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- Dell XPS 420
- Dell's new XPS 420 desktop (starting at $1,450, reviewed at $2,279) advertises itself as the complete solution to all of your digital-media problems. Depending on the options you select for it, it can wirelessly serve up photos, music, and high-definition video over your home network, it can quickly convert large...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Desktops, Digital media, Consumer electronics, benefit, XPS 420, Windows SideShow, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-10-23
- Building Devices for Windows SideShow With the .NET Micro Framework
- Windows SideShow is the feature of Windows Vista that lets users access information from their PCs on auxiliary displays. The .NET Micro Framework is the efficient runtime that powers today's most popular SideShow-compatible devices. Together, they provide a new way to make information available whenever and wherever it is needed....
- Tags: Windows SideShow, .NET Micro Framework, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software
- White papers 2007-06-20
- Windows Vista SideShow Gadgets: Little Apps, Big Impact
- Windows SideShow is a new feature in Windows Vista that supports secondary displays on the PC. While the "Buzz" about this feature primarily discusses notebook computers, Vista supports SideShow secondary displays on desktop computers as well, and SideShow devices are beginning to appear in remote controls. Using Windows SideShow, one...
- Tags: Device, Microsoft Windows Vista, Jupitermedia Corp., Computer, Windows SideShow, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Operating Systems, Notebooks, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- White papers 2007-03-01
- MSDN Architecture Webcast: Using Windows SideShow (Level 200)
- Windows SideShow (formerly code-named "Aux Display") is a feature new to Windows Vista that provides users with quick access to data even when their computers are turned off. Windows SideShow targets many classes of devices including laptop lid displays, front-panel displays, and connected devices. A set of Application Programming Interfaces...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Windows SideShow, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
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- Innovative Universal Remote Control Extends Power of PC to Your Living Room
- The SilverPAC Evolution5500 is the only universal remote control in the world that streams SideShow Gadget content from a Windows PC. Users can catch up on reading email, check the weather and stock quotes, control lighting systems, or keep in touch with popular social networking services like Facebook and Twitter...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Corp., SilverPAC Evolution5500, Social Networking, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- News to know: Wolfram Alpha; iPhone developers; Windows 7; Cyberwar
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Wolfram Alpha: 'A new paradigm for using computers and the web' Nova Spivak: Wolfram Alpha is Coming â€" and It Could be as...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- Dell XPS 430-121B
- Back in 2007, we reviewed Dell's XPS 420 that focused in on digital video with a few other light upgrades on the side. Just over a year later, Best Buy and Dell now offer the $900 Dell XPS 430-121B, a lightweight version of the Dell's customizable media-centric system. This...
- Tags: Corporate communications, PCI, TV & Home Theater, TVs, digital media card reader, Dell Computer Corp., Dell XPS, Dell XPS 430-121B
- Product reviews 2009-02-10
- Microsoft: The top 5 risks; Will it cut 2009 outlook as PC market stumbles?
- The worries about Microsoft's fiscal second quarter and fiscal 2009 are starting to pile up. While Microsoft is viewed as one of those recession resistant companies--no company is recession proof--the headwinds to the software giant's quarter are becoming clear. On Thursday, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Holt lowered...
- Tags: Revenue, PC, Microsoft Corp., Jeffrey Lindsay, Brent Williams, Software As A Service (SaaS), Operational Accounting, Desktops, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- TiVo control comes to iPhone
- TiVo control comes to iPhoneYawn, MS innovated this long agoBy tapping into the extremely innovative [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SideShow]SideShow[/url] feature of Vista something OS X has no answer for, I can interact with my Vista Media PC through my Windows Mobile phone using BlueTooth. Not only can I control all aspects of the...
- Tags: DVR, Microsoft Windows, Digital video, TiVo Inc., cable company, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., digital video recorder, cable, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X
- A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS XThere is only one advantage of Windows over Mac OS XDirectX.RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS XThe challenge should be: what can you do on an exorbitantly expensive Mac that you can't do right now in Windows for a fraction of...
- Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, OSX, Microsoft Windows 7, halloween challenge, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, MacOS X, Win 7, Apple Macintosh, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-11-01
- MobileTechRoundup show #136, Netbook, Netbook, Netbook
- Listen here (MP3, 32.4 MB, 35:20 minutes) Subscribe to the show with this link RSS John posted a Netbook roundup from Computex article that I thought would go perfectly with our latest MobileTechRoundup show #136 where...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- Review: HTC Advantage X7510 with 16GB flash drive, haptics keyboard and Windows Mobile 6.1
- The most powerful Windows Mobile device I ever evaluated was the HTC Advantage X7501 that was released back in August of 2007 and I wrote quite an extensive review that was my most viewed blog post of 2007. The successor to the Advantage X7501, the X7510, was announced at Mobile...
- Tags: Application, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Battery, USB Flash Drive, Content, HTC Advantage, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- Mobius Seattle 2008; First impressions of the HTC Advantage X7510
- As I stated in my Mobius Seattle 2008 Day one post eric lin from HTC gave each one of the attendees the new HTC Advantage 7510 device. These may not come to the U.S. due to Qualcomm import issues, but you will be able to pick them up from U.S....
- Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobius, Key, HTC Advantage 7510, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Logitech G15 Keyboard (Revision 2)
- Somehow we missed Logitech's update to its G15 Keyboard last year. It started showing up in our lab recently with a few high-end gaming PCs that spurred us to give it the full review treatment. We're glad we did. The new model improves on many facets of the original, elevating...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Keyboards, Logitech G15, Logitech, G-key, LCD screen, LCD, keyboard
- Product reviews 2008-05-06
- Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology?
- Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology?SideShowIt's not Windows Slideshow - it's Windows SideShowRE: Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology?yawnYou misunderstand Apple's patent...The way I read it, it's nothing like the Microsoft examples you mentioned.Picture a clamshell laptop, with one half transparent. Closed, it would look like...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Apple Inc., dual-sided touch technology, touch technology, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-17
- "Vista Capable" logo - what went wrong?
- Now that a federal judge has unsealed nearly 160 pages of internal Microsoft emails which have been used to support the plaintiffs' lawsuit relating to the "Windows Vista Capable" program we can start to get a clearer picture of how the logo program went wrong. Note: You can download...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Graphics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-mail, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Online Communications, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixes
- No wonder the Wow had so much trouble getting started. By Microsoft’s own count, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 rolls up 551 separate hotfixes, in addition to 23 security updates rated Important and already delivered via Windows Update. A handful of those hotfixes were previously released via Windows Update, but most were available only to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Wireless Digital Picture Frame Retrieves Live Information From Windows Vista Computers
- The Momento digital picture frame needed to stand out from a pack of look-alike products. To differentiate their product from a standalone digital frame, which simply reads photos from memory cards or USB keys, OEM i-mate designed a connected, services-oriented device intended for the high-end segment of the consumer electronics...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Picture, Computer, Wireless, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2007-12-21
- Logitech GamePanel SideShow Device 2.02.094.0 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../jpn/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:Logitech GamePanel SideShow Device
- Tags: Logitech, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-12-06
- Leopard and Vista - Has the photocopying gone too far?
- Remember that "Redmond, start your photocopiers" jibe back when Tiger was released? Are Vista and Leopard all the proof we need that the photocopiers have been running flat out both at Redmond and Cupertino? Oliver Rist of PC Magazine wrote a piece called "Leopard is the New...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Network, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Tiger, Leopard, SideShow, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
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