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Reminder: If You Love Your Boxee, Turn Off Automatic Apple TV Updates [Apple TV]
i.gizmodo.com - 2/25/2009
Reminder: If You Love Your Boxee, Turn Off Automatic Apple TV Updates [Apple TV]
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Apple pushed a small Apple TV update to users last night, many of whom awoke to find their lovely , Hulu'd-despite-it-all Boxee installations brutally murdered . Again . Lesson: turn off automatic updates . [ Slashgear ]
Apple TV v2.3.1 update yanks Boxee
slashgear.com - 2/25/2009
Apple TV v2.3.1 update yanks Boxee
— slashgear.com — Apple have released a new update for the Apple TV, version 2.3.1, and users have discovered that... it unceremoniously dumps the unofficial Boxee plugin from their set-top box. Boxee is an open-source media player, and by installing it onto the Apple ... (more) Apple TV v2.3.1 update yanks Boxee

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appleinsider.com - 2/25/2009
Apple updates Apple TV software to version 2.3.1
— appleinsider.com — Apple over night released a minor software update for owners of its Apple TV set-top media box... but it's not clear whether patch delivers any new features. (more) Apple updates Apple TV software to version 2.3.1

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Apple TV version 2.3.1 now available. Boxee users, I hope you turned off auto-updates?
macmerc.com - 2/25/2009
Apple TV version 2.3.1 now available. Boxee users, I hope you turned off auto-updates?
— macmerc.com — Apple has pushed an Apple TV update tonight that brings the device's software to version 2.3.1. Unfortunately,... the software update procedure on Apple's home theater device does not offer any list of what changes with each upgrade, so we are forced to ... (more) Apple TV version 2.3.1 now available. Boxee users, I ...

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Turn Off Automatic Updates to Keep Boxee on Apple TV [Apple TV]
Lifehacker — ... , which may work at the moment, or waiting for the next Boxee alpha, due in late March, to work past the update. [ via ]

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