One of the signature technologies of the original Windows Home Server was Drive Extender. Drive Extender allowed multiple, disparate hard drives to appear as one single drive with built-in redundancy to boot. It was simple, elegant, and dropped from Windows Home Server 2011. As soon as word hit the streets that Drive Extender was not to be a part of […]
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Microsoft and Skype have finally exchanged vows in front of the world’s regulators. For $8.5 billion Microsoft has bought the right to integrate voice calling services into every product they sell and into every box that their software touches. No one should register surprise when a future Xbox Live update’s big news is the integration of Skype and we can […]
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Hulu has been up for sale for months, but evidently the right suitor did not come calling to catch the eye of Hulu’s investors. Amazon and DISH Network were rumored to be among the top bidders with bids in the neighborhood of $2 billion dollars, though Google was rumored to be floating a $4 billion dollar bid with a list […]
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Apple and Google have become the dueling titans of the technology sector and both companies are counting on their digital media services and marketplaces to push the adoption of their different OS and cloud platforms. Recent rumors have both companies closing in on establishing new digital media services. In the case of Apple, the focus is on streaming movies. Apple […]
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There was a time when I desperately wanted a Sony Glasstron. This was a set of LCD eyeglasses that would simulate the effect of watching a 50″ TV from several feet away. They were low-res, expensive, bulky, ugly, and deliciously geeky. Of course, they faded away in the mists of time, because frankly, no one else wanted them. Fortunately, Sony […]
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The developers of Boxee have now teamed up with the folks over at Spotify and join forces and add the Spotify service to the Boxee platform. Now those Boxee users who are paying for the premium ($9.99/month) service are now able to access their unlimited streaming account from the comfort of their couch. I recently joined the Spotify bandwagon and […]
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Another day, another hard drive based digital entertainment media device released. This time around Seagate and their GoFlex Cinema. Not many details on the gui, or any third party online streaming services but for those that have a vast collection of stored content this player doesn’t hold back in the codec support arena. Full 1080p playback, HDMI output, SPDIF audio, […]
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Monsoon Multimedia, the folks behind the Vulkano Flow which we have mentioned once or twice, announced today their Multi-Screen Policy Management Solution aimed at enabling content service providers to easily deploy remote and mobile viewing service. Content providers have struggled to come up with ways to provide streaming services that allow subscribers to tap into recorded and live television on […]
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Evidently Intel is betting that tablets will not only be the living room computer of choice, but that we are eagerly anticipating a future where we can devote our tablets to driving our TVs. Intel’s Digital Home Group was responsible for designing the Atom CE line of SoCs that were used in the Boxee Box and the Logitech Revue. These […]
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Apple has AirPlay, but the rest of the world has DLNA. The folks behind one of the more popular DLNA media servers, TwonkyServer, also have a neat little product called TwonkyBeam. TwonkyBeam is an add-on for Internet Explorer and Firefox that allows you to stream web video, audio and images from the browser directly to DLNA players on the network. […]
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