Use Tango to Remotely Control Your Music Player Docked iPod Touch with an iPhone
For the person who owns both an iPod Touch and an iPhone, Tango (FB page) may be an app you'll be interested in. Tango enables one to control an iPhone/iPod Touch's music collection with another iPhone/iPod Touch over Wi-Fi. Tango, from just about any room in the house, can show you what's playing, adjust the [...]
Deloitte Predicts Tens of Millions Internet Tablets Will Be Sold in 2010
Analyst firm, Deloitte, predicts 2010 will be the break through year for Internet Tablets (aka WebPads, SmartPads, NetTabs, Slate). Reason being, device manufactures working on such devices have shifted the product's focus from "work-oriented data-entry" to web browsing and media consumption. Deloitte also believes that manufactures are finally nailing down the form factor to an [...]
Elan Demos Multi-touch Enabled Windows Media Center Remote
What do you know? Multi-touch has been integrated into an HTPC remote for Windows Media Center. The attached video demo shows how Elan Microelectronics Corp.'s capacitive touchpad Smart Remote Control works in conjunction with Windows 7's built-in touch features over RF. You'll notice that it makes browsing photos and web pages on your TV a [...]
Aperion Intros the Home Audio Link System for Wirelessly Connecting PCs and Portable Devices to Your Home Stereo
If you've been looking for an easy way to connect your PC, Mac, MP3 player, or smartphone to your home stereo for audio playback, have a look at Aperion's new Home Audio Link (HAL) system. For $149 you'll get a HAL transmitter (w/ Audio In) and receiver (w/ Audio Out) that can stream uncompressed music [...]
TwonkyServer Mobile Demo’d Doing Its Media Serving Duties
If you were excited to learn about TwonkyMedia's new TwonkyServer Mobile app for Android, have a look at the following video demonstrating how the DLNA / UPnP media server app for mobile devices functions in the real world. In a nutshell, the TwonkyServer Mobile app catalogs all your phone's media (photos, music, videos) and makes [...]
Silicondust’s HDHomeRun with CableCARD Support for Windows 7 Media Center Looks Promising
Get ready folks. Starting this April Silicondust will be accepting applications to beta test their currently under development HDHomeRun CableCARD product. The new device (expected to retail for $249) will accept a multi-stream CableCARD and will offer dual HD capable tuners that can be accessed by multiple Windows 7 Media Center PCs over your LAN [...]
Niveus Media Adds SIRIUS / XM Satellite Radio to 2010 Windows 7 Media Center Servers and Players
A quick search on the web shows that there's a lot interest in a SIRIUS Internet Radio plug-in for Windows Media Center, but no one has created one — until now. The good news is that 2010 Niveus Media Server / Player owners will get Niveus' new SIRIUS XM plug-in out of the box (requires [...]
Oregan Networks Integrates W3C Widget Standard into Its Internet TV Platform
Widgets on net-connected TVs isn't anything new, but the idea of integrating a web technology standard so anyone can create a cross platform widget that can make its way into a TV is. According to Oregan Networks' press release, the company's new Onyx Widgetry application store for connected TVs leverages the W3C Widget Standard which [...]