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Playstation Network Has All 6 Major Movie Networks On Board For Streaming
The Playstation Network will soon be streaming HD movies for purchase and rental. The best part about this is that all 6 major movie networks have signed up for it. The networks are 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and, naturally, Sony Pictures Entertainment. I’m most [...]
Skype Mobile for Verizon Wireless
Skype Mobile for Verizon Wireless is coming soon. They have created a little video explaining how it works which I have embedded below. I don’t use Skype a lot but having the ability to use it on my phone and not use minutes is interesting. Does anyone use Skype a lot?
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TiVo Plug-in for Windows Home Server
HP released a free plug-in called mediasmart expander for TiVo. This is very cool since you can use the Windows Home Server as storage of your TiVo recordings.
— transfer shows from TiVo to a HP MediaSmart Server and back to TiVo
— view TiVo recordings stored on a HP MediaSmart Server
— watch TiVo [...]
Stream March Madness Games Live to Your iPhone/iPod Touch
The March Madness On Demand app will allow you to stream all the games live to your iPhone or iPod Touch. While the app is $9.99 it will work over 3G and Edge. If you’re serious about your college basketball and away from a computer or TV it’s probably well worth the $9.99 [...]
DirecTV TiVo Won’t Be Premier
The new TiVo Premier was announced just a few days ago and people were wondering if the DirecTV/TiVo deal would get the new stuff. The answer to that is no. While TiVo might be moving ahead with new software and hardware the DirecTV version will be on the old stuff.
“Their [DirecTV's] next implementation [...]
Video: Apple iPad Commercial
The first Apple iPad commercial aired tonight. I have embedded it below. You can also watch it on Apple’s websites. April 3rd will be here before we know it. I’m hoping to pick one up, is anyone else?
More Details on the Microsoft Courier
There were a lot more details about the Microsoft Courier. Well maybe not a lot of details because I still want to know more. The device looks really cool and I wish there was a release date and price. The device is small, like the size of a 5×7 photo. Engadget [...]
Google Gesture for Android
Google gesture search allows you to draw the alphabet on the touchscreen. It’s currently a lab product right now but it’s something I see being added to the Android OS once all the bugs are polished out. It allows you to find a contact, a bookmark or an application all in one place. [...]
YouTube Launches Auto-Captioning for Everyone
YouTube original launched captioning back in November 2009 but it was limited to small groups of educational institutions. Now that feature has made it to everyones account. I’m glad Google sees the need for this and that they have opened it up to everyone. We all know that speech to text isn’t [...]
NVIDIA Ion 2 To Make HTPCs Better
The original Ion opened up the possibilites for small nettops or netbooks to provide a reasonable amount of graphics power. The Ion 2 chip will take things a bit farther. The chip should support HDMI out, 1080p Blu-ray and Flash playback, Windows 7 Home Premium, and mainstream gaming out of the box. [...]
