Alan Joyce of EverythingDigital.org uploaded a video clip over at YouTube showing Blizzard's World of Warcraft running on Apple's iPhone. He was able to do it with the help of Telekinesis, a third-party streaming program that allows users to remotely access their Macs through a collection of mini web applications on the phone.

Joyce noted that the experience wasn't that smooth given WoW's textures, graphics, and sound settings among others. Despite that, Alan Joyce mentioned that he could control several actions in the MMO video game through the iPhone interface like receiving and responding to in-game chat messages.

Anyone seeing a future deal between Blizzard and Apple? Possibly a WoW client for the iPhone? We guess we'll have to wait and see.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease - or in this case, it's the smashing sledgehammer that gets the MacBook replacement, in the latest update regarding Michael and his love-hate relationship with Apple's customer care service. Yes, folks, his youtube'd hijinks with his allegedly moisture-damaged Macbook and a sledgehammer has finally reached a happy ending, with Apple sending him a brand new model as a replacement for the one he smashed to bits.

For those of us not in the know, here's what happened: Michael sent in his MacBook to Apple, requesting to have it repaired under extended warranty. Apple sent it back, saying that they've detected spill damage on the MacBook, thereby rendering the warranty void. Irate at this - he swears that he never spilled anything on the thing - Michael does the level-headed thing and goes at the defenseless piece of hardware with a sledgehammer, not stopping until the MacBook has been reduced to small bite-sized pieces. All this, with a camera recording every wince-inducing second of it.

After more than 100,000 Youtube views, 48,000 Consumerist views and 1500 diggs later, Apple finally sent in a replacement, one that's a completely brand new model of the one Michael sent to MacBook heaven. They also sent in, along with the replacement, a small reminder that if anyone had a dispute about any judgment call the company makes on a damaged product, a simple call or a letter would have sufficed - one certainly doesn't need to go to the extremes that Michael did.

Certainly good news that a company like Apple is willing to go the extra mile to ensure customer happiness. What's next, though? Someone smashing a certain faulty console on video? We can only wonder.

Folks at Engadget got themselves an iPhone, and were gracious enough to do a full video demonstration of  the iPhone's interface, which tells a lot on how the highly-hyped device turned out in the end.

The iPhone certainly wins the Most User-Friendly award, with its intuitive interface and easy-to-navigate menus. The keyboard also seems to work nicely, but it looks like those who haven't used PDAs may need some time getting used to poking at the screen to type out long messages, especially if the screen orientation as well as the keyboard is set to vertical. When set to horizontal orientation, the keyboard can easily be used with two thumbs with the rest of the fingers supporting the iPhone.

The Safari browser looks neat, as well. You can zoom in and zoom out on any part of the screen for better readability of text, but it tends to lag while loading data, especially when surfing in between pages. The Safari application even crashed when the Engadget guy tried to zoom in and zoom out too many chunks of text.

There is also the YouTube application - a separate iPhone function apart from Safari - which automatically fetches the newest videos according to date. It certainly is a great touch, but will do only little for those who don't care much for sharing videos.

There's just so much to see in this walkthrough video that you should simply watch it for yourself. Do yourself a favor and give in to your curiosity; go and play the video below.

Apple is really jumping up the campaign for its newest baby the iPhone given that we are just a few days away from its official launch. The Cupertino-based company has just announced a previously unknown feature allowing consumers to enjoy YouTube content on the said mobile phone.

The application that will be used for wirelessly streaming these content was designed by Apple itself and will utilize Wi-Fi and EDGE networks. Prior to this, it was reported that user-generated video site YouTube has began encoding its videos in the advanced H.264 format to "achieve higher video quality and longer battery life".

Furthermore, Apple added that the same application is also available for the Apple TV. The good thing about this one is that the software update can be accessed via the TV's built-in software update feature for free.

Going back to YouTube on iPhone, Apple came up with a preview video for the feature on its official website. If you want to get a glimpse of how you can stream YouTube content on iPhone, click on our Read link below and it should take you to Apple's iPhone preview page.

Earlier this week, it was announced by Apple that YouTube videos will be available on Apple TV after a software update that should be available this June. Of course, this mention of YouTube has lead to a surge of interest, so here's more on the software update.

Speaking to iLounge, Apple Vice President of Worldwide Mac Hardware Marketing David Moody said that YouTube will soon be encoding videos in the H.264 format that is preferred by Apple TV.

Moody also adds that because of YouTube's new encoding, all new videos submitted to YouTube after the Apple TV update arrives.

It was said that from the update's launch until Fall, YouTube will be encoding all of their videos into H.264 format until all of them are available on Apple TV.

Moody notes that at the moment they view Apple TV to be much like the iPod in it's early days. The company is supposedly still identifying the strengths of the product and they're still trying to add features that users will enjoy.

This adoption of YouTube is an move to capitalize on Apple TV's two strengths which is being connected to the internet, and having an extendable, upgradable, software platform.

