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Seas0nPass jailbreak tool updated to support latest Apple TV software

By chrisoldroyd, Saturday, May 12, 2012 a 3:19 am

Seas0nPass, the popular jailbreak tool for the 2010 Apple TV (720p) has just received an update that will allow it to jailbreak the latest Apple TV software. Apple has just released the Apple TV software update taking it to version 5.0.1; it is actually version 5.1.1 inline with other iOS devices but Apple still files the version numbers differently for whatever reason.

Foxconn supposedly preparing to manufacture Apple television set [Updated]

By Simon Sage, Friday, May 11, 2012 a 2:33 pm

Foxconn chiarman Terry Gou was recently quoted as saying that the manufacturing giant is making preparations for an Apple TV set, which included buying a significant stake in Sharp for access to LCD displays.

Apple updates Apple TV to iOS 5.1.1 (software 5.0.1)

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 10, 2012 a 7:25 pm

Apple has pushed out Apple TV software version 5.0.1 (4224), aka iOS 5.1.1 (9B206f). The update applies to both the 2010 Apple TV (720p) and 2012 Apple TV (1080p). No new features are shown following the update, and no new services seem to have been added, so this could well be a bug fix and performance enhancement release.

Apple in talks with Epix over content streaming to Apple TV and other devices

By chrisoldroyd, Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 a 3:15 am

Apple has been involved in talks with major TV channel Epix over rights to streaming its content to the Apple TV or any other Apple device which has that capability. The Epix channel is backed by three major movie studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures and Lionsgate.

Steve Jobs didn't think TVs and computers were going to merge

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, Apr 18, 2012 a 11:03 am

Brent Schlender, a veteran journalist that has been covering Apple for the last 25 yeras, has recently published new snippets of interviews with Steve Jobs. One quote in particular from 1998 sharply counterpoints recent rumours of a full-blown Apple TV set.

aTV Flash (black) Apple TV jailbreak package gets updated with a revamped video player and more

By chrisoldroyd, Wednesday, Apr 18, 2012 a 10:51 am

FireCore has released another update to its hugely popular software for jailbroken second generation Apple TV's (2010, 720p version). The new 1.5 release includes a revamped video player which claims to improve playback performance of most video file types.

Apple supposedly met with Valve to talk about motion, voice and touch-capable TV [Updated]

By Simon Sage, Monday, Apr 16, 2012 a 2:24 pm

Last week Tim Cook visited Valve, one of the biggest influencers in PC gaming, to talk about a work-in-progress TV set Apple is working on, according to anonymous sources.

1080p Apple TV has a dual-core processor after all

By Simon Sage, Thursday, Apr 12, 2012 a 11:05 am

Some recent poking around inside Apple's third-generation TV unit show that there's actually a dual-core A5 processor inside, and not the single-core CPU listed on the spec sheet.

Apple TV jailbreak updated for iOS 5.1

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Mar 30, 2012 a 3:53 pm

If you updated your Apple TV recently to 5.0 (iOS 5.1) you can now jailbreak it again. FireCore has just updated their popular Seas0nPass jailbreak tool to offer tethered support for the newest firmware on the second generation Apple TV. If you picked up a new Apple TV, you'll have to sit this one out for now.

New Apple TV interface design reportedly old, vetoed by Steve Jobs 5 years ago

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 a 12:09 pm

The new Apple TV user interface designs, which debuted alongside the new 1080p Apple TV, are actually 5 years old and were originally tossed out by the late Steve Jobs, who didn't like them. This according to Michael Margolis on Twitter, who claims to have "implemented much of the AppleTV 2.0 UI years ago".