The links work for me, but the link to apple-x.net ought to be removed. Is that what you mean by "really out of date" or is there something else wrong?
Yes, some of our affiliated sites, also including iPodGear.com, aren't hotbeds of activity. Now and then they get a freshening up. Occasionally, MacRumors news stories link to content stored at chaosmint, but that content isn't shown on its own home page.