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Join the Team!eHomeUpgrade "Digital Home to the Max" Award 2007
In recognition of their ingenuity and inventiveness for creating an uber-connected DIY Digital Home like no other, we are awarding Steve Lindsay, Simon Smith, and Paul Webber with our first annual “Digital Home to the Max” award. Let their projects be inspiration on what you can accomplish with some planning and little hard work. The following projects showcase systems that playback and record A/V content throughout the home, manage home automation tasks, and offer remote access on portable devices and computers. MORE »
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Apple Files Patent for Mac Genuine Advantage-Like Protection Mechanism
Known by the trademark office as “Run-time Code Injection to Perform Checks,” Apple is following similar steps taken by Microsoft and TiVo to protect its IP from pirates but also to stop the unauthorized use of its operating system on non-sanctioned hardware. According to ZDNet, Apple wants to include a “transparent to the user and difficult to circumvent” cryptographic key tied to a Mac’s hardware configuration that will make it necessary for OS X to operate. In other words, virtualization of OS X on x86 PCs are out, generic Hackintosh boxes are out, but Apple support calls for OS X reactivation is in after modifying one’s computer hardware setup. Welcome to the walled garden.
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NETGEAR Expands Award-Winning ReadyNAS Family of Network Attached Storage Devices
NETGEAR, Inc., a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced the launch of the newest members of its award-winning ReadyNAS™ family of network-attached storage solutions: ReadyNAS NV+ 1.5TB Gigabit Desktop Storage (RND4275), ReadyNAS NV+ 2TB Gigabit Desktop Storage (RND4210), ReadyNAS NV+ 3TB Gigabit Desktop Storage (RND4475), ReadyNAS NV+ 4TB Gigabit Desktop Storage (RND4410) and ReadyNAS 1100 4TB Dual Gigabit Rackmount Network Storage (RNR4410). The high-capacity ReadyNAS products, which are covered by an industry-leading five-year hardware warranty, have improved manageability, usability, performance and peripheral support. MORE »
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MadZ Software Releases Vista Compatible DVD to iPod Touch / iPhone Video Converter
MadZ Software announces the release of a fully Microsoft Vista compatible version of its DVD to iPod Touch / iPhone Video Converter software. The DVD to iPod Touch / iPhone Video Converter for Vista rips video files from DVDs and converts them into the format necessary for uploading to and viewing on an Apple iPod Touch or iPhone. Once the video file has been converted, you just connect your device to your computer as you normally do, and the converted video files are uploaded instantly. MORE »
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Ality Introduces Internet-Connected Digital Photo Frame
Ality, a developer of innovative digital home products, today announced the latest Wi-Fi digital photo frame series, the Wireless PIXXA™. This enhanced digital photo frame is the first to enable friends and families to send favorite photos directly to the digital display via an instant messenger application. MORE »
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Shion Brings Open-Source Home Automation to Mac OS X
It appears that a new home automation application designed for Mac OS X is currently under development and showing some promise. Created by Chris Karr and released under an MIT License, Shion, in it’s present form, is able to control INSTEON lighting devices throughout your home with a Mac, an Apple Remote, and even iPhone. Chris has also integrated AppleScript support for custom user actions and Growl for querying the brightness state of lighting devices. MORE »
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Appetites for a Wider Selection of TV Episodes and Movies Online Grow
More viewers are turning to the Internet to supplement their traditional entertainment viewing habits. In the past year, YouTube has widened its lead as a one-stop site for online video viewing. Search and content providers, as well as online community sites have gained some ground on the video viewing front while TV network sites are holding their own. MORE »
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50% of U.S. Mac Users Paid to Purchase Music Downloads Versus 16% of PC Users
Leading consumer and retail information provider The NPD Group revealed today that consumers who own Apple Mac computers are much more likely than PC users to pay to download music. According to NPD’s quarterly Digital Music Monitor, in the third quarter of 2007 half of all Mac users had paid to download music tracks from sites like iTunes, but just 16 percent of PC owners had done so. And while Mac users were more likely to pay to download digital music than their PC-using counterparts, they were also more likely to purchase CDs. MORE »
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Mavromatic Reviews the Nobu N8 In-Wall Touchscreen Computer
Danny at Mavromatic.com has produced another excellent video demo/review. This time he takes a look at the Nobu N8 in-wall touchscreen computer and finds that it meets all of his needs exceeding well and is a better option than using a hacked together Tablet PC or UMPC to accomplish similar duties. The N8 Nobu runs Windows XP embedded OS for added stability, offers a wide array of I/O ports, is rated for in-wall use (so you won’t be breaking any building codes), and provides an easy to use custom touchscreen interface to manage home automation devices with a few taps of the finger. MORE »
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Neuros Technology Creates Unlocked Media Trademark to Promote DRM Free Media
Consumer Electronics Manufacturer Neuros Technology has created the Unlocked Media brand to create a consumer friendly trademark out of the abstract idea of “DRM Free” media. The concept of Unlocked Media is discussed and demonstrated in a series of videos used to promote the concept of media that can be stored and played virtually anywhere. MORE »
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