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Boxee has announced that the Boxee Remote App for the iPhone is now available for free in the App Store. The new Boxee app lets users control Boxee running on a computer with one of two modes. Buttons mode gives users a set of onscreen buttons to control with, while their Gesture mode turns the app into a futuristic trackpad-like interface. (Video after the break.)

Today Apple released an update to their fabulous Remote application for iPod touch and iPhone. The update adds the ability to remotely create Genius playlists on any Mac or PC running iTunes 8 or later. Additionally, the update also adds the ability to edit and create regular playlists as well. Users with remote speakers will also note that the interface for managing speakers has been moved to the "Now Playing" screen after tapping on the album artwork. The new features haven't been carried over to the Apple TV (yet).

The update can be gotten from the "Updates" tab in the App Store or by going through iTunes. Remote is a free application.

There was a rumor going around last week that Apple was finishing up version 2.0 of the iPhone software, and that a special version of iTunes 7.7 would be needed to install it. Jesus Diaz over at Gizmodo has managed to get his hands on it, and has taken a few screenshots to confirm some rumors.

Some of you might remember that we mentioned an app early last month for controlling your TiVo from your iPhone/iPod touch called TiVoRemote. Some of you may have noticed that for an iPhone app, the interface was sort of... well, ugly. Well it's been updated with a sleek new user interface, as well as a few other changes.