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Friday, July 25, 2008 1:05 PM

QWebL Home Automation Software Integrates with Media Center

Recently QWebL announced their intentions to bring their home automation software to Media Center and other platforms including touchpanels, phones, and more. A week or so ago they also announced a contest in which they are giving away two $1,000 American...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:06 PM

Samsung’s MediaLive: the Ultimate HDTV Accessory, Bringing Digital Content from the PC to the Big-Screen

Samsung Electronics America Inc., the leader in the U.S. digital television market, lets consumers view PC-content on a Samsung HDTV with the retail launch of the company ' s MediaLive adaptor. Samsung ' s MediaLive delivers digital content (including...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:11 PM

Short Bits: Batch DVD Rip, mControl ISY

So you have a Sony DVD Changer that doesn’t include the ability to stream to Extenders. What do you do? Forget keeping the discs in the changer and just batch rip them using Casey Chesnut newest project /dvdMassRip . Embedded Automation has just...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:23 AM

Heatwave Weather Plug-in Makes a Comeback

Years after developing the world’s first native Media Center plug-in (in MCE 2005 nonetheless, thus using unsupported methods), James at MCExtended is back with Heatwave for Vista . Just about everything you would expect is included in the new weather...
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Monday, July 21, 2008 7:40 PM

Short Bits: Media Center U, Media Center Show, SideShow, More

I’ve been extra busy the past week and have kind of skipped covering everything that I wanted too, but now I’m back! Check out part 4 and part 4 of the Media Center University sessions at EHX. In these two sessions Todd Rutherford from Microsoft...
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Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:47 AM

CableCARD to Get Relaxed DRM

It has always been hard to stomach the DRM variations that CableLabs has set up between OCURs and UDCP devices like TiVo’s. TiVo gets the ability to have non-DRM recordings if the content provider hasn’t flagged the broadcast at all whereas...
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Friday, July 18, 2008 7:31 PM

More on Fiji/Media Center TV Pack

Lots of stuff going around on Fiji, and while I can’t say as much as I’d like too I can say that no single person has put all the pieces together yet. Word is that Fiji final name is indeed Windows Media Center TV Pack, and useless a separate...
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Friday, July 18, 2008 7:28 PM

VidaBox Releases the vController - Hardware Solution Integratable with Software Automation

VidaBox Releases the vController - a Solid, Feature-Rich Hardware Solution Integratable with Software-Based Automation packages ‏ Westbury, NY – July 17th – VidaBox is excited to offer the vController, a powerful rack-mountable automation...
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Friday, July 18, 2008 7:10 PM

VidaBox Announces the PicoPC for Ultimate in Reliability & Ease for PC on TV‏

VidaBox Announces the PicoPC with Malware-Proof Write Protection & Solid State Design for Ultimate in Reliability & Ease for PC on TV ‏ WESTBURY, NY – July 16th– VidaBox LLC is excited to announce the new PicoPC. Unlike traditional...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:38 PM

Microsoft Releases TweakMC for Vista Media Center

One of the most popular Media Center plug-ins has always been TweakMCE , but with the release of Vista the community has been lacking such a tool produced by Microsoft. That has now changed with the release of TweakMC for Vista Media Center . The new...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:01 PM

$150 Linksys DMA2100 Extenders via Dell.com

Dell is pushing out Linksys Extenders at $100 off retail via their website. This means you can pick up a DMA2100 for only $150 . The DMA2200 can be purchased for $250 , however it is currently listed as out of stock. At $150 Dell/Linksys hits the perfect...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:21 PM

My Twelfth Post on Xbox 360 Not Getting Blu-ray

I never thought I would get a dozen posts out of this topic, but what do you know! Some said I was dead wrong when I predicted that Microsoft wasn’t planning on adding Blu-ray to the Xbox 360. After covering the issue from every different angle...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:22 PM

Internet Video Contest Asks What You'd Automate in Your Home

QWebL Contest Winners Receive $1,000 Grand Prize Houston, TX - Have you ever wished your home was automated or that your remote controls were a little easier to use? Ever wish you had home automation controls available on your Microsoft Media Center PC...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:34 AM

Short Bits: Netflix

Yesterday Microsoft announced that they are partnering with Netflix to bring Netflix’s streaming content to the Xbox 360 Dashboard . What was not announced however is the same in Media Center. The good news is that Microsoft now has the backend...
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Monday, July 14, 2008 5:10 PM

New Xbox Experiences Reinvent Home Entertainment, and Everyone Is Invited

Xbox 360 promises best and broadest entertainment lineup ever; more fun, social and simple-to-use experience. LOS ANGELES — July 14, 2008 — As Xbox 360 readies for the next wave of audience expansion, Microsoft Corp. today announced a new...
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Monday, July 14, 2008 5:08 PM

Microsoft and Netflix Unveil Partnership to Instantly Stream Movies and TV Episodes to the TV via Xbox LIVE

Exclusive agreement creates game-changing home entertainment experience; more than 10,000 movies and TV episodes will be available to watch instantly at no additional cost to paying subscribers. LOS ANGELES — July 14, 2008 — An exciting new...
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Sunday, July 13, 2008 9:09 AM

Xbox 360 Console Now Offers Triple the Storage for Same Price

60GB storage now included with Xbox 360; 20GB console will drop to $299.99 in U.S. and Canada. REDMOND, Wash. — July 13, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. is giving consumers more gigabytes for their buck. The company today announced an Xbox 360 console...
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Friday, July 11, 2008 11:44 AM

Inteset Unveils 15 Terabyte A/V NAS Storage Device

Hanover MA, July 2, 2008, Inteset, LLC has unveiled its new 15 terabyte, TeraRAID™ XV-NAS storage server. The latest in its line of TeraRAID™ devices, the XV-NAS is a near silent, 15 bay, hot swappable, RAID 6, A/V focused, network attached...
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Friday, July 11, 2008 11:37 AM

Two Media Center Updates? Don’t Count on It

Ben at Engadget HD is being told that there might be a second Media Center release coming this year . This is based on his source which has been leaking stuff directly from the beta (except this rumor, which has no meaning info to back it up). Based on...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:01 PM

mControl Gets UPB Driver; mPanel Beta Units Out

Last month mControl gained support for CentraLite JetStream , and this month UPB has been added to the growing list of supported lighting and home control systems in Embedded Automations mControl . The beta driver, developed by mControl user Tom Boyce...
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