Oliver Siodmak's Rants & Raves

Microsoft is changing the game .. or should I say, the table!

Check out the TABLE!

From time to time I find myself utilizing YouTube.com’s services but I have never found myself scanning its pages for user submitted gems. That may change now that Apple has upgraded AppleTV with a YouTube browse feature. The software upgrade took about 10 minutes and after a short reboot I was able to scan hundreds of videos that have been converted into Apple’s H.264 format.

What was really cool was the ability to log into my personal YouTube account from AppleTV and view all the videos I have previously marked as favorites.

I was watching episode #186 of GeekBrief.TV (Hi Cali) and she quickly mentioned that Apple’s latest photos of the iPhone now show a black cover on the bottom back portion of the unit. Earlier this week Apple announced several improvements to the iPhone including a glass panel (vs the previous plastic) on the front and longer battery life but they didn’t mention the addition of a replaceable battery. If the latest version of the phone does sport a replaceable battery I am hoping this carries over to the iPod line as a whole.