Now here’s an entertaining video demo for us geeks! I just love the presenter’s unabashed use of Steve Jobs-style terminology and presentation to showcase this Windows Mobile iPhone mod (via Gizmodo). Basically, after seeing this, there’s really no reason to upgrade to the iPhone for the eye-candy if you’re a longtime Windows Mobile user (bonus: free Skype calling integration – a feature most likely never to be included in the iPhone). MORE »

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U.S. Representatives Rick Boucher (D-VA) and John Doolittle (R-CA), today introduced the Freedom And Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007 (FAIR USE Act) to protect the fair use rights of users of copyrighted material and thereby enable consumers of digital media to use it in ways that enhance their personal convenience. The legislation contains several improvements to the Digital Media Consumer’s Rights Act, similar legislation which the lawmakers introduced in the 108th and 109th Congresses. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) is an original cosponsor of the legislation. MORE »

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Sony is showing an updated line of whole-home, high-performance A/V entertainment systems and debuting new in-wall/in-ceiling speakers here at the International Builders Show this week. MORE »

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Sony’s new micro component systems and a boombox with Bluetooth® technology that were unveiled today eliminate the inconvenience of wires while streaming tunes from MP3 devices so you can listen to music virtually anywhere, anytime: in the living room, bedroom, office or even outdoors. MORE »

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Sony Electronics today announced that the company’s recently introduced “BRAVIA™ Internet Video Link” module will ship in July and retail for about $300. MORE »

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HomePNA announced today that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has standardized the HomePNA 3.1 multimedia home networking specification, making HomePNA the only internationally standardized existing-wire home networking technology. HomePNA 3.1 enables service providers to offer high-speed, triple-play Internet services over both phone wires and coaxial cables at speeds up to 320 megabits per second. MORE »

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Originally, the how-to at PVRblog was geared to show how one can capture TiVo Series3 recordings on Mac since no software officially exists that allows users to transfer recordings off this particular device. But Matt Haughey’s suggestion, to use a screen capture (with audio recording) application like Snapz Pro X for OS X, looks like a workable solution for capturing video via Slingbox’s PC software, SlingPlayer (sample video). However, Matt warns: “This method isn’t useful for long captures, since the filesize of the video capture get really big really fast, but for grabbing a minute or two here to demonstrate a point or share a moment, it works great.”

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Tom’s Hardware takes an in-depth look at what you need to get your Windows XP box ready for running Vista with all its bells, whistles, and capabilities (lots of good advice). But one of the more interesting tools suggested is an application, put out by Microsoft, called Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor which will analyze your current system’s hardware and visually tell you which components (i.e. CPU, graphics card, etc.) passed or failed. Additionally, Tom’s Hardware takes you through the process with a screenshot tour of what both Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor and Windows Vista Experience Index (Vista’s built-in benchmark tool) is like and how to interpret the data.

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From CYBERsitter (via Techie Diva): “SnoopStick is a USB flash drive type device that allows you to monitor what your kids, employees, or anyone using your computer is doing while on the Internet. And, you can monitor them live, in real time, from anywhere in the world.” Whoa, man. Could this be the ultimate snooping device, ever? See the list of features below (let’s just say its bundled software application holds no punches): MORE »

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Here’s an interesting development. It turns out Zune Marketplace DRM-wrapped music files aren’t limited to being played back on the Zune music player, they’re also “unofficially” supported on some PlaysForSure devices. A detailed thread is available at Zunerama (via Cruchgear), but the gist of it is that a member (actually a member’s 13 year old daughter) figured out that music downloaded using her Zune Pass could be transferred to the Creative ZEN and played back without a problem. Note: At this time it isn’t clear if the ZEN player will actually respect the 15 day trial expiration on the music, or if it will allow one to keep the music indefinitely.

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