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HookUp (zip)

HookUp enables streaming and downloading of music and movies directly through the iTunes interface, allowing a user to play and download from every computer running iTunes in a remote network as well as the local network. HookUp also allows sharing with unlimited friends or users, and even remote iPhoto sharing....

Tags: Apple iTunes, Hookup, Dot.tunes, Download Capability, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-05-05

Sharp SD-SP10

In the past, we haven't been terribly impressed with Sharp's high-tech home-theater systems (see the SD-AS10 or the SD-HX500, for example), but the company may finally be on to something good with its SD-SP10 virtual-surround home-theater system. Not only does the amplified speaker system feature Dolby Virtual Speaker technology (used...

Tags: Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, Sharp SD-SP10, speaker, Sharp Corp.

Product reviews 2006-07-26

Additional Resources

Motorola unveils MOTOZINE ZN5 camera phone

Fresh from the wire this morning is news that Motorola has introduced the MOTOZINE ZN5, a camera phone intended to lean more toward camera than phone. The first model, the ZN5, stakes its claim to fame by way of a 5-megapixel sensor (courtesy of a partnership with...

Tags: Phone, Eastman Kodak Co., Camera Phone, Camera, Motorola Inc., Camera Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-06-23

M-Audio Studiophile AV 40

Not to sound condescending, but M-Audio's Studiophile AV 40 Desktop Speaker System makes most PC and multimedia speakers seem rather puny by comparison. It's not just their size (the M-Audio speakers resemble desktop studio monitors); if you listen to a lot of CDs, watch DVDs, or play games on your...

Tags: speaker, M-Audio, Studiophile AV 40

Product reviews 2008-03-27

55W PC power supply powering the dual-core computer

55W PC power supply powering the dual-core computerSweet findI still think that would be ideal at packing a case with hard drives. I always wanted multi tiered file servers and thought that if I build several computers into a single system, I would be better off than if I...

Tags: File servers, Processors, PSU, POWER SUPPLIES, power supply, file server, dual-core computer, dual-core, server

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

HDMI survival guide for home theater

HDMI survival guide for home theaterUm,the 1960s ended ;)It was UHF not UHV and it is still there.That is where the digital channels are placed.We still got them, but it's blocky when the signal is badWe still got them, but it's blocky when the signal is bad or insufficient. ...

Tags: Network technology, home theater, HDMI, cable

Discussion threads 2008-03-21

New WiFi from Intel improves rural communications

New WiFi from Intel improves rural communicationsRe: "New WiFi...improves rural communications"Great!!! Glad to hear about the technology.HOWEVER...What's this talk about Africa and Asia? What about here in the U.S.?ANYONE who is outside the reach of Cable is going to be CONDEMNED to years more of the Internet via...

Tags: Wireless LANs, INTERNET, Network technology, rural communication, Wi-Fi, POTS, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

Airport firmware update enables AirDisk backups

Several sites on Wednesday reported that the latest firmware update for Apple's Airport Extreme routers will let users back up wirelessly with Mac OS X Leopard's Time Machine program. Time Machine can now locate a USB hard drive connected to the Airport, the so-called AirDisk. A...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Firmware Update, Apple Inc., Firmware, Airport Firmware Update, Leopard, Backups, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Sony Bravia DAV-X10 2.1 Channel Audio System

The home-theater-in-a-box HTIB market is about as commoditized a category as you'll find when shopping for consumer electronics, but Sony's stayed in the game by offering a line of all-in-ones at a wide array of price points. For the 2007 line, the company retained its generally sexy design schemes and...

Tags: Network technology, redesign, Sony Corp., DAV-X10, speaker, satellite, head unit

Product reviews 2008-02-19

Panasonic AG-HSC1U

Panasonic bills its AG-HSC1U, a souped-up version of its AVCHD-based consumer and now discontinued HDC-SD1, as the smallest available professional three-chip HD camcorder. Weighing about a pound and fitting easily in the palm, the camera certainly is small--but does it qualify as "professional?" You might say that if a...

