Some people are unhappy with Apple’s exclusion of Front Row from OS X Lion, and one of those people is Ralph Perdomo. His app, entitled Front Row Enabler for Lion, is a free download that restores Front Row to OS X Lion, which has been confirmed to be publicly released today. All one needs to do is install the tweak in Lion, reboot, and then enjoy having Front Row back.

It was a sad day when Hulu’s advertisers decided that they needed to pull themselves from Boxee. The only ones they are really hurting are themselves (and perhaps Hulu in the process). But never fear, you have various options on how to watch Hulu, none of which involve actually going to Hulu.com.

Boxee is a new application for the Mac that is much like Front Row, only better—in theory. It is an open source effort, meaning that plug-ins can be added and it can be modified by others besides the developers. It is currently in a private alpha stage, and I just so happen to be a private alpha member, and I figured I should bring a preview to you.

Today Apple updated their Remote app on the App Store to version 1.1. The update is free as is to be expected.

So what’s new?

• Create and update Genius playlists
• Create and edit playlists in iTunes

Now you’ve got a little control over making playlists with your iPhone.

Apple has released updates to Quicktime and Front Row in support of the new iTunes 8.

Quicktime 7.5.5 fixes a number of security issues. Front Row 2.1.6 improves compatibility with the new version of Quicktime and iTunes.

Details and links after the break.

A number of years back (or even more recently), you might have heard of XBMC (XBox Media Center). XBMC was a way for XBox owners to mod their units into a fully capable media center. That project has continued to progress, and has moved on since its XBox roots. While XBMC is still available, there is an interesting offshoot based on it’s code called Boxee and it’s making its way to a Mac near you soon.

Why soon? Well, that’s because Boxee is still in Alpha, so there are still some wrinkles to iron out here. But that’s not to say it’s not already shaping up to be an awesome application. More on the program, and how you can participate in the alpha testing, after the break.

Yesterday, Apple released yet another update to iTunes: 7.6.2. The latest version brings no major new features, but as usual, bug fixes to “to improve stability and performance.” If you haven’t already, you can download the software update by going to Apple Menu>Software Update. Alternatively, you can download it directly from Apple’s website. Previous updates more »

So with all the hype around Leopard this year, it seems Steve forgot to mention some other updates in Apple software. Secretly updated, Front Row in Leopard works like your Apple TV to play digital media from your mac using your Apple remote. The new interface resembles that of the Apple TV with menu items more »