Comcast Launches the XFINITY TV Experience
We heard Comcast talk quite a bit about its "TV Everywhere" initiative recently at the NewTeeVee LIVE conference. Well, today Comcast is introducing XFINITY TV (Beta) to its cable customers. The new service can be accessed via Fancast.com or Comcast.net, requires a subscriber email address to login, and the installation of both a MOVE player [...]
TuneUp Software Promo: Get 15% Off a Lifetime License ’til January 15, 2010
Our friends at TuneUp have provide us with a special discount code for our digital media savvy readers. At checkout type EHOMEUPGRADE and get 15% off a $29.95 single computer lifetime license. If you're unfamiliar with TuneUp, it's essentially a music management tool for iTunes that automagically updates your entire music collection with the appropriate ID3 tags [...]
PiixL EdgeCenter 3770 VESA Mount Windows Media Center PC
Interested in a new HTPC option for your HDTV? Check out PiixL's new 30mm thick, VESA mountable EdgeCenter 3770 Media Center PC that's designed to fit snuggly behind your TV and includes an extension bay, called the EdgeBay, that can be adjusted to fit nearly any size screen. The EdgeBay's main purpose is to provide [...]
WiGig 60GHz / 7Gbps Wireless Networking Standard Hits 1.0 Status
Most likely you've never heard of the WiGig wireless standard created by the Wireless Gigabit Alliance. If you haven't, that's OK because today the group is announcing the WiGig version 1.0 specification, which they hope will become implemented in home networking gear as early as the first quarter of 2010. So why should you care? [...]
Blump’it Web Browser Extension Adds a Tablet Touch UI to Any OS
I'm a little blown away here. Our friend Charbax at Techvideoblog.com has posted a video with Blump'it project leader, Oliver, showcasing the startup's free Firefox extension (and soon Google Chrome). As you'll see, Blump'it provides a custom touch interface which piggybacks on the browser — doesn't matter if it's running on Windows, Mac, or Linux [...]
Pandora Game Console / Handheld PC Nears Launch
This is kind of exciting — in a geeky sort of way. The open source Pandora handheld is just about ready to launch judging by the latest demo videos posted on the project's blog. I always knew the Pandora guys were basing the gaming device on Linux and using emulation software, but I had no [...]
Slysoft Dec. ’09 Promo: Free Lifetime Updates + 20 % Discount on All Software, Including AnyDVD HD
Slysoft must be feeling the economic bite, or they're being super generous. Whatever the case, if you missed out on buying AnyDVD HD — everyone's favorite DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray movie encryption stripper and backup tool — back in the days when free lifetime updates were part of the package, you can now take [...]
Top Print Publishers Officially Announce Their Intent to Create a Digital Magazine Storefront
Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corporation and Time Inc. today have posted a press release announcing a joint venture between the publishing houses that will create a new digital storefront. Initially, the new offering will provide subscribers digital magazine content compatible for playback on smartphones, web tablets, and personal computers (you can check out concept [...]






