"...Apple TV Software Update 2.4 features:

Remote app directional control: Control your Apple TV with simple finger gestures via the Remote app. This feature requires Remote 1.3 running on an iPhone or iPod touch with iPhone OS 3.0. (Apple Remote App 1.3 available now)

Flickr Search: Search Flickr photo tags to find recently updated photos of interest. Save searches to quickly find new photos or use as a screen saver for Apple TV.

New view options: View movies By Genre, By Movie, or Unwatched. View TV Shows and Podcasts By Date, By Show, or Unwatched.

Updated transport and chapter modes: During video playback, click right or left to fast forward or rewind. Additional clicks increase the speed. Click down to show chapter markers."

I'll add a FYI on this update to the previous page here of Apple TV Reports/Tips/Mods.

"$30 off on Qx2 4-Bay SATA Desktop RAID Storage Enclosure with eSATA, FW800 and USB 2.0 ports. We now have a 0GB Kit (add your own drives) version of our Qx2. Already a very good deal for this kind of Hardware Raid performance - but an extra $30 off for XLR8yourMac Readers.

Also the OWC USB2 to Video Adapter for adding an additional displays up to 1600x1200 (DVI + includes DVI to VGA, DVI to HDMI adapters) is now $83.29 for your readers
Lots of other new, updated deals on the new Xlr8yourmac specials page too. (Cookies enabled in browser reqd to see discounted prices.)

"My network is composed of one Airport Exteme gigabit and two Airport Express N for network extension. The use of the 7.4.1 firmware on the Airport Express leads to a fall down of my network. That forced me to stay with the old firmware for the Express. But the 7.4.2 update apparently has solved my problem of connectivity and maybe has improved overall network speed.
A positive update for me so far.
-Jean-Luc"

Knock on wood so far my AE N base (simul dual-band) has been solid w/7.4.2.

"Mike, there is an online petition for Mac users who want the express card slot (and user removable battery) back. (after the last refresh, only the 17in MBP kept the Express/34 slot. They added a SD slot but removed the Express/34 card slot on new 15in MBP models)
Best regards, Wolfgang"

The petition page also has other wish-list items like a Matte screen option and eSATA port.
(Apple also has product feedback forms where you can send comments on current products - can't hurt to use those also.)
While on the subject, here's a few of my wish-lists (from relatively easy to unlikely to ever happen):

• Revise iMacs to include a removable small rear cover for easy HD replacements (drives fail and you shouldn't have to take a system completely apart to replace it)
• Include eSATA ports on all products (including Mac Pros, iMacs)
• Add a DVI connector on the LED Cinema Display (would greatly increase market for it and eliminate need for adapters. Should have been on the first model IMHO)
• Offer a $1500 or so Core i7 based Mini Tower system (which would sell like mad IMHO and take a big dent out of clone/hackintosh sales. I guess they feel it would greatly cannibalize Mac Pro sales... it would offer a much higher price/performance ratio for most users)
• Put more focus on graphics cards and driver updates (w/o having to wait for OS X updates) and have card control utilities such as ATI/Nvidia includes in windows drivers

"What's New:
VMware Fusion 2.0.5 is a maintenance release of VMware Fusion 2 ... and provides the following enhancements:

Supports Mac OS X Server guest operating systems on Macs with Intel Xeon 5500 and 3500 Series processors (based on Nehalem micro-architecture)

Provides experimental support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server as a guest operating system (32-bit only)

Provides experimental support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard as a host operating system (32-bit only)

Supports Ubuntu 9.04 as a guest operating system, including features such as VMware Tools pre-built modules and Easy Install

Reduces CPU usage when a virtual machine is idle under VMware Fusion

Contains fixes for more than 80 bugs

Still waiting for an ATI driver update to address the previously mentioned problem with OS X 10.5.7's ATI drivers and 3D. (I'd have thought that update would be released by now - unless they're waiting to include it in 10.5.8.)

• iPhone and iPod touch: Supported Bluetooth profiles
• iPhone 3GS: Taking calls while in a Nike + iPod workout
• iPhone and iPod touch: Spotlight doesn't return results you expect
• iPod touch: Voice Memos app is not available on 1st gen iPod touch
• How to combine multiple audio interfaces by creating an aggregate device
• OS X v10.5.7: Prompted for lpadmin group user name and password when adjusting printer settings

• Wireless Charging Comes to iPhone (pcworld)
• How ATT Stumbled Through the iPhone 3GS Launch (wired)
• MacBook Pro 13in 2.53GHz review (tbreak)
• IPhone 3G S plagued by sound issues (confirmed) (Apple forum thread)
• No End in Sight for MacBook Display Issues (dailytech)
• Apple's iPhone 3GS: What It Costs to Make (businessweek)
• ATT's 3G upgrades to improve iPhone service (cnet)
• Stern blames 'rights' for iPhone app no-show (cnet)
• Songbird's Roundtrip iTunes Syncing Eases iPhone Support Pains (webmonkey)
• Lightroom 2.4 and Camera Raw 5.4 Now Available (Adobe blog)
• Adobe Lightroom Updated, New DNG Spec Takes Shot at Panasonic (wired)
  
  Software Updates:
• Airfoil 3.3.1 (updated for compat. w/7.4.2 AE base firmware)
• Apple Remote App 1.3 ("iPhone 3.0 OS tested")
• Spore Patch 4
• Adobe CS4 Camera Raw 5.4 update
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.4
• iStat Pro 4.9
• Apimac Slideshow 9.5
• ReelBean 4.21
  
  Other/Misc:
• WoW EU and US Public Test Realm for patch 3.2 is now Live
• Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 & 2, and Portal Update Released
• Fallout 3 v1.6 patch
• Microsoft Debuts Free Antivirus Software Beta