Here’s yet another article highlighting 3 HTPC software programs that run under Linux. The best part is it’s all free. Well, free if you don’t put a price on your time and you already have the hardware laying around. ExtremeTech You hardly need a state of the art machine to run MythTV or Freevo, though some extra processing power and […]
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First off, let me thank Omaura for sponsoring this contest. They are new to the HTPC chassis world, but they are starting off with a bang by designing some of the nicest cases we have seen yet. If you are planning a HTPC build in the near future, I would encourage you to check these cases out. Head on over […]
Read moreI am sure Mike will be all over this plugin :). Maybe if I sweet talk him he will give a quick comparison on how this new comskip plugin and DVRMS toolbox compare. Chris L Only Windows Vista is supported here, and you can download it free here. Give it a shot, this sounds like a great option for those […]
Read morexpands industry’s premier placeshifting TV-on-the-PC portfolio with addition of TV Wonder™ 650 Combo USB and TV Wonder™ 600 PCI/PCI Express Sunnyvale, Calif. — October 15, 2007 —AMD (NYSE: AMD) is expanding its TV Wonder™ product lineup that enables HDTV on the PC. Available through VisionTek at Best Buy stores across North America, ATI TV Wonder™ 650 Combo USB, TV Wonder™ […]
Read moreAnd from the "You-Can-Never-Have-Enough-Storage" Department, Hitachi says 4TB drives in desktop computers by 2009. The Register Hitachi’s new head may be tiny – 30-50nm in size, one two-thousandth of the thickness of a human hair – but the technology it’s based on is something of a mouthful: Current Perpendicular-to-the-Plane Giant Magneto-Resistive (CPP-GMR). In practice that means the heads are based […]
Read moreArs has put together a pretty good overview of Windows Home Server. Ars Technica Perhaps the most impressive "feature" of Windows Home Server is that it’s a product that gives the term "digital hub" real meaning for the first time. While WHS isn’t perfect, it’s not hard to imagine a future version of the OS offering both a wider range […]
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The contest starts at 3:01 PM EST Monday. Official rules and entry thread will go live at that time :).
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Omaura and MissingRemote.com have teamed up to give away over a $1000 in cases to anyone anywhere in the world (see rules for details) . All you have to do is WOW the judges with an entry describing how winning an Omaura case will change your life. Easy right? Text? Video? Artistic dancing while reciting poetry? All are valid entries! […]
Read moreFinally a cable box my parents might actually be able to use. Yahoo! News After more than two years of promises and delays, Comcast Corp. has finally begun the commercial rollout of its first cable set-top boxes that run TiVo’s digital video recording technology.
Read moreArs Technica has an article on the New Harry Potter DVD also having the movie encoded for your computer and portable devices. This could help make movie libraries on PCs legit. ArsTechnica At the DVD Forum conference in Universal City, CA, Warner Home Video announced that it will release the new Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD […]
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