It's been a busy day for Apple. While speaking at the Wall Street Journal's "D: All Things Digital" conference today Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple will be bringing the Internet’s most popular originally-created content from YouTube to the living room with Apple TV. Beginning in mid-June, Apple TV will wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube and play them on a user’s widescreen TV. Thousands of the most current and popular YouTube videos will be available on Apple TV at launch in mid-June, with YouTube adding thousands more each week until the full YouTube catalog is available this fall.

Apple today also announced that it is offering a new Apple TV build-to-order option with a 160GB hard drive. The new larger hard drive offers four times the storage for up to 200 hours of video, 36,000 songs, 25,000 photos or a combination of each. Apple TV is available through the Apple Store and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $299 (US). Apple TV with a 160GB hard drive will be available tomorrow for a suggested retail price of $399 (US). The YouTube feature for Apple TV will be available as a free software update in mid-June.

Apple today launched iTunes Plus—DRM-free music tracks featuring high quality 256 kbps AACs for $1.29 per song. iTunes Plus is launching with EMI’s digital catalog of recordings. iTunes will continue to offer its entire catalog in the same versions as today—128 kbps AAC encoding with DRM—at the same price of 99 cents per song, alongside the higher quality iTunes Plus versions when available. In addition, iTunes customers can now upgrade their library of previously purchased EMI content to iTunes Plus tracks for 30 cents a song and $3.00 for most albums. Apple has released iTunes 7.2 which adds compatibility with iTunes Plus.

Apple also announced the launch of iTunes U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store featuring free content such as course lectures, language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours provided by top US colleges and universities including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Duke University and MIT.

Apple today updated its MacBook consumer notebooks with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors now 2.0 and 2.16 GHz, with a standard 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model.  The MacBooks feature the same 12.3" form factor along with the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, 802.11n networking built-in iSight and the MagSafe power adapter.

The MacBooks are shipping today and available in three standard configurations:
White 2.0 GHz, 1GB SDRAM, 80GB Hard Drive and Combo-drive- $1,099
White 2.16 GHz, 1GB SDRAM, 120GB Hard Drive and 8x Double Layer Superdrive- $1,299
Black 2.16 GHz, 1GB SDRAM, 160GB Hard Drive and 8x Double Layer Superdrive- $1,299

MacPeople Meeting:
May 10, 2007 6:00 - 9:00
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, May 10, 2007 from 6:00-9:00 pm in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg, room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions?

6:00 - 6:50 Questions and Answers
6:50 - 7:05 Announcements and Break
7:00 - 7:25 ScreenCastsOnline- Katie
ScreenCastsOnline is your one stop shop for free video mac tutorials to help you get the most out of your mac.
http://www.screencastsonline.com
7:25 - 7:45 TeachMac-Katie
inexpensive, on demand computer training with a library of modules, including basic and advanced topics; customizable lessons to meet individual needs; and the ability to create and share modules easily. ***See special discount offer for MacPeople member below!
http://www.teachmac.com/
7:45- 7:55 Frenzic - Corey
Minutes to learn and months to master, Frenzic is an all new addictive puzzle-based game for Mac OS X.
http://frenzic.com/
7:55 - 8:10 iPhoto Buddy - Corey
Mac OS X application that allows you to easily create, manage, and switch between multiple iPhoto Libraries. Best of all, it's completely free!
http://www.iphotobuddy.com/
8:10-8:20 Skype Recorder - Katie
An easy way to record Skype calls and podcast interviews. Call Recorder is an add-on for Skype which automatically transforms your audio or video calls into QuickTime movies.
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/
8:20-8:30 Prize Drawing
- Parallels Desktop ($79.99 value)
-TeachMac One Year Subscription (2 copies) ($79.00 value each)
- ScreenCasts Online 6 Month Membership (2 copies) ($35.00 value each)
- Disco ($29.95 value)
- WebNoteHappy ($24.95 value)
- Skype Call Recorder ($14.95 value)
- Fremzic ($14.95 value)
- Take Control eBook (value varies)
- Apple Hat and Pens (Priceless!)
8:30 - 9:00 Everything You Ever Wanted To Know And More About Podcasts - Katie
Continuing on our iTunes series, Katie talks about podcasting. Think of podcasting as free downloadable radio or television programs on command for iTunes and your iPod. There are literally millions of podcasts available, audio and video, on a variety of topics. We'll talk about how to find podcasts, download, and manage your podcasts.

Special offer for all members- Save $25 off the price of a TeachMac subscription by typing in the code MUG at checkout.