Archive for November, 2008
AppleTV Update Kills Boxee, Boxee Fires Back With a Fix
Apple updated the AppleTV to 2.3. This update broke Boxee running on the AppleTV. Before I even knew of the AppleTV update I got a tweet on my twitter account from Boxee telling everyone not to upgrade their AppleTVs because it won’t work with Boxee. Another tweet a few minutes later said they were working [...]
The Rack Mountable XL2 from Vudu
Vudu has announced the XL2 which is a rack mountable media player. It can be integrated into your high-end custom home theater. I’m sure you all have that. The price is $1,299 but that doesn’t include the price for the installation guy to wire into your existing Crestron setup. You can also use the XL2 [...]
Orb 2.0 Comes to the iPhone
Orb 2.0 has made it’s way to the iTunes AppStore. One of the biggest features is live TV streaming from your computer. I’m surprised Apple let this go though on multiple levels. It goes against you buying everything from Apple and it also violates AT&T terms of use by streaming audio/video. Most carriers that I [...]
New Xbox 360 Experience
The Xbox 360 got a significant visual update today. Along with the visual improvements and some new features that are sure to make people happy. You can now create an avatar. It’s popular on the Wii so it should be a hit on the 360 too. Netflix streaming is also there. The big news about [...]
Change in RSS Feeds
My RSS feed is now on Google servers. The old feedburner link will still work but if you want the current feed it is at http://feedproxy.google.com/Multimedia-pcscom. This shouldn’t cause any problems but if it does please let me know. If your not subscribed to my RSS feed you should start. All buttons, links and the [...]
Review: Pulse Smartpen
The Pulse Smartpen by Livescribe is a pretty amazing piece of technology. When I first heard we were getting a few at work to try out, I was skeptical. I thought it was going to be a bulky pen that would make you stick out like a sore thumb when using it. I thought there [...]
