Oh, boy... YouTube is pulling a Hulu. According to Syabas Technology COO, Alex Limberis, the company has received notice that Popcorn Hour's media streamers will no longer be able to access YouTube's API due to a change in the Terms of Service. What's interesting is that Alex says Syabas tried to negotiate a deal with [...]

I was lucky enough to attend Cloud Engine's launch party for the second generation Pogoplug on Thursday night and came away impressed by the device's potential. The new direction, we were told, for the Pogoplug is for it to become more of a Internet media streaming and sharing storage device with social networking features. The first [...]

Windows Home Server and its related products have been a big hit for Windows PC users since its inception in 2007. Now, ASUS is getting in the game and is introducing the TS Mini to the world. This little energy-efficient, powerhouse packs a 1.66Ghz Intel Atom N280 processor, 1-2GB of DDR2 memory, Gigabit Ethernet, 6 [...]

Well, what do know? ViewSonic is spreading its wings into the mini HTPC market. The company today is announcing the availability of the VOT530 and VOT550 with Blu-ray. Both models, spec-wise, share a 2.2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 processor, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n Wi-Fi, eSATA, SPDIF, line in/out jacks, and a pre-installed copy of Windows [...]

While this isn't the first NAS product we've seen that doesn't come with a hard drive, the $69 Addonics Mini NAS is the first to offer the flexibility to use a 2.5-inch SATA, 2.5-inch Solid State Drive, 1 x Compact Flash (adapter req.), or 2 x Compact Flash (adapter req.) drives for storage. The Addonics [...]

You may have caught the news yesterday that Sezmi, a company who we first heard about last year, has finally launched it service to a small group of participants in Los Angeles (you can still be one of them). The broadband service provides cable-like high-definition TV programming (including local), video on-demand, online video content, and DVR [...]

The phrase, "Truth is stranger than fiction," I believe applies here. I don't think anyone saw this coming. Apple has filed for a patent (USPTO: 20090265214), which Steve Jobs has signed off on, that will enable its operating system on a variety of devices to display ads which users must act on to signal they've viewed [...]

I liked a lot of what VIZIO's Matthew McRae had to say to the audience at NewTeeVee LIVE. McRae believes the TV's strongest new attribute is the connected experience where Internet powered TV widgets will tap into social networks, premium content services, and data services. Of course, as many of you know, VIZIO is an [...]