Tags: camera, HSC1U, AVCHD, Panasonic, Panasonic AG-HSC1U

Product reviews 2008-02-19

Netflix through your XBOX?

I wish I could say I had inside knowledge about the veracity of this rumor, but sad to say, I do not. However, I desperately hope that this rumor is true, as it simply makes sense for Microsoft to do something like this. According to this article...

Tags: Game, NetFlix Inc., Console, Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Game Console, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Mythbusters on tech headaches

Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman vent about their biggest tech headaches on Popular Mechanics. It's a good piece, worthy of a quick read, but there are a few points worth picking up on.  The first relating to complexity of modern devices: My MythBuster partner, Adam...

Tags: Apple iPod, Linux, Cable, Network Technology, Digital Music, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-01-30

Flapping My Wings

Starting next week, I'm going to be on a two-week tour . (Don't worry I won't sing for you) taking in Orlando (20th and 21st) ; NJ, Norwalk, and Manhattan (22nd - 25th), Seattle (27th and 28th)  and the Valley(29th and 30). I'll be chatting with CIOs about their collaboration...

Tags: Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-01-10

BlackBerry user's nine requests for 2008-what's yours?

BlackBerry user's nine requests for 2008-what's yours?STORAGE!Dear Smartphone makers...Including Blackberry: In order to destroy the iPhone please include 80GB of storage in a smartphone now! A 80 and 160 GB model for around $150 w contract. Thanks...Menative windows remote access clientI would like a native windows remote access...

Tags: Handhelds, Good Mobile Messaging, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry user

Discussion threads 2007-12-30

Grids need more medical applications

In many ways grid computing remains a solution in search of a problem. After enormous hype early in this decade, spurred by success stories like the SETI@Home project, valuable commercial applications have proven few and far between. Much of the problem lies in set-ups....

Tags: Grid, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-14

Sony VPL VW200

Sony's 2007 flagship front projector, the VPL-VW200, uses the company's variant of LCoS, called SXRD, and like most high-end projectors, it features a native resolution of 1080p. Those specs and jargon may well impress your buddies, but the real story is in the picture. The VPL-VW200 is the most color-accurate...

Tags: menu system, projector, Sony Corp., VPL-VW200

Product reviews 2007-12-12

Sony KDS-55A3000

Sony has a real winner with the new KDS-A3000 series, represented here by the 55-inch KDS-55A3000, the middle of three sizes. We liked Sony's LCoS-based SXRD technology when it was first introduced a couple of years ago, and the company has followed up by significantly improving performance. While not perfect,...

Tags: Monitors & displays, picture menu, Sony Corp., Sony KDS-55A3000

Product reviews 2007-11-28

My Mac mini - Initial thoughts

My Mac mini - Initial thoughtsRemote and Noise LevelAs I recall you need to pop the battery out of the remote and remove a bit of tape so that it then makes contact. But I got my mini (well, 2nd mini) about 2.5 months ago, so trying to go of...

Tags: Keyboards, Mice, mini, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., mouse, keyboard, Apple Intel Mac Mini

Discussion threads 2007-11-02

Sony LF-V30 LocationFree TV

In some ways, you've got to feel a little sympathetic for Sony. The company effectively invented the placeshifting concept--the ability to stream TV programming from your living room to another device via the Internet--in 2004, only to see it co-opted by smaller upstart Sling Media a year later. The latter...

Tags: Corporate communications, Wi-Fi, NETWORKING, Viruses and worms, Games, SECURITY, TV, Sony Corp., Slingbox, Sony LF-V30, LF-V30, wireless, Blaster worm, Sling Media, network, video

Product reviews 2007-10-26

SAP and TIBCO: a marriage to make in hell?

Dana Gardner says that TIBCO must surely be in the firing line for an approach. I agree. Dana thinks Sun is the natural ally: Other vendors will be significantly impacted by the proposed merger as well. Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, and TIBCO will face a tougher market. That's because...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., SAP AG, Dana, SAPs BusinessObjects Acquisition, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-10-15