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gizmodo.com - 11/20/2008

How To: Max Out Apple TV's Potential With Boxee [How To]

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This is a guide that, if followed, will unchain your Apple TV from its cruel iTunes tether, turning it into the useful living room conduit of music, video and web-based content it should have been all along via the media center software Boxee . Boxee can be installed fairly easily via the ATV's ...

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blog.boxee.tv - 11/24/2008

boxee on Apple TV 2.3

— blog.boxee.tv — we posted instructions on how to get boxee running on Apple TV 2.3 manually, but it was a bit hackish (you had to open a Terminal, ssh into your Apple TV and run a few commands), which means fun for some of us, and a serious no-go for most of us. so ... (more) boxee on Apple TV 2.3

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tuaw.com - 11/20/2008

Apple TV update 2.3 released

— tuaw.com — Apple has just released software update 2.3 for the Apple TV . Right now, we don't have the change log, but we'll update the post as soon as we get more information. It is important to know that as with all other Apple TV firmware updates, running ... (more) Apple TV update 2.3 released

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distorted-loop.com - 11/20/2008

Boxee team: Apple TV patch soon, testing now

— distorted-loop.com — 3rd Party Software: Developers behind Boxee promise a patch to make the multimedia software function on an Apple TV once again within 24-hours. Testing of the patch is going on right now, team explain, suggest release soon. (more) Boxee team: Apple TV patch soon, testing now

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Apple Releases Software Update 2.3 for Apple TV
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... the Apple TV saw was in early October when Genius Playlists and native HD TV show downloads were added to the device. Additionally, if you have modded or hacked your device — with the Boxee mod for example — you should hold off on upgrading. ...

Boxee Officially Goes Public, Adds BBC iPlayer and Joost Content
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... into private alpha as the rest move away from it. Boxee explains on their company blog: boxee’s private alpha went well beyond our expectations. over 200,000 people signed up.. today we’re opening our alpha to all Mac, Ubuntu and Apple TV users. Windows is also moving into private-alpha (which means you still need to get invited, but we’re going to release thousands of invites every week). bear with us as we scale…) Gizmodo has a handy guide for maxing out the potential of your Apple TV with boxee.

Watching Hulu (and much more) on Your Apple TV
The Mac Observer — ... Mac and plug it into the USB port on your (currently powered off) Apple TV. Turn the Apple TV on. The software automatically transfers to the Apple TV during its startup. When done, you'll find a couple of new items in Apple TV's leftmost menu: Launcher (it may have another name until after you update the software, as described next) and Software Menu. You're now just about ready to reap the benefits of your hack. [Note: If you want more detailed instructions, check out this great Gizmodo page . Much of what I wrote here is based on what I learned from this article.] Update ...