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- Neil Young gives his name to a spider
- Canadian rocker Neil Young made headlines this week for appearing at the JavaOne conference and for releasing his musical archive on Blu-ray discs. But he was also honored by a East Carolina University (ECU) professor of biology, who named a newly discovered trapdoor spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi after the legendary rock...
- Tags: East Carolina University, Species, Myrmekiaphila, M., Neotype, Blu-Ray, Investment, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Finance, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Are we all just cognitive surplus?
- Clay Shirky, and his truly handsome hairline, is not into the ragehol like I am. That is, he does not anger easily. But he admits to nearly losing it recently, when after describing a Wikipedia skirmish to a TV producer, he got the question ...
- Tags: Surplus, Shirky, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Wiki, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Plato DVD to iPhone Converter (exe)
- Plato DVD to iPhone Converter is a professional DVD iPhone Ripper software to convert dvd to iphone mpeg-4/h.264 mp4 video easily with selectable movie title, subtitle, audio track ,and customize output video and audio quality. Version 7.83 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, and bug fixes.
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Plato Global Creativity, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-05-08
- D-Link (finally) releases the DSM-750 media extender
- It's been a very long time coming--D-Link first unveiled the MediaLounge DSM-750 at CES in January 2007--but the company announced today that it is finally shipping the media extender. The $329.99 DSM-750 is a Windows Media Center Extender that enables you to stream...
- Tags: D-Link Systems, Windows Media, PC, Video, Microsoft Windows Media Center, MediaLounge DSM-750, Media Streamer, Microsoft Windows, Home Networking, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, TVs, Operating Systems, Software, Networking, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Home Entertainment, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- HDTVs: How black is black?
- An announcement comes today by way of Pioneer, maker of the ever-popular Kuro HDTV line, saying that its new Kuro sets are five times blacker than the Kuro line on the market today (which we reviewed as the TV with the deepest blacks out there). So wait...
- Tags: HDTV, Image, Ratio, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Why I didn't like "Microhoo"
- Yesterday was not a good day to be Jerry Yang. A year after returning to the helm of the company he co-founded, Yang found himself faced with an unsolicited bid from Microsoft, one that offered to pay a 50% premimum over the price of Yahoo stock. Though not ruling the...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Developer Orientation, Team Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, DVR, Management, Investment, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Zune desktop 2.5 released with TV shows and social improvements
- My last post on the Microsoft Zune was made back in October of 2007 when the new Zune models were announced. I actually picked up a Zune 30GB classic at Woot for less than US$100, but have to admit after getting my iPhone it has seen very little use. I...
- Tags: Microsoft Zune, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Desktops, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Easy Movie DVD Creator (exe)
- Easy Movie DVD Creator can convert AVI, DIVX, MP4, PSP, iPod, 3GP, Zune and MPEG files to VCD, SVCD, DVD compatible MPEG files, then burn to VCD, SVCD, DVD and burn them to a CD-R, CD+R, CD+RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW, and DVD-RW, convert your movie files from a wide range...
- Tags: Movie, VCD, MPEG, SVCD, Zealotsoft, Audio Track, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-05-06
- Stargate Screensaver 1 (zip)
- Stargate productions center on the premise of a Stargate, a ring-shaped alien device that enables personal teleportation to complementary devices located cosmic distances away. Most Stargate episodes are set in the present day. The perfect free screensaver for fans of the Stargate television series. This version is the first release...
- Tags: Screensaver, Wallpaper Screensavers, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-05-06
- VUDU: Day and date releases? Yeah, we've got that.
- Remember on Thursday when Apple announced that "Day and Date" movie sales and rentals would available on iTunes (and Apple TV) on the same day as they're released on DVD? Well, it turns out that that may not be that big of a deal. According to an...
- Tags: Movie, Apple Inc., Apple TV, DVD, Sales Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Video On Demand (VoD), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sales, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- DSConverter
- Powerful all-in-one video converter and DVD ripper and video recorder. Convert video/DVD to 3GP/3G2, MP4, AVI, MPEG1/2, VCD/DVD, WMV, ASF, FLV, SWF, MKV video formats. Convert Video/DVD to MP3, WMA, WAV and M4A (MPEG-4 Audio) audio formats. Support devices such as PSP, iPod, iPhone, MP4 player, mobile phone, Zune, and...
- Tags: Video, e2eSoft, Corporate Communications, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-05-05
- Is Google reliable enough?
- Dan Farber wrote about some downtime he experienced at YouTube this morning -- it lasted 20 minutes, and was then restored. The part that got me thinking about his post was his reference to why the internet isn't like TV -- TV is much more reliable, but content on...
- Tags: Google Inc., Phone, YouTube Inc., Internet, TVs, E-mail, Tv & Home Theater, Telecom & Utilities, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-05-03
- TV Station Manager (zip)
- TV Station Manager is a simulation game that lets you take control of a small independent TV station, about to go bankrupt. Choose from 16 categories of show or make your own, and create the channel of your dreams. Version 1.2.3 has added support for German language: now you can...
- Tags: Winter Wolves Game Studio, TV Station Manager, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Games, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-05-02
- 65% of women watch less television due to writers’ strike
- 65% of women 25-44 years say they will watch less television and 16.5% turn the TV off, according to Burst Media. 39.6% expect to use the internet more for entertainment purposes if their favorite TV shows are shown only in reruns. 25.6% of respondents say they will probably watch more...
- Tags: Women, Entertainment, Gender And Diversity, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Human Resources, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, NB
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Will iTunes new DVD distribution schedule be enough to boost Apple TV?
- Apple on Thursday announced that iTunes would get new movie releases from studios the same day as their DVD release, but the larger question is whether this move can give Apple TV more traction. Let's face it: Apple TV is an interesting experiment for Apple, but it's...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple TV, Apple iTunes, DVD, TVs, Digital Music, Digital Media, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- iTunes announces same day movie releases as DVD
- In a press release today, Apple announced the ability to purchase new movies from iTunes on the same day as DVD release. New movie releases from both major and independent film studios are now available for purchase on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release. ...
- Tags: Release, Movie, Apple iTunes, DVD, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Adobe shoots for 'create once, present anywhere' value with worthy Open Screen Project
- Trying to deliver rich content effectively to the stubbornly heterogeneous end-user device tiers has produced more tears than triumphs. Adobe is aiming to fix that with the ambitious and inclusive Open Screen Project, which today throws adobe's considerable installed base weight behind an industry-collaboration movement to standardize interface delivery. ...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Mean, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Stream PC content to every HDTV in the house via coaxial cable
- In a similar vein to yesterday's post about wireless HDTVs, today's news arrives with a media streamer by ZeeVee that plugs into one's computer and sends on-screen content to every TV in the house over existing coaxial cable. In effect, the unit, called the ZvBox, enables users...
- Tags: PC, HDTV, Cable, Computer, ZvBox, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- The machines for making TVs
- Not everything gets made overseas. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos tours the Silicon Valley facilities of Applied Materials, where they make equipment for producing televisions and solar panels.
- Tags: News, Michael Kanellos, solar, solar panels, TV's, Applied Materials, Silicon Valley, plasma, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Videos 2008-04-30
- Sharp to offer ultra-thin X-Series LCD TVs with wireless HD feed
- Like big TVs? (Who doesn't?) How about without tangled up cables hanging out the back? If you've ever seen the Sharp AQUOS X-series -- just 1.35 inches deep and, according to Sharp, the world's thinnest LCD televisions in production -- then you know what...
- Tags: IBM xSeries, LCD TV, Sharp Corp., Wireless, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
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