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Microsoft and pals impose will on digital living room; 'IT' won't work

The CES show has kicked off with the Windows Home Server as a headliner and the most striking thing is the language used by techs titans. To wit: --Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates keynote touches on the need for home servers as...

Tags: Servers, information technology, server, home server, digital living room, multiple-PC

Blog posts 2007-01-08

Apple forges path to digital living room

Apple forges path to digital living roomApple forges path to digital living roomI wouldn't expect too many sales of the movies. They cost about the same as the dvd with very little advantage. The only advantage I see is the poor college student who doesn't have a mode...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Digital music, Digital media, GPS, Apple Inc., DVD, Apple iPod, digital living room, movie

Discussion threads 2006-09-12

Insiders: Digital living room still just a dream

Insiders: Digital living room still just a dreamThat's why....I choose to go to the effort to learn about & build my own PC's and have done so since the early 90's. I bought a Kaypro and Compaq when I first started and the Compaq convinced me I didn't want...

Tags: Memory, Branding, PCU, Digital Living Room

Discussion threads 2005-12-06

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Logitech Harmony 700

When Logitech released the Harmony One in early 2008, it instantly became one of our favorite universal remotes to date. But at $250, it wasn't exactly an impulse buy for the average consumer. With the Harmony 700, however, Logitech has delivered a model that offers the bulk of the...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Cable, setup process, Logitech, Harmony 700

Product reviews 2009-11-18

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Rivet 2.3 (Mac)

Rivet allows you to access your digital life on your Xbox 360 and PS3. Browse, play, and view all of your pictures, movies, and video through the Xbox 360 and PS3's media player right in your living room. Rivet will automatically load and give you full access to your iTunes...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Cynical Peak Software, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Dell Inspiron i545s-1476N

The $480 Inspiron 545s-1476 is the third Dell desktop we've reviewed with the company's current slim tower chassis, and we can't say our opinion has changed since the last time we saw it. We're still satisfied with its design, but we remain disappointed with the features Dell seems to have...

Tags: Notebooks, DVD, Consumer electronics, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., dual-layer DVD burner, DVD burner, Gateway Inc.

Product reviews 2009-11-06

Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H

Typically our challenges with the emergent Nettop category have been that real budget PCs cost just a little bit more and provide a dramatic performance uptick, and similarly priced Netbooks offer equivalent performance with the added benefit of portability. The Aspire Revo 1600's price tag alone answers those issues. ...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Performance management, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wireless and Mobility, Semiconductors, Acer Inc., wireless networking

Product reviews 2009-10-30

HP's Touchsmart: A PC, maybe, but cooler as a TV

I think HP may be on to something with its TouchSmart PC. The new TouchSmarts, which are being unveiled today, are technically computers, complete with mouse and keyboard. (For the specs, check out Andrew Nusca's post.) But the heart of the device is the screen, specifically a...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Keyboards, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Peripherals, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-13

LifeSize PassPort: The First Skype-Compatible Telepresence System

Cisco's $3 billion offer to buy Tandberg yesterday may bring Cisco a more economical telepresence solution than its own not saying much, but that's only part of the challenge of bringing the technology to the small business and our homes. On Monday, LifeSize will take a big step towards solving...

Tags: Video Call, Skype Technologies S.A., Video, Cisco Systems Inc., HD, Passport, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-02

TV Everywhere: We're not just ready; we're already doing it

Television has gone through some major transformations over the years: color, cable, digital and even TiVo. Now, the industry is undergoing another transformation - and consumers are more than ready. A report released today found that consumers are already accessing television-style video content from devices other than...

Tags: TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-30

3D football, anyone? Intel offers peek at 21st Century television

TV isn't TV anymore. It's out of the box. It's off the wall and it's not going back anytime soon. That was the opening line of the final keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, delivered by Intel exec Justin Rattner, who took to the stage to talk...

Tags: 3D, Intel Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-24

FrameShop 1.3 (Windows)

FileStream FrameShop lets you stylize, touch up, share and enjoy your valuable photos through your Digital Photo Frame, Slideshow Player comes with the software, or for upload and e-mailing to others. Do you have all your photos stored on your PC, but want to process and resize them all so...

Tags: FileStream, Microsoft Windows, Photograph

Software downloads 2009-09-24

Microsoft 'Pink' phones, Turtle and Pure, leaked in pictures

Can you comment on this?http://www.wmexperts.com/omg-pink-phones-exist-kindahttp://bit.ly/10A2pV

Tags: Media Center PCs, Game players, Telecom & Utilities, phone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Xbox, App Store, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

HP's DreamScreen faces tough competition for holiday spending

HP's latest device - a WiFi-connected screen called DreamScreen - makes it debut today and the company is hoping it will grab some attention this holiday season. In the past, I've seen tech companies try to bring some sort of computer technology into different rooms of the house - the...

Tags: Bedroom, Hewlett-Packard Co., Computer, Productivity, Software Development, Keyboards, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Peripherals, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-17

News to know: Kanye West; Bing Visual Search; Quicken-Mint; Sprint; 802.11n, Intel

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Oliver Marks: Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full...

Tags: Larry Dignan, IEEE 802.11n, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Could One Laptop Per Child be a bad thing?

Or roadsOr how about roads so farmers can get there goods to the markets cheaper? The one laptop per kid is such a scam. Why should kids get cheap laptops overs small business owners. Who would be more productive. Um track sales, write, write e-mail, do books. I am so...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Netgear introduces latest Digital Entertainer Live networked media player

Netgear's Digital Entertainer Live streaming device has predated connected TVs and Blu-ray players in the living room by a couple of years, but it needed to step up its game to compete with the new services these other products are offering. Its new EVA2000 can't let...

Tags: Netgear Inc., Home Theater, HDMI, Media Player, EVA2000, Ethernet, Home Networking, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Sony's Blu-ray player with built-in Wi-Fi, no interesting Internet services available this week

If you're looking for a cheaper alternative to buying an Internet-ready HDTV, and don't need all of the widgets the sets will be rolling out, a networked Blu-ray player could be a viable option. Most importantly, these units are offering the same Netflix and Amazon On Demand video-streaming...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Sony Corp., built-In, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV, Blu-ray, Internet Service, Wireless LANs, Internet, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, TVs, Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-07

The Internet's migration to the TV

I found the recent rumors of an Apple Internet-enabled TV quite interesting. Our own Larry Dignan and Sam Diaz have been covering a Piper Jaffray report about a potential revamp of Apple's dormant Apple TV product and even an Apple-branded television set. Some possible scenarios include: ...

Tags: Panasonic, Internet, Apple Inc., Migration, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-26