Archive for May, 2009
Video: The New Zune HD
Zune HD Video Hands On from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
Gizmodo has a bunch of pictures and the video above of the new Zune HD. I’m very impressed with how it looks so far. The interface looks really slick. I’m wondering if they will undercut the iPod Touch to get people to buy in. [...]
Hulu Launches Labs with Desktop Client
Hulu labs has launched with some new offerings. The one of note is a desktop client for Windows and Mac. They call it the lean-back experience. It has a media center feel and you can use the Windows Media Center remote or Apple remote to control it. It’s not a surprise [...]
Play Wii Games from an External Hard Drive
A little hacking and you can backup and run Wii games off an external hard drive. You won’t have to worry about scratching your discs and load times will be faster. I read through the directions and it seems easy enough if you follow the directions carefully. You need the HomeBrew channel [...]
Review: HP LX195 Windows Home Server
Gizmodo reviewed the HP LX195 Windows Home Server. They were more positive than I would have been. It only has 1 internal hard drive of 640GB and expansion is through USB ports. At $390 the price is nice but I would spend a little more and get the power and expandability of [...]
Windows Vista SP2 Now Available
Windows Vista SP2 is now available for download. I have been using the beta for awhile now and haven’t run across any issues. You can either do a direct download or wait for Microsoft to roll it out to you.
(via Windows Vista Blog)
Netflix Comes to Windows Media Center
There have been many plug-ins to get Netflix in Windows Media Center. Now there is a built-in program to watch Netflix. It’s always best to have the features built-in. It doesn’t work on extenders which isn’t surprising since most extender manufactures are discontinuing their products.
(via The Digital Lifestyle)
HP Discontinues HP MediaSmart TVs and Connect
Right after Linksys discontinues their media center extenders HP is pulling theirs. The MediaSmart TVs and the Connect receiver are canceled. I’m still hoping Microsoft has something planned. SoftSled might be the thing to keep it going. Or they will just embed extender software in the millions of cable boxes scattered [...]
Linksys Discontinues Media Extenders
For the past 6 months or so you could pick up the Linksys Media Extenders for cheap. Because of that they have become a lot more popular. Well now Linksys has decided to discontinue the extenders. That’s probably why they were so cheap as they were moving their surplus out. The [...]
HP Announces 2.5 Update for EX47x Owners
The 2.5 update is a big update providing many new features. The one problem is it wasn’t available for the people that bought the first generation MediaSmart servers, EX47x. HP has listened to the community and decided to release the 2.5 update to all MediaSmart servers. It isn’t available now and it [...]
Tweet Genius Launches for Bold and Curve
Twitter is all the rage these days with celebs taking to the service. Unlike the iPhone, there aren’t many twitter apps for blackberry. Tweet Genius has launched to set the bar high for future Twitter clients on the blackberry. You can see the demo in the video above. It’s only available [...]
