Archive for February, 2009

Preview: Boxee social media center for Windows – Afterdawn.com

Friday, February 27th, 2009

ABC News

Preview: Boxee social media center for Windows
Afterdawn.com
Boxee is already available for Linux, Intel Macs, and can even be installed on Apple TV with a hack. Now they're working on a version for Windows. The folks at Boxee were kind enough to supply me with a copy of the latest Windows alpha to try out. ...
Nintendo DS buys a vowel 6abc.com
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High-end iMac inventory pointing to imminent update?

Friday, February 27th, 2009
A large number of online retailers currently indicate a lack of availability for the high-end iMac, adding to the speculation of an upcoming product refresh, according to AppleInsider. Amazon, MacMall, MacConnection, Best Buy, OnSale and ClubMac were all sold out of the 3.06GHz model as of Friday, while Apple's own storefront doubled the shipping estimate. Although supply interruptions are not unc...

Apps: Hard Copy, iClipboard, iTunes Current Song Menu

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Hard Copy 2.5 (free) allows users to send digital faxes to other Hard Copy users. Users can enter a message or open a text document then send a document to a selected recipients printer. Version 2.5 includes new message templates and several ASCII art images that can be used in messages. [Download - 3.6MB]...

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Friday, February 27th, 2009

Why Apple must do a Netbook now – CNET News

Friday, February 27th, 2009

CNET News

Why Apple must do a Netbook now
CNET News, CA
Ken: "A lot of people would pay $599 for an Apple Netbook." Me: "No one's buying the Macbook Air at $1800." Me: "OK, but it's sort of the Apple TV of laptops. It's just not that relevant. Most people would prefer buying a more powerful notebook that ...

Gemei’s HD-660 offers 720p HD playback

Friday, February 27th, 2009
China's Gemei has recently unveiled its latest portable media player, the HD-660, which is capable of playing back HD videos on its 4.3-inch 480x272 widescreen display. The player can hold TransFlash cards with maximum capacities of 32GB and supports JPG, BMP and PNG image files, as well as RM, RMVB, AVI, FLV and MPEG video files. Audio playback consists of MP3, WMA and FLAC formats....

iClipboard 2.0 updates with Menu Bar link, more

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Chronos has published a major update to its iClipboard utility, bringing it to v2.0. The app allows items copied to the normal Mac OS X clipboard to be remembered, instead of automatically swapped out. Users can thus copy several items at a time, and insert them into other documents at leisure. New to v2.0 is a Menu Bar object, which lets users more quickly reach clippings....

Cable operators develop online strategies to counteract churn – Broadcast Engineering

Friday, February 27th, 2009

KLEW

Cable operators develop online strategies to counteract churn
Broadcast Engineering, KS
Apple’s iTunes, a competing service, does not require a box to watch programming on computers or an Apple TV device to connect the video to conventional television sets. Apple sells more than 30000 TV episodes from the four networks and 2500 films, ...
Hulu Boxes Out Boxee Washington Post
Life Without Comcast: An Update Technologizer
Comcast to Bow Online VOD Home Media Magazine
Seeking Alpha - Engadget HD
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Dell reveals SX2210 1080p LCD monitor

Friday, February 27th, 2009
After releasing pricing information for its Studio XPS 435 desktop PC on Wednesday, Dell has also posted a new monitor ahead of its official release on its Canadian site, the 22-inch SX2210. It should offered as an option for the XPS 435 system as well as by itself. The widescreen display is capable of displaying 1080p images, and claims a dynamic contrast ratio of 1,000:1. Other specs include a ...

Epson intros retro-styled R-D1xG camera

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Epson Japan recently introduced a successor to its R-D1 rangefinder digital camera released back in 2004 with the R-D1xG. The new model retains the same 6.1-megapixel sensor and vintage look of the old camera but adds a larger 2.5-inch LCD compared to the old camera's 2-inch display. Likewise, the older model's SD memory card slot is now replaced with one compatible with the higher-capacity SDHC s...