Multimedia-PCs

Intelliremote is an application for the iPhone of iPod touch.  It allows you to control any application on a Windows machine.  This means you can use it with SageTV, Windows media Center and MediaPortal.  The program itself is available on the Apps store for free.  The software for the Windows computer will cost you $24.  [...]

EngadgetHD got their hands-on the Vista media center TV pack.  The features that were included sounds like they work very well.  The downside that people have been talking about is that it might only be a OEM release and some OEMs might only make it available for new purchases.  The good news is there is [...]

I was holding off talking about anything Fiji because it was back and forth on when it was coming and what it was offering.  Then when it was time to write about it there was already a very good post up by Brent Evans over at GeekTonic.  He was posting the details about it as [...]

I posted yesterday about installing Android on the Nokia N810.  I decided to give it a try on my Nokia N800 tonight.  The install was fairly painless.  Just a couple of downloads and install.  Now it is running on there but it isn’t great.  I was hoping to get a better idea of how Android [...]

Internet Tablet Talk has directions on getting Android running on your Nokia N810.  It seems like you can get it working on your N800 as well, they just haven’t tested it.  It only requires 2 steps to get it running and the 2 steps seem easy enough.  I have a Nokia N800 so I’m going [...]

FriendMobilizer is a Windows Mobile application for Facebook.  Palm and Blackberry have had a Facebook application for some time now.  It’s about time that Windows Mobile got the special treatment.  You can:
* Get notifications sent directly to your home screen
* Set your status
* Approve friend requests
* View Group/Event invites
* Check your wall and [...]

The Mac version of XBMC has a new name, Plex.  They have been searching for one since they split from the XBMC project.  But really they needed a different name since Xbox Media Center really doesn’t fit running on Mac.
The one name that stuck was Plex. I like it because it evokes “cineplex” and the [...]

Gizmodo gives 10 reason why Windows Vista isn’t that bad.  I really never thought Vista was that bad to begin with.  Their number 10 was Vista is fast if you have enough RAM.  I have been saying that since it came out, minimum of 2GB of memory to run it.  I think one of Microsofts [...]

Google Media Server is an application that brings your digital media to your TV. It uses Google Desktop Search to locate files on your computer and UPnP devices to see the content. So things like Set Top Boxes, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 can see the content on your computer.
I did install [...]

X-oom Media Center for Wii is a web based Media Center.  While being similar to Orb, it has an advantage in that it is optimized to be used with the Wiimote.  From the screen shot above you can see that the interface is cleanly laid out so you can navigate around.  X-oom Media Center for [...]