While athletes set new world records in the pool and on the track, the 200-person team of editors, reporters, camera operators, and engineers that Television Broadcasts Limited sent to cover the Summer Games has been setting performance records of their own. Aided by their Macs and Final Cut Studio, they’re capturing, editing, and transmitting terabytes of data to audiences eager for Olympics coverage.

You may depend on Preview to read and annotate PDFs. But did you know that you can use Preview to crop, rotate, and resize photos? Using tools available in Preview, you can also adjust exposure, saturation, and sharpness. Or make Auto Levels adjustments. Preview even lets you remove backgrounds. To find out how to make easy photo edits in Preview, watch the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

“The latest rankings from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) show that Apple has dramatically outpaced its rival computer makers in the hearts of U.S. consumers,” reports Asher Hawkins (forbes.com). The ACSI survey “ranks Apple at 85” out of 100, “11 points above the computer-maker industry average.” In fact, “Apple’s rating is also an all-time high for the computer industry.”

Pro photographer Ben Horton may depend on his unique vision to capture compelling images, but he relies on his Macs and Aperture 2 to process, perfect and present his photos to the world. “The whole app feels right,” he says. “It’s easy to maneuver and all the editing tools are in one place. I don’t like to spend a lot of time figuring out how to use a program, and with Aperture, I don’t have to.”

Do you crossword? Then you’re gonna love 2 Across. Eliza Block’s stellar crossword puzzle game for iPhone and iPod touch lets you download puzzles from a variety of sources — including the Times, Washington Post, and The Onion — and solve them on the go. 2 Across gets rave reviews from puzzle fans, and Block has even made a new Lite Edition available for the thriftiest puzzlers.

How better to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the legendary Warner Brothers Studio than by watching some of the great films they’ve produced over the years? And that’s just what we’re doing at iTunes, making it easy for you to find such box-office hits as Matrix Reloaded, Goodfellas, Risky Business, Blade Runner, and eighty-one other classic Warner Brothers films, many newly restored for the occasion.

“When you’re starting a small company,” explains Lane Becker, “every minute and every dollar counts.” That’s why he and co-founders Thor and Amy Muller chose an all-Apple infrastructure for Get Satisfaction, the startup they launched to bring peer-to-peer customer assistance to corporate customer service.

On August 27, you can meet actor Steve Coogan as he visits the Apple Retail Store, SoHo to discuss his new movie, Hamlet 2. The hilarious (and irreverent) comedy, which was the comedy smash of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, arrives in theaters next Friday, August 22. In addition to Coogan, the movie stars Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, David Arquette, and Elisabeth Shue. And be sure to watch the Hamlet 2 trailer.

Part crime drama, part political intrigue, the Bank Job nabbed critical acclaim when it stole into theaters this year. Now available for both purchase ($14.99) and rental ($3.99), the film tells the story of a successful 1971 bank heist that scored not only millions of pounds in cash and jewelry but also incriminating evidence implicating members of the royal family in murder, corruption, and a sex scandal.