Zigzix Zemote Turns Your iPhone into a Wireless Keyboard / Touch Pad / Media Remote Control

Zigzix Zemote Keyboard Mode ScreenshotTalk about a sexy iPhone app! Zigzix's new Zemote ($3.99) is definitely going to be a must-have for any HTPC enthusiast running Windows XP or Vista (OS X version coming soon). The Zemote for iPhone and iPod touch provides users with a variety remote interface options that controls a user's PC over Wi-Fi (requires an [...]

Thecus Unveils the Pocket Sized N0204 miniNAS

Thecus N0204 (close to actual size)Geared primarily for business travelers and students who have a need to take their archive of files with them on-the-go, the Thecus N0204 miniNAS is perfect companion providing network file sharing over Ethernet (also compatible with USB WLAN adapters), one-touch USB volume backup copies, USB printer sharing, and RAID / JBOD storage configurations. Interestingly, the [...]

Governments Working on a Treaty to Search Citizens’ PCs in the Name of Copyright?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yPmtQDWZ1s] Something scary is going on that has a lot of privacy advocates and consumer watchdog groups a little worried. It turns out that the Obama administration, in cooperation with other foreign governments and entertainment industry representatives, are negotiating the details of a controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement [PDF] in secret and under the veil of "national [...]

Video Walkthrough: Windows Home Server Add-in for Windows Media Center

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk2HxAFBHoo] One of the new features bundled into Power Pack 2 update for Windows Home Server is an add-in for Windows Media Center that will allow users to access WHS content seemlessly. Previously you would have had to jump through a variety of technical hoops in order to accomplish this. So now when a PC on [...]

MediaMall PlayOn Now Also Compatible with Popcorn Hour’s Networked Media Tank

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VdTnpOilXM] If you liked the previous story on ‘Yet Another Movie Jukebox’ Plugin for Popcorn Hour’s Networked Media Tank, you're going to enjoy this one as well. It turns out you can now use MediaMall's PlayOn application with your Popcorn Hour NMT and view Netflix, Hulu, CBS, YouTube, CNN, ESPN, and other content directly from the [...]

‘Yet Another Movie Jukebox’ Plugin Adds Enhanced Movie Navigation to Popcorn Hour’s Networked Media Tank

YAMJ SreenshotOver the weekend I was trying to track down some digital media adapters that were capable of playing DVD movie ISO files and I stumbled on a YouTube video of Popcorn Hour's Networked Media Tank (which does, by the way, support ISO playback) running a plugin called Yet Another Movie Jukebox (YAMJ). A quick search [...]

Tranquil PC’s New AVA RS5 Media Server May Be the Best Product of Its Kind for Consumers Yet

Tranquil PC AVA RS5This product has so much going for it I don't even know where to start! Lets begin with the hardware. The AVA RS5 is equipped with a 64-bit ready Intel Dual Core 1.6Ghz Atom 330 processor, 1GB of memory, 5 hot-swap drive bays, Gigabit Ethernet, an eSATA expansion port, 4 x USB 2.0 ports, and [...]

Get PlayOn Server Content in Windows Media Center with vmcPlayIt

vmcPayIt ScreenshotsIf you're running MediaMall's PlayOn server application ($39.99 - 14 day free trial available) on your Windows Vista PC, you're gonna be ecstatic to learn that a freeware add-in called vmcPlayIt has been released that will display available Netflix, Amazon VOD, Hulu, YouTube, CBS, CNN, ESPN content directly through the Windows Vista Media Center and [...]

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