TUAW Best of the Week

Good heave ! What a week this has been! So many amazing posts and so much ha ening in the news. The iPhone. A leTV. You might have mi ed some of our favorite gems in the rush. Here's our weekly roundup of favorite stories of the week. Now that the Macworld and CES rush has begun to die down, take the time to savor these terrific posts.

Nintendo DS thinks it's an iPod
So it's not actually an iPod but it really does play music and has a virtual scroll wheel. Nifty!

General Mills offers free iTunes tracks
Buy two boxes of cereal, get two tracks free--and a dollar off a $15 iTunes card. Pretty good deal.

30 years ago was just the begi ing
Original A le-1 advertisement from 1976.

Keep ta on TUAW with a TUAW R Widget
Keep your favorite we ite in handy reach with this TUAW R feed widget.

Better and cheaper iPod scree from Phili
Pop in your iPod and play it back on a portable 7- or 8-inch screen.

Mac-Friendly Third-Party Routers
You don't have to buy A le to get the functionality you need.

Macworld 2007 Keynote Liveblog
Read along with our live coverage of the 2007 keynote. Even if you mi ed it the first time round, feel as if you were really there.

iPhone A ounced
The a ouncement we all waited for. Introducing the iPhone with lots of pictures found here and David Pogue's hands-on experience found here.

Airport Extreme is all-new
The stealth a ouncement: A le's updated Airport Extreme with all its amazing new features like 802.11n and remote disk storage.

A le a ounces A le TV (formerly 'iTV')
A le's new wirele media hub for your living room.

Over 100 Paramount movies now available on iTunes Store
Paramount's back catalog debuts in iTunes.

Office 2008 for Mac in second half of 2007
An update that finally looks and feels Mac.

Steve Jo interview on C C
Steve Jo talks about the iPhone with C C, explaining why A le suddenly got into the phone busine and about the recent stock optio scandal.

ZunePhone!
Because never let it be said that TUAW is only A le-centric.

A le V confirm no 3rd party iPhone a
The good news is that there will be an iPhone. The bad news is that it will be very similar to the iPod, with no open development for third party a --although like the iPod video, you'll probably see games and other A le-sanctioned development.

iTunes Freebies: "Extras"
A full episode of "Extras", freely available for download without an iTunes account or needing to be in the US.

Ask TUAW: This week's a wer Call for Questio renewed
Mat's terrific Q%26am A roundup.

Beta Beat: Parallels RC1 (Build 3120) released
Best of show software Parallels releases a new build--but you may want to tread carefully before i talling the software. Some people report that it's not the most stable beta: it can cause a kernel panic and potentially hose HD partitio .

Full text of Microsoft exec's "I'd buy a Mac" e-mail
Download a PDF of the full e-mail that set tongues wagging. A surprisingly frank and honest summary.

Macworld 2007 Keynote available on iTunes
Download your own copy. It's nearly two hours long.

TUAW Video: A Mac Moment with Leo Laporte, Part 1
TUAW sits down to chat with Mr. Laporte.

Steven Colbert on the iPhone
What can we say? It's fu y but not entirely safe for work. (Adult themes)