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Apple have just announced their Apple TV replacement.  The device is one quarter the size of the first generation unit.  It has built in power supply, HDMI connector, Ethernet and 802.11n Wi-Fi.

Described as 'silent, cool and tiny' gone is the ability to purchase videos but now renting a TV episode costs $0.99 (ABC and Fox in the US to start with).

I addition to renting Movies and TV from Apple, US users can stream from NetFlix too.  YouTube HD is supported and FLickr and MobileMe plus local music and video too...

So you've just read our article on the release of Plex 9 (if not make sure to check it out here).  Around the time the devs were bringing Plex 9 to life, Apple announced the iPad.  The chat in the Plex inter-sanctum was feverish as people imagined how great it would be to have Plex 9 - with all its cover-art and meta data goodness, available on the new Apple tablet.  So a secret project within a secret project began and the beautiful Plex app was born...

While updates to Plex have slowed during 2010, the developers haven't been slacking.  On the contrary - they've been beavering away, putting in late nights around the world's time zones from Hawaii, North America, Europe and New Zealand.  The reason?  A project code named 'Alexandria', a ground-up rewrite of the library that's at the heart of the system and that promises to take the Plex Media Center to the next level...

If you are an AV integration nerd then here's a video to get you all hot under the collar.  The quick tour of the DigitalMedia AV Network labs shows where Crestron carry out their source compatibility testing.  Also shown are the large system racks and the distribution of audio, video, Ethernet, USB and control data over a single '8G' cable

If you've been promising yourself a Sonos multiroom music system for a while now, then this week may be what you've been waiting for.  Amazon are giving an additional 10% Off Sonos products for one week only.  Read on for the voucher discount code and the link...