The Associated Press today launched a new service for iPhone. Called Mobile News Network, the service — now with more than 100 participating newspapers — delivers local news, sports, news video, news photos, and other content directly to your iPhone via a customizable web application.

“Apple’s put a load of work into Leopard Server, and it shows,” reports Oliver Rist (pcmag.com). Awarding Mac OS X Leopard Server a four-star Editor’s rating, Rist notes that “after exploring this OS for a while, I’ve concluded that Leopard is definitely a competitive all-purpose small-business server.” In fact, Rist believes that “for small businesses making their first server-buying decision, Leopard is a viable option—no matter what their clients are running.”

Rick Sammon (doubeexposure.com) offers his “top ten list of Aperture 2.1 features that help me maximize my time when working (and playing) in the digital darkroom — features that also help me create dynamic images.“

“All you need is an idea and a Mac,” says Brian Storm, the founder and prime mover behind MediaStorm. On his award-winning, multimedia storytelling site, Storm has used Aperture, Final Cut Studio, and Logic Studio to establish a new paradigm for photojournalism. “The Mac is just a magic box,” says Storm. “It allows us to do so many amazing things. It’s a seamless visual environment that keeps the creative juices flowing.”

Peter Burrows (BusinessWeek) notes that customer enthusiasm is pushing more and more Macs into the Enterprise and that “the call is coming from mainstream users, people who may have started off with an iPod, then bought a Mac at home and no longer want a ‘Windows-by-day, Mac-by-night’ existence.”

PC Magazine awards 4/5 stars to the new 24-inch iMac, calling it “the iconic all-in-one desktop that others try to emulate.” Praising its energy efficiency, lack of pre-loaded “bloatware,” and space-saving design, reviewer Joel Santo Domingo concludes that “even though there are a slew of new competitors to the iMac, none of them have quite enough innovation or execution to dethrone the king of the all-in-one desktops.”

Awarding the new 24-inch 2.8GHz iMac an Editor’s Choice, CNET gives it an 8.5/10 score and says, “Given its strong application performance and competitive price, we give the iMac a strong recommendation as a mainstream desktop in addition to being best in class in the all-in-one niche.”

Starting today, movie fans can purchase new releases from major film studios and premier independent studios on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release. New releases and catalog titles will be available from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios.

When Elizabeth Mateo (cnnmoney.com) put three ultraportables through their paces, only one stole her heart. MacBook Air. “Using the Air,” she says, “is like Christmas, your birthday, and Valentine’s Day all rolled into one.” In fact, Mateo was so impressed with its looks, size, weight, and performance that the 20-year PC users says “I now lust for this laptop and will switch to a Mac as soon as possible.”

Explains Rob Pegoraro (washingtonpost.com) Time Capsule “combines a fast 802.11n WiFi router and a massive external hard drive in an enclosure no bigger than a regular AirPort Extreme router.” Working in conjunction with Time Machine, it “allows you to back up every Mac in the home over your home network.” And, notes Pegoraro, since he began using it, “its primary trait has been a near-complete lack of drama.”