “IPP” writes: ‘Several of us over in the Awkward TV IRC(l0rdr0ck, myself, and others) have had our Mod’d Apple TV’s played with over night(SSH/VNC disabled), our guess is apple has started to fight back the mod’d Apple TV’s. This is a warning to all of you to block your Apple TV from the internet by going into your routers settings and denying it internet access!’” More …

The AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001, for Mac OS X 10.4 and above, includes general fixes and compatibility updates for the following applications:

- AirPort Utility
- AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow Base Stations
- AirPort Disk Utility
- AirPort Disk Agent

Note: Only previously installed software from the list above will be updated. AirPort Utility v5.1 for Mac OS X 10.4.x or later software supports the AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n, AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express Base Station.

Apple launched its Complete My Album service on iTunes, giving customers credit for tracks they have already bought if they go on to purchase the entire album. As Trading Markets reports, Apple will award a 99¢ credit for every track purchased against the final buying price of a complete album, as long as that album is purchase within the next 6 months. More …

The Washington Research Foundation, a fund-raising entity for the University of Washington, added Apple, Dell, Sony, Logitech, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Mobile Communications, Toshiba and Plantronics to its Bluetooth patent infringement lawsuit. The Foundation claims these defendants utilize chips that violate certain patients CSR plc was not licensed to use. More …

In just a few moments an iPhone appeared at CTIA Wireless 2007 trade show. It is reported that the FCC chairman, Kevin Martin, made it seem he would not give it back, Yahoo news reports. More …

Jeff Han is credited with multi-touch technology and Pogue sought him out. It one of those where it could be more important what he did not say, than what he did. Unless it is what Jeff Han has on display for the public. More …