Archive for February, 2009
TV.com App Streams Full Shows to Your iPhone
TV.com launched a new iPhone/Touch App that streams full length CBS and Showtime shows. All the shows aren’t available yet but it’s a good start. I’m surprised Apple even let the app go through. I guess that app Sling has been working on might get approved now.
(via Gizmodo)
Blackberry Shoots Apple
The Blackberry Ad above has been making it’s round across the web. I think it’s a very cool video. They should have ran it on TV.
Get Boxee Back After AppleTV 2.3.1 Update
AppleTV update 2.3.1 broke Boxee from working. It’s really not that bad. According to the Boxee forum you just have to run the patchstick again. All of your data will still be there. I guess Apple isn’t out to disable Boxee.
Mange Your Digital Media in a Mac and Windows Environment
Having Mac and Windows computers sharing the same network is increasing in popularity. Mostly as the Macs move in but you still have some older Windows computers laying around. Sharing and managing your data across both platforms is the ideal situation. An article from media smart home might help you get all [...]
RIM’s SurePress wins “Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough” award
RIM’s SurePress technology has won the best mobile technology breakthrough for 2009. These awards really don’t mean a whole heck of a lot but I’m still glad RIM made the list. I really like SurePress and now have trouble with other touchscreens because I can’t click. The one problem I have is [...]
March Madness Online HD Using Silverlight
Looks like Microsoft’s Silverlight will be powering March Madness Online in HD. It seems like Silverlight is called in when they need to do some heavy streaming. I thought the Olympics went very well streaming with Silverlight. March Madness always draws everyone’s attention. I’m sure someone has some stats on how [...]
Chumby Widgets Coming to Your TV
Chumby widgets are coming to connected TVs and Blu-Ray players. The video demo is above. I’m not in favor of all these widgets on my TV. I’m sure they see how it can be useful to some but in my house we have our laptop or cell phone within an arms reach. [...]
Calibrate Your HDTV
Calibrating your HDTV isn’t as complicated as one might think. The video has a lot of helpful tips. I can say that I haven’t calibrated either one of my HDTVs. I have never been watching a show and thought that the colors weren’t right. I’ll probably spend some time doing a [...]
Video: TunerFree MCE Running in Windows 7
The video above shows a Windows Media Center plug-in called TunerFree MCE running on Windows 7 netbook. I haven’t talked much about the plug-in on the site before. Not only is the plug-in already working on Windows 7 it is a nice looking interface. The plug-in brings Hulu, BBC and ITV to [...]
Kindle 2 is Shipping
Sites are reporting that the Kindle 2 is shipping. You can still pre-order yours today to get in line. I’m looking forward to the reviews once the Kindle 2 hits the hands of some bloggers. I don’t read enough books to order but I can see the importance of a device like [...]
