New Apple inc rumors/news website, critique needed

Hi guys im a wannabe web developer and i decided to practice by creating a Mac rumours/News site:

home - Eat your Apples

i would love to hear your design/functionality suggestions! (bear in mind this is my first attempt at anything web development related so please sugar-coat the abuse )

how much of an entry should i display as an excerpt on the home page? (its hard to tell if viewers wanna click on an article to read it all or just scroll down the homepage without clicking)

do you like the banner? (feels a little empty to me)

are the font colours readable? (i've only got a poxy little laptop so i'd love to hear what it looks like on your monitors)

Many many thanks,
Adrian

I like it.

I think it looks good. My only gripe is with the banner. The green apple thing is kind of taking away from the name of your website. Doesn't help that it's the same color as the background too. >_<"

Keep it simple and try not to use too many different fonts.

how do you get space on the right side of the page for the ad's?

nevermind...figured it out

Design is pretty clean, graphics are good (though you should give credit more often). As far as website mechanics go, it's not clear that I'm on the "all" tab by default. As far as writing goes, use AP style (ie, spell out one through nine, 10 and above are numbers, "percent" is always written out, etc).

over all a good design though i do have a few pointers for you
1 give your self some more back glow ,(on eat your apples) will make it pop a bit more
2 reduce the the font size
3 loose the funky font(all the latest) use a web safe font
4 can you not find a better image for the iphone looks a bit bity around the edges , there are plenty of vector images out there of iphones

but over all it is a goodd first attempt well done!!!