Fabrik Launches World’s Most Eco-Friendly External Drive

SimpleTech [re]driveBump up your green meter with Fabrik’s new SimpleTech [re]drive™, the world’s most energy-efficient, resource-conscious, Turbo USB 2.0 external storage and backup drive. From its sustainable bamboo and recyclable aluminum enclosure, to its packaging and Energy Star® power adaptor, the SimpleTech [re]drive helps make the world a little greener while storing and protecting your data. [...]

D-Link First Company to Offer Green Wi-Fi Home Networking

D-Link DGL-4500 Box ContentsD-Link today became the first manufacturer to produce Green home network Wi-Fi routers capable of saving up to 40 percent in power usage. The end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumer and business, D-Link is expanding its Green Initiative by adding eco-friendly features to its award-winning Xtreme N™ line of Wi-Fi Internet routers to decrease energy costs [...]

A Windows, Linux and OSx86 Capable Desktop Computer?

RSOL PC Smooth SeriesRSOL PC today announced the upcoming release of their latest desktop computer series which is capable of running multiple operating system platforms either simultaneously or independently on traditional PC hardware and with minimal software patching. The Smooth Series Multi-Platform Desktop from RSOL PC has been tested to be compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Ubuntu, Fedora [...]

Video Guide: Build Your Own HTPC

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aln5AMXZKjM] For a nice primer on what to look for component-wise and how to build a Home Theater PC (HTPC), have look a the following video by Marshall Guthrie of Real HT Info. Marshall does an excellent job of making the guide understandable for the average joe and even details which components he opted for to [...]

Yahoo! Music Closing Shop and Pulling DRM License Key Servers September 30, 2008

Bad news Yahoo! Music users (and an other example of why we and others have warned you that DRM sucks for your digital media archive). The service has begun sending out email messages notifying customers that the digital download music service will be discontinued and that the DRM license key servers that allow people to [...]

Blockbuster Movie Downloads Active in Private Beta

Blockbuster Download Beta ScreenshotWhat a tease! ZNF got a screenshot from one its readers that shows Blockbuster is offering select members access to movie downloads for rent or purchase. Unfortunately, there are no other details on the price and format the movies will be delivered in, but what I can see is that the majority of the selections [...]

Netflix Game Console Streaming Exclusive to the Xbox 360?

Hmmm. Besides providing viewers with an interesting walkthrough of the new Netflix streaming capabilities integrated in to Xbox Experience, Major Nelson drops the bomb that the partnership with Microsoft is an exclusive one (actually, the official PR said as much). In other words, Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 owners will never have the capability to [...]

Samsung’s MediaLive: the Ultimate HDTV Accessory, Bringing Digital Content from the PC to the Big-Screen

Permanent Link to Samsung Debuts Bite Size Media Center Extender at CES 2008Samsung Electronics America Inc., the leader in the U.S. digital television market, lets consumers view PC-content on a Samsung HDTV with the retail launch of the company’s MediaLive adaptor. Samsung’s MediaLive delivers digital content (including HD content) in real-time from Windows Media Center on a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate [...]