YouTube, the Internet’s most popular source for originally created content, becomes available on Apple TV next month, Apple announced today. Beginning in mid-June, Apple TV customers will be able to wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube to their widescreen TVs. “This is the first time users can easily browse, find and watch YouTube videos right from their living room couch, and it’s really, really fun,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.

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Apple today launched iTunes Plus. The new option for iTunes customers features DRM-free music tracks that offer — for just $1.29 per song — high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality indistinguishable from the original recordings. iTunes Plus debuts with singles and albums from EMI’s digital catalog of outstanding recordings from artists such as Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Joss Stone, Pink Floyd, John Coltrane, and Paul McCartney, a dozen of whose classic albums are now available on iTunes for the first time.

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Apple today updated its MacBook with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model.

- 2.0GHz (was 1.83GHz), 1GB RAM (was 512GB),
80GB hard disk, Combo drive ($1099)
- 2.16GHz (was 2.0GHz), 1GB RAM,
120GB hard disk, SuperDrive ($1299)
- 2.16GHz (was 2.0GHz), 1GB RAM,
160GB hard disk, SuperDrive, black ($1499)

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