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Don't like DRM, then look to Neuros to free your digital content

Don't like DRM, then look to Neuros to free your digital contentThis would make it easier to automateI agree with your support of the issue. It would be a lot less hassle to setup the server to automatically convert your content to many, many formats. There are several...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, Neuros, digital content

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

How valuable are rumors in open source?

I spent part of this morning seeking out open source rumors. (The film "Rumor Has It" actually did good business in 2005, although rumors said it bombed.)None of the top 200 open source stories at Google News dealt with rumors, but the blogosphere had a few: The Citrix-Xen deal was just a...

Tags: Rumor, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-08-27

Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder 2 Plus

Neuros likens its MPEG-4 recorders to mini digital VCRs. While that description may not be entirely accurate, these little black boxes do take video that's output from just about any copy-protection-free analog video source and convert it into a MPEG-4 video file that's suitable for viewing on portable devices such...

Tags: Recorder 2, recorder, Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder 2, video

Product reviews 2006-09-14

Additional Resources

What ultra portable meets my needs for under $1000?

I have spent quite a bit of time and even more money trying to find a solution that would help me be productive during my daily 2 hour train commute and while traveling. I have also added the restrictions that it has to be very portable, lighter than my MBP,...

Tags: Device, Mobile, Battery, Display, Advantage, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Bluetooth, Engineering, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-18

CES: Mobility at the ShowStoppers event

CES 2008 in Vegas doesn't seem quite as busy on the show floor, but there were a ton of press at the Digital Experience! and ShowStoppers events. There isn't a ton of new and breakthrough devices, but there are some cool products if you look around a bit. I had...

Tags: Mobile, Headset, Mobility, ShowStoppers, Neuros OSD, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-01-08

Open Source Cars and More

The Consumer Electronics Show CES might be in full throws this week, but some of the coolest devices may be found off the Net -- blueprints and all. A burgeoning trend in open source hardware is putting up somedevices on the Web -- from machines that make anything (including...

Tags: Web, Goal, Video, Hardware, Chip, Open Source, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-01-06

News to know: IE 8; 50W dual-core PC; Oracle; NetSuite; Dell snafu

Notable headlines: George Ou: Hitting 50W peak on a dual-core desktop computer Mary Jo Foley: Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test. MSDN blog. Opera: Acid or no, its Microsoft antitrust complaint goes forward Adrian Kingsley Hughes: First...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Dual-core, Oracle Corp., PC, NetSuite Inc., Health Care, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, Keyboards, E-health, Business Structures, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Processors, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Finance, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Semiconductors, Components

Blog posts 2007-12-20

Don't like DRM, then look to Neuros to free your digital content

I have reviewed a couple of Neuros Technology media capture devices in the past and am currently evaluating their OSD product. The Neuros OSD allows you to capture video content from a number of sources and legally store it and convert it to mobile format so you can consume it...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, Digital Content, Neuros OSD, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-12-19

Why Apple can't do to video what it did to music

Why Apple can't do to video what it did to musicThe tail is not going to wag the dog.......this time around.RE: Why Apple can't do to video what it did to musicOf course NBC and others are seeing less revenue, they put their shows on the web themselves. People...

Tags: Corporate communications, Digital music, Digital media, video, Apple Inc., movie, music, NBC, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2007-12-05

Is the HTC Advantage really the most powerful mobile office?

I posted my first impressions of the HTC Advantage about 10 days ago and have been using it as my primary device ever since it arrived. I actually wrote 90% of this review on the HTC Advantage with a Think Outside Sierra Bluetooth keyboard. Yes, I have even been using...

Tags: Software, Keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Battery, Video, Camera, Cable, USB, HTC Advantage, Display, Adobe Reader LE, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-08-28

SanDisk V-Mate

In 2006, we reviewed a nifty little accessory from Neuros that allowed you to take video that's output from just about any analog video source and convert it to an MPEG-4 video file that's suitable for viewing on portable devices such as the iPod with video, the Sony PSP, and...

Tags: Memory, Consumer electronics, SanDisk V-Mate, video, SanDisk Corp.

Product reviews 2007-01-30

Apple's iTV: what the heck is it?

A friend emailed this to me recently:At first I was surprised by how open Steve Jobs was being about discussing upcoming products like the iTV, which he NEVER does. Lately however, I think this was done to "freeze out" competition in the Mac market. TiVo doesnt natively support transferring files...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, iTV

Blog posts 2006-12-08

3 weeks later and the Zune is better than the iPod

As readers know I purchased a Zune about 3 weeks ago and posted some initial thoughts on my blog. Since that time there has been lots more written on the internet about the Zune, mostly some harsh feedback that sounds like the authors didnt spend too much time with the...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Gadgets, Microsoft, MP3 players

Blog posts 2006-12-05

Belkin TuneCommand AV

The poor man's way to play iPod audio, video, and still images through your home theater is to buy an inexpensive cable that plugs into the headphone jack of your iPod and hook it up to the inputs on your TV and home stereo. But if you're looking for...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Apple iPod, A/V, cable, dock, Belkin Corp., TV, video

Product reviews 2006-10-05

Engadget editorial on DRM completely misses the point

Engadget editorial on DRM completely misses the pointSense and nonsense.Sense: it's appropriate to object to DRM when restrictions on use are greater than those applied to the same material obtained through other means of distribution.Nonsense: That the digital distribution channel will replace all others.Objections:Without physical objects to examine,...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Engadget, digital-rights management, piracy

Discussion threads 2006-09-25

We don't need no stinking iPod or Zune!

Since the latest Apple iPod and Microsoft Zune announcements I have been trying to think of a way to take video and audio content with me on the go for viewing and listening to while commuting in the vanpool and traveling for business. I almost pulled the trigger on an...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, video, Microsoft Zune, Apple iPod

Blog posts 2006-09-20

MPAA demonstrating analog hole at CES

MPAA demonstrating analog hole at CESThey will get their lawUnless hardware manufaturers step up to the plate with opposition this bill will become law. Really, only a small percentage of hardware companies will be affected anyway.There will be no meaningful public opposition. Most people know little or nothing about technology...

Tags: MPAA, U.S. Congress, piracy

Discussion threads 2006-01-05

Something for Congress to stick in its analog hole and smoke

Neuros Technology International CEO Joe Born in his open letter to congressmen James Sensenbrenner Jr. and John Conyers on HR 4569, the Digital Transition Content Security Act (aka: Analog Hole Legislation):...we believe the proposed bill will not only do nothing to protect against piracy, it will actually reduce legitimate media...

Tags: audio, HR 4569

Blog posts 2006-01-04

Tech tunes into TV at CES

Tech tunes into TV at CESVideo, SchmidioWhat video. Snippits. Commercials. Briefs. Music Videos.Big whoopie.Let me know when I can get full TV. Let me know when I can watch full-length movies.Let me know when there is REAL Video. Not this nickle and dime petty...

Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, theater, video, Starz Vongo, TV

Discussion threads 2006-01-03

NBC-iPod deal further proof of TiVo's legal risk

NBC-iPod deal further proof of TiVo's legal riskWhy should TiVo care?You miss the point. Why should TiVo care what NBC wants? As long as TiVo is within their legal rights (and clearly, the recording of tv shows into a transferable format falls within those rights), then it doesn't...

Tags: Digital music, Network technology, Advertising & Promotion, electronics industry, TiVo Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-12-06