The Nightly Build Monday February 26
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Reuters reports that Apple is delaying the release of Apple TV until mid-March. An Apple spokesperson says that “wrapping up Apple TV is taking a few weeks longer than we projected.”
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Speaking of Apple products, Gizmodo has a video that purports to show iTunes-like Cover Flow navigation on a video iPod. Probably a fake, but you never know.
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Earlier today Techcrunch finally got a response from MySpace about why the service blocks certain widgets, which, as it turns, out basically boils down to whether or not the makers of the those widgets are trying to make money. It must be disheartening as a MySpace user to track down a bunch of cool videos on Revver and then have them unceremoniously blocked by the Dark Lord Tom.
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Virgin Chairman Richard Branson has announced a new online video game rental service with the terribly awkward name: A World of My Own (AWOMO). Reportedly the terrible name stems from the fact that in addition to the rental aspect the service will feature a Second Life-like virtual world as well as some additional bonuses like game tournaments with prizes including a trip to the moon. Yup, that moon.
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Today’s web zen: giant pillow fight.
