Archive for May, 2009
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 throughout the US. (via [...]
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 extenders are a great [...]
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 won’t be available [...]
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 for the Bold and [...]
Microsoft Shows Off FaceBook’s New API Capabilities
The video above is Microsoft showing off a cool little program to take advantage of FaceBook’s new API. I just wish the program was available to play around with. It looks like they should make it into a plug-in for Windows Media Center. (via TechCrunch)
