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Apple has set up an online survey to find out more about how recent buyers of Apple TV make use of their box and what they do and don’t like about it in an effort to improve the system.

Apple survey to help shape future of Apple TV
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As part of Apple’s plans to help trim the footprint of Mac OS X Snow Leopard, the new system will cease the customary installation of several gigabytes of printer drivers and instead load only the files necessary for existing devices, relying on Software Update to obtain new drivers in the future as needed.

Apple’s Snow Leopard to load printer drivers on demand
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Apple’s expanded support for ZFS will premiere in Snow Leopard Server before trickling down to the desktop version, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server to pioneer ZFS ahead of desktop
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Microsoft’s answer to portions of Apple’s MobileMe service was expected to be called SkyBox, but the company is now rebranding the mobile data sync service as My Phone, according to pages posted to the company’s Windows Mobile website.

AppleInsider | Microsoft plays catch up to MobileMe with My Phone

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