Apple announced today the launch of iTunes movies in the UK and Canada.  For movie rentals, customers have up to 30 days to start watching it, and once a movie has been started customers have 48 hours to finish it.

"We're kicking off movies on the iTunes Store in the UK with over 700 films for purchase and rent," said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes. "We think customers in the UK are going to love being able to enjoy their favorite movies on their iPod, iPhone or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV."

According to reports , the next version of Mac OS X will be an Intel-only release and that it is code named "Snow Leopard".  The expected release date is January 2009.

"Snow Leopard is currently on track to come out during next January's Macworld, and it will not contain major OS changes. Instead, the release is heavily focused on performance and nailing down speed and stability."