In related news, Moody also revealed that the 160GB Apple TV can soon be acquired by users in retail Apple Store locations. No specific date yet, but pricing is said to be at US$ 399.

 

Some of you technically-minded folks may laugh at the title and say that you knew how to do this already, or that there is a Firefox plugin out there that can help you do something similar.

However, the reason that warrant's the posting of Go Squared's little mini tutorial on how do download "any" file using Safari, is that not a lot of people know to maximize the potential of the stuff they've got on their Macs (Yes even if it's on the menu bar. You should hear the horror stories that tech support people run into on a daily basis).

Anyhow, their tutorial focuses on Safari's (Apple's web browser on the Mac) tool called the Activity Window. Access it by going to Â?Window > ActivityÂ? (shortcut: alt + apple + a) and from there you'll be able to see every website that you're viewing.

Double clicking on any one of the listed things that show up on the Activity Window lets you download it. For example, if you were surfing through YouTube, you could look for it on the activity window and download that video really quick.

Now, Other technical folks have noted that saying "ANY file" is quite inaccurate. They say that password protect files in a password protected dir, or files that are not accessible thanks to .htaccess can't be downloaded. But who cares if you can't get them all? For one thing if you're uninitiated enough to find this useful, then you're probably not the type who'd be trying to download password protected files... right?

Cease and desist letters were fired off to Apple as well as other technology giants such as Microsoft, Adobe, and RealNetworks on Friday. According to MacNN, the C&D letters demanded that the aforementioned companies integrate Media Rights Technologies' (MRT) proprietary technology to prevent music streams from being "ripped."

MRT claims that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) "forces companies to comply with the act and provide copy-control technologies." Each company has been given 10 days to respond and MRT will reportedly file lawsuits totalling more than US$ 200 billion against the companies.

MRT also claims that companies such as Apple, Real, and Microsoft are deliberately designing their players with loopholes to allow copyright infringement. MacNN also reports that according to MRT, the suits could also extend to companies like YouTube and CNN, which also use the infringing technology.

The Apple TV is a set-top box selling for US$ 299. Dubbed as "the next-gen of home entertainment", the Apple TV lets you play any media content like music, podcasts, movies, TV shows stored in your computer onto your TV. You can get digital content from the internet and play it on your TV, instead of getting DVDs from a store. With the help of the Apple TV, you can even watch a part of your movie in the living room and finish it in your iPod.

A set-top box like the Apple TV plays your computer content on your widescreen TV. What if the tables were turned and the computer - specifically a MacBook - plays the Apple TV instead of the other way around? This sort of scenario happens in this vid we have here. Too bad we didn't get a tutorial about how to perform this; it'll be nice to do it just to see it could be done.

Check out this YouTube vid of an Apple TV running on a MacBook.

The internet started getting massively popular more than a decade ago, and with it came a lot of nice nuances that aimed at giving users that whole digital multimedia experience which was all the rage those days. The age of internet entertainment was indeed heralded, but internet TV didn't catch fire as fast as other Media.

Of course there were a lot of reasons why web TV came later than web radio and web games. Technical issues such as slow bandwidth, licensing gridlocks and the lack of available resources were among the factors that slowed down the dawning of an age. Nowadays, however, the world works a bit differently. Almost everyone can afford broadband connections and Youtube found a way around the licensing knot to tear the market wide open.

Admit it or not, YouTube may be the single, most powerful force that changed the way we think about internet TV and videos. By bringing in users who upload videos for other users, it created a viable network wherein just about every imaginable video. Everything from cartoons to porn was there and it was very easy to access.

Apple followed up with its launch of fifth-generation iPods that can play videos as well as acquire them by purchasing them from the online iTunes market set up by Apple. Podcasts were also conceived and now, anyone with enough time and tech savvy can do a broadcast to the web en route to iPods of millions of owners.

And that's not all, with the Apple TV coming up, a seamless bond between the computer, the home entertainment system and the iPod can be forged. Networks are also getting into the act with Al Gore's "Current TV" which features a hodgepodge of professional and amateur content that can be seen on cable channels and its website.

Dan Hett wrote a very informative essay tackling the digital age of entertainment and its implications. He also extrapolates on what the future holds for digital entertainment and who we can expect to play key roles. To read the entire discussion, follow the read URL.

A controversial video related to the 2008 US democratic party nominations is making rounds on the internet. Although the ad has been connected to Sen. Barack Obama, his campaign says that they have nothing to do with the ad. The said ad depicts a young blonde female athlete running with a sledgehammer towards a widescreen, where Sen. Hillary Clinton talks to a mass of zombielike followers.

This political ad was based on an ad released by Apple in 1984. TV Guide ran a 1999 story on this Apple ad, naming it number one on the "50 Greatest Commercials of All Time" list. Apple spent a then-outlandish sum of US$ 400,000 to produce the ad and US$ 500,000 to air it. It aired only once at the Super Bowl XVIII but it turned the then little-known brand Apple into a household name and started the whole Super Bowl ad craze.

Here's the Obama ad, while the 1984 Apple Ad can be found at Full Article for your comparison.