We have told you about Joost before (previously known as the Venice Project), but now Joost finally opened up the private beta to Mac users.
With all the hype generated since Joost was announced last July this has got to be good news for Mac users (well only those with Intel-based Macs as Joost for OS X is not compatible older PPC hardware).
This all happened over the weekend when the P2P video streaming service entered 0.8 version of their software.
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Apple has been waging a quiet war against Microsoft’s new Windows Vista on TV and online. Now, the Mac maker is bringing the fight to its chain of 170 retail stores, as well. Are they taking things too far? (read more…)

Sony Ericsson back in Aug 2006 were issued a patent on a technology that allowed a mobile phone’s screen to change orientation automatically.
One of the iPhone’s cool tricks is how its screen can automatically rotate from portrait to landscape mode depending on how you hold it.
Now this seems it could be the technology that belongs to the boys at Sony Ericsson.
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The 10 Most Popular Stories About Apple:
* The Apple / Microsoft Conspiracy Theory
A conspiracy theory on how Microsoft and Apple continue to sling pot shots at each other in an attempt to tip the industry scales.
* The Evolution of Apple.com
Over 150 screenshots documenting how apple.com has changed from 1996 to the present.
* Norway responds to Jobs’ open letter
Senior advisor Torgeir Waterhouse of the Norwegian Consumer Council has responded to Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ open letter concerning digital rights management and free music, which the executive published earlier today.
* TransGaming and Nvidia team up for high-end games on the Mac
TransGaming and Nvidia have “joined forces” to “bring top tier video games to the Intel-based Macintosh platform using TransGaming’s Cider portability engine in conjunction with NVIDIA’s CgFX graphics system.”
* Man gives away free iPods because it makes him feel good.
This guy fixes and gives away iPods because he “gets a real buzz out of knowing I just made someone’s day”. But he’s not the biggest fan of Apple.

What are your favorite Apple Stories?

Apple‘s Steve Jobs has said Record labels should drop DRM and he indicated he would open the iTunes store to other portable players.
He wants the world’s major record labels to abandon the anti-piracy technology that serves as the industry’s security blanket.
What do you think, will the major record labels drop “Digital Rights Management,” for Steve Jobs offer.
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Do you love someone enough to engrave an iPod for Valentine’s Day.
Via Apple