Also Apple tablet ‘confirmed’, 3G and lower cost MacBook Air models rumored, 500 GB bus powered hard drive, Mini DisplayPort adapters, bargain ‘Books from $179 to $2,299, and more.

Also possible $100 iPhone price cut, AT&T wants Palm Pre, 10 best iPhone apps, SendPhotos apps for iPhone and Macs, and more.

Also what to do with an original Macintosh, Apple’s most intriguing designs, Apple’s ‘buy a Mac, get an iPod touch’ student promotion, and more.

01: The original Macintosh - Picking MP3 software - The OS X curmudgeon grumbles again - 02: Macs don’t die, they get upgraded - PowerBook 1400, Kanga, and WallStreet reflections - 03: 30 signs your school is abandoning the Mac - 07: Running Tiger from flash on a PowerBook G4 - What will replace the Mac mini? - Bean: Free word processor is fast and lean - Making new Mac users with old iMacs and Tiger

In its 5-star (out of 5) review, Stuff.tv calls Apple TV a “hot buy.” “The whole interface is stunningly slick and pretty,” and Stuff.tv found “loads of movies to buy and rent.” You can start watching the “brilliant on-demand content” almost immediately, and the HD movies “look superb” and offer “excellent” sound quality “with near-CD dynamics, detail and punch.”

It zooms around the course at speeds up to 160mph, goes from 0 to 60 in less than 4 seconds, and looks just like other Formula 3 race cars on the track. But WorldFirstF3 is fundamentally unlike other race cars. Environmentally friendly, it’s fueled by chocolate and includes plant-based components, such as a steering wheel made from carrots and body parts made from potatoes. See it in action on iTunes U.

Opening in US theaters on June 5, My Life in Ruins stars Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Richard Dreyfuss, Harland Williams, and Rachel Dratch. In the film directed by Donald Petrie, Vardalos plays Georgia, a Greek American tour guide. While leading a group around Greece, Georgia begins to see things in new ways, finding her kefi — Greek for mojo — in the process.

Qualcom abandoned Eudora, Eudora users often have issues with latest versions of OS X, but Mozilla-based Eudora 8 and MailForge have stepped in to replace the beloved app.

01: Celebrating 80 MB hard drives - 02: Apple’s ulterior motive - What we hate on the Web - How a Colour Classic became my only desktop Mac - Are you a Mac-head or PC drone? - 03: The point of no return? - iTunes sharing lets Mac users become low-end radio stations - OS X and serial ports - 04: They can take your personal information, but they can’t take you - Why the VCR is doomed - Track your stolen Mac

Electonic Arts hot new title, The Sims 3, doesn’t come out until June 2, but as Peter Cohen (macworld.com) tells us, “that shouldn’t stop you from trying it out” ahead of time. Just visit an Apple Retail Store. There, Cohen reports, “you can test the ‘Create A Sim‘ feature. You can also sample the ‘Create A Style’ feature that lets you edit your Sim’s attire and hair.”