DivXNetworks, Inc., the company that created the revolutionary, patent-pending DivX® video compression technology, today announced wide-ranging support for the company’s upcoming DivX Connected Certification Program, a comprehensive technology initiative that will bring digital media from the PC to consumer electronics products throughout the home. These devices will enable applications formerly available only on PCs to [...]

Apple today introduced Mac mini, the most affordable and compact Mac ever. Starting at just $499, Mac mini is the ideal desktop computer for anyone looking to get started with Mac OS® X and features iLife® '05, the latest version of Apple's innovative suite of software for managing digital photo and music collections, editing movies [...]

Elgato Systems and ATI Technologies Inc. today unveiled the jointly developed EyeTV Wonder USB 2.0 analog TV tuner for the Mac. EyeTV Wonder combines proven ATI TV tuner technology with the award-winning EyeTV software and deliver an unparalleled TV experience. With Elgato’s EyeTV software, Macintosh computers handle uncompressed video at 240 MBit/sec with ease, showing [...]

Elgato Systems, creators of award-winning hardware and software for the Macintosh, today announced EyeConnect, the Macintosh market's first commercially available media streaming software based on Universal Plug and Play(TM) Audio/Video standard (UPnP(TM) AV). EyeConnect enables digital music, video, or photo content, including EyeTV recordings, iPhotos(TM), iTunes(R) and movies stored on a Macintosh, to be played [...]

MacCentral gets the early scoop that at Macworld Expo this week Sonance will announce that the their upcoming iPort home distribution system (available this February, MSRP $598) will now support video, images, and photo slideshows stored on an iPod photo – formally iPort supported audio only. We can see it now... all you hardcore Apple [...]

Hello Mamacita! Shuttle was showing off their upcoming XPC set-top form factor PC at CES, which they will soon be making available as both a barebones and complete, in-house built MCE 2005 system. Reports are that XPC is based on the Pentium M CPU and will include a bevy of A/V connectors and allow for [...]

Tom Conrad: Microsoft TV - IPTV Edition: Tom Conrad provides a firsthand report of the new SBC/Microsoft IPTV system and says that the interface is very similar to MCE and superior to the Foundation Comcast interface. It will be interesting to see what this looks like when SBC rolls it out later this year.

The WSJ reports on the launch of Comcast’s VOIP service today. Initially the service will be promoted to up to 15 Million homes and within 18 months to the 40 Million homes will have access. They are looking for about 20% adoption within 5 years which would give them 8 million customers. VOIP is hitting [...]