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Photos: Microsoft in the living room

In his annual CES address, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to show off a new crop of small entertainment PCs.

Tags: crop, Microsoft Corp., Entertainment PC, PC, Bill Gates, chairman, Consumer Electronics Show

Image galleries 2007-01-07

Intel, Microsoft join forces for entertainment PCs

Intel, Microsoft join forces for entertainment PCsIntel, Microsoft join forces for entertainment PCsIntel and Microsoft are going in the wrong direction with entertainment PCs. People don't want to watch tv on their PCs, they want their PCs to connect to their existing stereo and tv. LCD/plasma TVs are...

Tags: Desktops, 64-bit, MythTV, LCD/plasma TV, Entertainment PC, Intel Corp., PC, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-01-04

Intel details new brand for entertainment PCs

Intel details new brand for entertainment PCsFor Windows MEDIA Edition?Now there is a no starter decision.More CARTEL evidence"... and will require Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition."And we thought that the monopoly was bad.Deal with itMS' margins have been slipping, so have Intel's. They need to get out of commodity...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Digital music, Digital media, Desktops, brand, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Diskman, MPAA, RIAA, PC, Media Center PC, Entertainment PC

Discussion threads 2005-08-24

No honor among thieves?

"It is to laugh" -that's the French idiom captured in English by the word "risible" and often the only response to the pearls of wisdom dropped on an unsuspecting public by people who should know better. Unfortunately some of these have real consequences. Two weeks ago, for example, Apple's market...

Tags: Intel Corp.

Blog posts 2005-06-01

No honor among thieves?

"It is to laugh" -that's the French idiom captured in English by the word "risible" and often the only response to the pearls of wisdom dropped on an unsuspecting public by people who should know better. Unfortunately some of these have real consequences. Two weeks ago, for example, Apple's market...

Tags: Intel Corp.

Blog posts 2005-06-01

An entertainment PC for the couch set

Multifunction tablet-style device is geared for digital entertainmentA new handheld PC from Pepper Computer, aimed at "couch surfers," offers a lightweight design, handles full computer programs and can act as both an entertainment hub and a remote control. CNET's Rafe Needleman asks Pepper CEO Len Kawell if the convenience will...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, PC, Entertainment PC

Videos 2004-09-29

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Sony Vaio L117FX (Core 2 Quad Q8400s 2.66GHz, 6GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium)

Had Apple not introduced a 27-inch iMac for $1,699, we'd have fewer reservations about Sony asking $1,999 for its new 24-inch Vaio L117FX. Yes, HP's TouchSmart 600 expanded on some of Sony's innovations from its previous generation all-in-ones. Sony also doesn't even attempt to match HP's creative multitouch software. But...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, RAM, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., HDMI

Product reviews 2009-11-13

Source code for ikee iPhone worm in the wild

iPhone is officially the most malware ridden mobile platform in the worldAnd since the "bad guys" always go after low hanging fruit, that [b]proves[/b] that iPhone is the [b]least[/b] secure mobile platform in the world. Buy an iPhone if you want to be infected [b]within seconds[/b] by malware [b]that requires...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Apple iPhone, jailbreak, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

WD TV Live HD Media Player

The first few rounds of network media streamers we tested weren't necessarily recommendable. Sure, this was partially because most of these devices depend on Windows Media Center for connectivity and content, but we also had issues with their interfaces and performance.Fast forward a year and it's safe to say that...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Corporate communications, Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, Microsoft Windows Media Player, TV, media, HDMI, USB

Product reviews 2009-11-07

Walmart unveils 15.6" HP Pavilion G60 laptop for $298

hmmfor once, i agree with you. why are they still making the celeron...? shouldn't the atom replace that?Intel Celeron?is Inhel still making this 10 year old crap?surplus maybe? ntnti feel 298 is bad for celron processor..but still good option for ppl who r new to these creepy labtops..RE: Walmart unveils...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, HP Pavilion, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Averatec D1130 All-in-One

The Averatec D1130 All-In-One is a stripped-down version of the D1133 we reviewed last month, and while this version cuts the price down to only $399, it also strips away many of the features that gave the higher-end model some value. With its puny 1.6GHz Intel Atom chip, 1GB of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Monitors & displays, Averatec Inc., D1133

Product reviews 2009-10-30

Apple iTunes 9.0.2 (Windows)

iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And it's an entertainment superstore that stays open 24/7.

Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Apple iTunes, Entertainment, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Ballmer: Zune services coming to 'next release' of Windows Mobile

As if Windows Mobile wasn't slow or bloated enough already...not much left to say. Windows Mobile is toward the horse's heiney of mobile platforms, right now and I doubt Apple or RIM will screw up their products just to let proven crapware back in... In a socialized world,...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, phone, Steve Ballmer, strategy, Internet, smart phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Zune, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

WSJ chief criticizes news aggregators - creators carry cost burden

More important...than net neutrality? You are out of your mind. You probably think you are a journalist as well. What a joke. Do you even proof read your own dribble? It's obvious you don't. What kind of journalist would send out content with grammar and spelling errors? it has...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, advertisement, Google Inc., revenue

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Tritton AX900

Among all the video game accessories available today, no other market seems to be expanding as rapidly as the video game headset. With most current-generation consoles able to produce 5.1 surround sound, finding a headset solution to handle such a request is now much easier than before. We've tested a...

Tags: Games, Tritton Technologies, headphone, headset

Product reviews 2009-10-22

Deluxe Themes Package for Entertainment (Mobile)

5 in 1! Premium Art Designing themes proudly made by MMMOOO. Every theme has its impressive looking and achieved their unique selling point. What''s inside: 1. Cycling, a theme inspires you to ride your bike outside near the beach 2. Fairy Theme, an elegant and gentle fairy mood, the standby...

Tags: Theme, Mobile, Entertainment, Shanghai Jibiao Info Tech, What', E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-10-21

Asus Eee Top ET2002

Nvidia wants us to tell you that its GeForce 9400M graphics chip, aka Nvidia's Ion technology, pulls Asus' Eee Top ET2002 up from the depths of Nettop misery by imparting it with better-than-terrible graphics and video processing. We agree that the 9400 chip improves the ET2002's visual chops, but a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Games, Semiconductors, Keyboards, Video cards, Game players, nettop, chip, game, HDMI, ASUS, graphics

Product reviews 2009-10-20

Tritton AX 720

Among all the video game accessories available today, no other market seems to be expanding as rapidly as the video game headset. With most current-generation consoles able to produce 5.1 surround sound, finding a headset solution to handle such a request is now much easier than before. We've tested...

Tags: Game players, Games, Consumer electronics, Tritton Technologies, headset

Product reviews 2009-10-14

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

Very well thought out box.I suspect HP has a hit. They have a really nice design on that thing.Screen which easily swivels is very importantIf PC manufacturers want people to increasingly use these devices' touch features, I believe that it is very, very important that they allow users to...

Tags: Desktops, PC, HP TouchSmart, Hewlett-Packard Co., TV

Discussion threads 2009-10-13