Apple hopefully will release some new products this week.

This is how I got Pandora script going on my Apple TV 2.
I used the script here:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=70471&highlight=pandora

First make sure your Apple TV is jailbroken and you have XBMC and SSH installed.

ssh into the Apple TV
ssh root@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
password is alpine

cd /Applications/XBMC.frappliance/XBMCData/XBMCHome/addons

wget -O xbmc-pandora-xbmc-pandora-master.tar.gz http://gitorious.org/xbmc-pandora/xbmc-pandora/archive-tarball/master

tar -xvzf xbmc-pandora-xbmc-pandora-master.tar.gz

rm xbmc-pandora-xbmc-pandora-master.tar.gz

mv xbmc-pandora-xbmc-pandora script.xbmc.pandora

cd $_

wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar/raw/master/src/libpiano/crypt_key_output.h

wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar/raw/master/src/libpiano/crypt_key_input.h

After that, start up XBMC -> Music -> Music Addons -> Pandora
The first time you run the script, it will ask you to go to the settings page so you can enter your login information.

Hopefully that gets Pandora going for you. 

Apple opened the Mac App store just the other day and it works sorta in the same way that iOS apps are purchased.
You load up a App to access the store and there you can see if the program is already installed or if not you can purchase it.  They do have free apps also for download. I think this is such a great idea because it allows more exposure to programs that you normally might not know about.
To get the Mac App store App, you just update Snow Leopard to 10.6.6.
Here I have downloaded the game Angry Birds and it looks great on my 15″ MacBook Pro.

At the Back to the Mac event Apple announced a few new items.

From the Apple Press release RSS feed:

Apple today unveiled an all new MacBook Air, the first of a next generation of notebooks which will replace mechanical hard disks and optical drives with Internet services and solid state flash storage. Read more…

Apple today introduced iLife ’11, a major upgrade that gives Mac users even more great ways to create and share photos, movies and music. iPhoto ’11 has a whole new look, with stunning full screen modes for Faces, Places and Events. iMovie ’11 makes it easier than ever to edit videos and quickly transform them into fun theatrical trailers for easy posting online. GarageBand ’11 introduces new ways to improve your playing and create great sounding songs with Flex Time and Groove Matching. Free with every new Mac, iLife ’11 is available as a $49 upgrade for existing users. Read more…

Apple today announced the public beta of FaceTime for Mac, an entirely new application that allows Mac users to video call iPhone 4 and iPod touch users as well as other Macs. Featuring an easy to use interface, FaceTime for Mac automatically uses your Address Book contacts so there’s no need to create special buddy lists, and it works seamlessly with the built-in camera and mic on Mac notebooks, iMac and Apple LED Cinema Displays. Read more…

Apple today gave a sneak peek of Mac OS X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system. Shipping next summer, Lion is inspired by many of iPad’s software innovations. Today’s sneak peek highlighted just a few of Lion’s features, including the Mac App Store℠, a new way to discover, install and automatically update desktop apps; Launchpad, a new home for all of your Mac apps; system-wide support for full screen apps; and Mission Control, which unifies Exposé, Dashboard, Spaces and full screen apps into an innovative new view of everything running on your Mac, and allows you to instantly navigate anywhere. Read more…

I haven’t worked on my blog/website in a while so I decided to start getting back into it.
I’ll start it off with a new favicon.
Let me know what you think.

Apple today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, playing games, reading e-books, and much more. Its high-resolution Multi-Touch display lets you interact with content — including 12 innovative new apps designed especially for iPad and almost all of the 140,000 apps available on the App Store. At just 0.5 inches thick and 1.5 pounds, iPad is thinner and lighter than any laptop or notebook. iPad will be available in March starting at the breakthrough price of just $499. -Apple
You can get more info here.

About 1 week ago Apple released the it’s new operating system Snow Leopard.  It was basically a improved version of Leopard with a few new features but not a lot.  It was priced very reasonably at $29 for a single user license upgrade.
There’s been a lot of people talking about how it isn’t much different and breaks some compatibility with some old applications, so some have not upgraded and some have rolled back to Leopard.
Myself I have upgraded all of my Macs and I find that it is much faster and responsive.  The sleep and wake function now works really fast and as I’ve been using it for the past week, I have slowly started to notice new features that weren’t on the previous OS Leopard.  Some of these updates like when you click on the WiFi icon you can now see the signal strength of all the wireless networks detected which can make choosing one easier.  Also expose is much better now and can now show what’s been minimized in the dock.
Overall I think Apple was going for stability and not so much for new features as that is what they mentioned in the last WWDC.  One feature that works now for the address book that didn’t before and left my address book unable to work was adding a smart group that shows all the contacts that are not in a group.  That use to make my address book hang and I would have to reset some settings to get it to function again, but now it works fine.
Also a big change was the ability to run in 64 bit native mode which only some macs can do.  You can hold 6 + 4 during boot to force the OS to boot into the 64it kernel which makes the OS all 64bit but you may find compatibility issues if you do so.
I think most of the new features will be more apparent once developers utilize the new programming features like grand central dispatch and Open CL.
You can find out more about Snow Leopard here – http://www.apple.com/macosx/
Tomorrow September 9th Apple is holding a event in San Francisco which rumor has it they will be showing off their latest new iPods.  Stay tuned for a post tomorrow on whats new tomorrow.

Apple released a new iPhone 3GS recently and although I have bought every new iPhone on the release date, this time around they didn’t allow for me to get the updated pricing until 12/12/09.
The newest iPhone adds a few features that the older 3G doesn’t have.
Few of the new features include video recording, voice control, better 3MP camera with tap to focus, built in compass, and a faster processor.
Since I didn’t upgrade and have had my current iPhone for over 1 year, I decided to Jailbreak my 3.0 firmware using RedSnow.
After Jailbreaking my iPhone I now have Video recording and a few features that I really like.  For example I can now tell if I have received mail without unlocking the phone.  Also I was able to add five icons to the bottom dock.  Stuff like that really makes using the phone much better in my opinion.
I have yet to decide if I want to get the 3GS when December 12th rolls around since they probably will release another version next summer.
Apple promised MMS with 3.0 firmware update, but they haven’t rolled it out and now they announced it will be ready September 25th.  2 years late, but better late than never.
More iPhone information can be found here - http://www.apple.com/iphone/