Ian Dixon had a ton of good stuff this past week at HP’s Connecting your World event in Germany . Among the top announcements was HPs new TouchSmart PC which features a 22-inch display . Best of all, this thing is cheap! It smarts at only $1,300, nearly half of their pervious TouchSmart PCs (and much...
To celebrate the consumer availability of new Extenders for Windows Media Center, the Windows Media Center team is today unveiling a Digital Home Makeover Contest. For one lucky winner, the makeover team will transform their disconnected digital lifestyle into a home entertainment dream with a prize...
Microsoft has started another round of Media Center/Extender online advertising on sites like The Green Button, AVS Forum, and more. It is nice to see Microsoft advertising more, but the point still stands that the people who need to know about these technologies are not being informed. Microsoft needs...
S1Digital is launching a number of new products for 2008, starting with their newly designed website that looks great. On the hardware side, S1Digital will be launching two Windows Home Server’s and a 17 inch Media Center touchscreen. The new solutions are outlined in their new brochure (PDF) that lays...
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Still a ton of news coming out of CEDIA today. As I’ve talked about in the past and posted today , Alienware is bringing CableCARD to their Media Center offerings. The new HD Media Server has four terabytes of hot-swappable hard drive storage, supports internal CableCARD tuners, and a Dolby Digital 7...
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CE Pro got an inside look at Exceptional Innovation's Life|Media PC’s . These things look amazing inside and out. Acer just announced that they are buying Gateway for ~$710 million. Richard pointed me to this the other day, if you plan on having a Windows Home Server and you must have some Media...
Just another roundup, be sure to check out Consumer Electronics Show Roundup (Part 1) also. One Voice One Voice Announces Beta Program for Its Media Center Communicator Voice Recognition for Windows Vista Okoro Media Systems Logitech Uses the OMS-TH540 HTPC to Showcase their Award-Winning Peripherals...
Lots of talk about Windows Home Server (WHS) so far, and it was only announced a few days ago. I have to say that I’m extremely excited about this product, even with the few Media Center downfalls that it seems to have. First of all, I’m not a big fan of Network Attached Storage (NAS). In general, I...
So much stuff so far at CES that the main page of my blog has already rolled over. Here is a quick rundown of what has happened so far CES Keynote/Microsoft Microsoft Unveils Wave of New Products and Services at CES Short Bits: Bill Gates CES Keynote Microsoft's CES Press Releases Windows Home Server...
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AMD LIVE! Solution Makes It Easy And Fun To Take Digital Media On The Go, Around The Home, And To The TV Screen SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced the AMD LIVE! ™ notebook PC, an easy-to-use mobile media center designed to help consumers simplify and enjoy their digital...