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E3: Microsoft's living room dream coming true through Xbox

One of the coolest things about playing games on the Xbox 360 is trash-talking with players throughout the Internet. I don't know if it "trash-tweeting" would have the same effect. But that will be for the players to decide later this year. News out of E3, the...

Tags: Living Room, Apple Inc., Video Game, Microsoft Corp., TV, Microsoft Xbox, Games, Game Players, Internet, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Christmas Decorated Fireplace Screen Saver 1.0 (Windows)

This screen saver replaces any expensive fireplaces in your beautifully decorated Christmas living room, but it offers the same comfortable ambience. When Christmas comes, it brings along love, fun and merriment. We start decorating our houses, buying gifts and selecting the perfect Christmas tree. However, most of us tend to...

Tags: Screensaver, Living Room, Microsoft Windows, Gelios Software, Christmas

Software downloads 2008-12-08

Using Windows Vista as a home theater hub

Thinking of using Windows Vista's Media Center in the living room? Follow along as Windows expert Ed Bott offers a guided tour to his Vista-powered home theater setup.

Tags: screenshots, 3D, Keyboard, Home Theater, Media Center PC, Performance, Living Room, Backup, Logitech, Microsoft Windows Vista, HDTV, Story, ATI Technologies Inc., Windows PC, Connected Corp., Music, Vista Media Center, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software

image galleries 2007-08-23

Toy Golf 1 (Windows)

Adventure of a lifetime - in your living room! A minigolf with a twist, Toy Golf gives all the thrills of birdies and bogeys in the comfort of a house. Putt your way through the kitchen, study, living room and a number of other indoor locations in this golf game...

Tags: Telecommunications Company, Living Room, Microsoft Windows, Games, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-03-21

Video goes Internet--the future of what you watch

On April 24, the Churchill Club held a panel discussion, "Video Goes Internet--The Future of What You Watch." The panelists included Rob Bennett, general manager, MSN Entertainment and Video Services at Microsoft; Jennifer Feikin, director of Google Video at Google; Blake Krikorian, founder & CEO of Sling Media; John Papanek,...

Tags: ESPN, Google Inc., Advertisement, Internet, Living Room, Rob Bennett, Video, Microsoft Corp., TV, Content, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2006-04-25

Photos: HP Labs' high-tech coffee table

The tabletop Misto PC lets family members gather in the living room to watch movies, view photos or play games.

Tags: HP Labs, photograph, game

Image galleries 2006-02-22

Images: Cars built to entertain

At the 2006 International Auto Show, carmakers show off rolling living rooms with built-in iPods, Xboxes or DVD players.

Tags: Consumer electronics, auto show, carmaker, DVD player, Microsoft Xbox, DVD, Apple iPod

Image galleries 2006-01-09

Additional Resources

Gateway DX4822-01

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.Although we weren't fans of Gateway's midrange Gateway DX4300-03, the $520 DX4822-01 makes a more convincing argument with budget-minded features like a spacious hard...

Tags: Video cards, DVD, Consumer electronics, Semiconductors, Processors, Gateway Inc., Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-20

Radeon HD 5970 - ATI's killer graphics card

You know what else is impressive?The foot long length of the thing.Alsothe noise level from the leaf-blower coolers to keep this thing from burning your house down.Seriously though, down for getting one, but not till a 3rd party gives us one with some custom cooling options. Although I guess they...

Tags: killer graphics card, Radeon HD 5970, Radeon HD, Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

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

Thinking Home 2.2 (Mac)

Thinking Home is the easiest-to-use, affordable home automation solution for Mac OS X and is now even better! v2.1 boasts a modern design that delivers performance without compromising ease of use. It is the only Mac app to store a schedule into an ActiveHome Pro (CM-15A)! Thinking Home...

Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Thinking Home, Desktops, Channel Management, Hardware, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Adobe CTO: Flash in the future

At the NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch talks about how the company?s Flash software is coming to new devices such as game consoles, smartphones, and TVs. Lynch says Adobe is working with chip vendors and TV manufacturers on a variety of different television platforms...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., CTO, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Flash

Videos 2009-11-17

CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!

I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...

Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini - The Inspiron Zino HD

People Actually Buy These Things?Almost a $1000.00 for a cutsey, low powered designer computer? Do people actually buy these things? Maybe they should check out your Very Best Kit list.adrian please 959$ you dont put 959 for a low-end entry level machine you can have...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac Mini, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

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

HP Pavilion Slimline s5220y

HP's $480 Pavilion Slimline s5220y is another low-end slim tower PC that offers mediocre performance and equally unexciting performance packaged in a relatively boring case. Its small stature might tempt some of you to use it as a light-duty PC, or even a media-streaming box, but its out-of-date connectivity options...

Tags: Desktops, Ethernet, Video cards, DVD, Consumer electronics, Slimline, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-12

Dell Inspiron Zino HD aims for living room, Mac mini; starts $229

Neat, but it's also nearly twice as big as the Mini. [nt][nt]Mac MiniNeither the Mac Mini nor its OS for that matter support BlueRay

Tags: Desktops, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Dell Inspiron

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Dell Inspiron Zino HD aims for living room, Mac mini; starts $229

Dell announced the new Inspiron Zino HD mini desktop PC, an $229 Windows-based machine that targets the living room and the Mac mini. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Dell Inspiron, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Top three Star Trek-style holodeck experiences

Surround 3D TV is making its way to your living room. To get a sense of what it may look and sound like, look no further than the cutting edge of virtual reality taking shape at academic research centers outfitted with world class data visualization facilities. In this post, we'll...

Tags: Data Visualization, Scientific Visualization, Virtual Reality, Databases, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-11-12