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- HP MediaSmart Connect available for pre-order
- HP is jump-starting sales of its MediaSmart Connect, which debuted at CES in January, by promoting pre-orders of the digital media receiver at several online retailers. The MediaSmart Connect is priced by HP at $349, but Amazon.com is...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., MediaSmart Connect, Digital Media, Media Center PCs, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
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- Discontinuation Day: HP pulls plug on MediaSmart TVs, Linksys switches off its Media Center Extenders
- On the march toward the integration of the PC and the home theater, there have been numerous casualties, and today apparently you can add a couple more to the list. Gizmodo has confirmed that HP has finally given up on a couple of its living-room initiatives, specifically the MediaSmart TVs...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Media Center PC, Media Center Extender, Linksys Inc., Media Center PCs, Web Site Development, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Internet, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9150
- Many of the networked-media players we've looked at recently rely heavily on interfacing with Windows Media Center, the digital media hub software that's available on many--but not all--PCs running Windows XP and Vista. Some models, such as the HP MediaSmart Connect, can operate in "WMC Extender mode" or via their...
- Tags: Home networking, Media Center PCs, Digital media, NetGear
- Product reviews 2009-04-21
- Linksys Media Center Extender DMA2200 - DVD player / digital multimedia receiver
- With the introduction of Windows Vista, Microsoft hopes to get consumers one step closer to having a dedicated "family room" PC. Included in nearly all versions of Vista is Windows Media Center, a sort of multimedia portal that can access and play all kinds of digital media stored on...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Home networking, Consumer electronics, multimedia, Media Center PC, DMA2200, Linksys Inc., DVD, DVD player
- Product reviews 2008-12-08
- My favorite Windows Vista gadgets
- When I first began using Windows Vista, I dismissed the Sidebar as a gimmick. It didn’t help that the default gadgets Microsoft offered were of limited utility and that some early gadgets caused performance problems. Over time, though, I’ve become a Sidebar convert. I haven’t encountered a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Gadget, Sidebar, ShareMaster Gadget, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Wi-Fi in cable set-top boxes coming (not so soon)
- Cable TV providers are planning to add wireless to their set-top boxes, according to panelists at a recent Connect event sponsored by Park Associates and the CEA. A report in EE Times say cable companies like Cox Communications are planning to...
- Tags: Set-top Box, Set-top, Cox Communications Inc., Wireless LANs, Ultrawideband (UWB), Wi-Fi, Cable, Wireless, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- News to know: Yang's runway; Apple patch; Google; Gates' last week
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yang's recovery runway: Months to days and board should go too. Techmeme Google's display ad gravy train rests with YouTube Richard Koman: Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups say Ryan Naraine: Microsoft blames 'human issues' for...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Data Center, Apple Inc., Data Centers, Web Browsers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- HP MediaSmart Connect available for pre-order
- HP MediaSmart Connect available for pre-orderLooks greatThanks for the heads up, I definitely want one! Think I'll wait a month or two and see if I can get it for under $300 :)Chuckhttp://www.lapantz4less.com
- Tags: HP MediaSmart Connect, HP MediaSmart, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Apple Time Capsule (1TB)
- Apple's new Time Capsule is one of only two devices we know of that incorporates both a wireless router and a hard drive into the same product. The other, a year-and-a-half-old router from Asus, offers neither the same high-speed wireless bandwidth nor as much storage capacity as the Time Capsule,...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, backside, Apple Inc., Time Capsule, router, hard drive
- Product reviews 2008-03-04
- Build your own Windows Home Server for only $380
- Build your own Windows Home Server for only $380Sure you can. ;)Easilly sets up the drives, backups, every lat little thing.Then just load the included Ubuntu client tool disk onto your Ubuntu desktop and let the automation begins!Oh, wait, So you [i]can't[/i] do that?Then why did you just say you...
- Tags: Operating systems, Backups, OPEN SOURCE, WHS Team, server, WHS, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- What a good idea - Apple Time Capsule
- What a good idea - Apple Time CapsuleI agree ...... it's a niche product.hmmmso no body has a AP and External HDD or NAS now?? you need to buy a new hardware from Apple to do the functionality that already exists??? If timemachine supported wireless backup, this device wouldnt exist,...
- Tags: Backups, Storage, Apple Inc., Apple Time Capsule, wireless, backup
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- Microsoft extends the reach of Media Center
- It's no secret that part of Microsoft's marketing plan for Windows Vista was to push sales of its Home Premium edition, and every bit of market data I've seen says they've been extremely successful in this effort. As of mid-2007, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,...
- Tags: D-Link Systems, Box, Hewlett-Packard Co., Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., DMA2100, DMA2200, Extender Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- HP's new home server is small, smart, and impressively simple
- Earlier this year, I looked at a beta release of Windows Home Server and called it a “home run†for Microsoft. This week, Hewlett Packard announced that it would begin taking orders for its new MediaSmart servers, which are built on the Windows Home Server platform, with actual shipments set to...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Storage, Backup, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., David, MediaSmart Hardware, Velocity Micro, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Desktops, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- HP MediaSmart Server ex475
- We've been tracking HP's MediaSmart Server and the Microsoft Windows Home Server software that powers it ever since they were both announced back in January. We got to play with an early version of the software this summer. Now we get to take a look at the complete product, by...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Servers, HP MediaSmart, HP MediaSmart Server, server, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, software, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2007-11-05
- HP trots out fall line of products
- HP has climbed to the top of the PC mountain over the past few years. In Q2 of this year, the company garnered 18.2 percent of the worldwide PC market, up from 14.9 percent for the year earlier, according to IDC numbers. Closet competitor Dell had around 15 percent...
- Tags: Blackbird 002, Blackbird 02, CBS Interactive Inc., Compaq iPAQ, Dan Farber, Game, Hewlett-Packard Co., iPAQ 200 Series Enterprise Handheld, PC
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- Microsoft hits a home run with Windows Home Server
- Almost without exception, the first reaction when people hear that Microsoft is working on Windows Home Server is, "Why would I want that?" After they see it, the first reaction is much simpler: "I want that."So set aside that first skeptical reaction and take a close look at the image...
- Tags: Image Galleries, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-04-26
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