Good news and bad news. VidaBox has just stepped up Windows Media Center's game to the tablet space. The bad news all the cool features I'm about to tell you are for use with VidaBox products only. The upcoming Web App (not an iOS app), which is currently being shown at the Asian Pacific CEDIA [...]

Sonos' upcoming iPad app is probably one of the best uses for a tablet I've seen to date (next to Elgato's new EyeTV app) to control media in the home. The Sonos app will allow users to easily navigate and select songs from their iTunes library, listen to Internet radio, and tap into subscription music [...]

Many in the Ubuntu community are looking forward to the release of Ubuntu 10.10 this October. One reason, as you'll see here on a new Dell 14R, is the introduction of Ubuntu Light, which Canonical is working with OEMs to get pre-installed as a dual-boot option on Windows laptops — with the benefit being they [...]

Fast Company's interview with Blockbuster CEO, Jim Keyes, is an interesting one. Besides delving into the company's financial woes, and its implications for investors and partners, Keyes helped shed light on the company's strategy to compete with the likes of Netflix, Redbox, Comcast, iTunes, etc. If you don't know by now, Blockbuster's strategy is a [...]

Elgato is announcing that v1.1 of their EyeTV App is now compatible with the iPad's high-resolution screen for streaming live or recorded TV over Wi-Fi or 3G. In addition, the EyeTV App is able to show users a full programming guide, as well as provide the ability to remotely schedule TV show recordings. The new, [...]

Digitimes is teasing readers by stating that their senior research analyst has information supporting that Nokia will be launching an ARM-based, MeeGo-powered tablet PC in Q4 2010. The 7 or 9-inch tablet will be manufactured by the notorious Foxconn and will be pitched to Nokia's telecom partners for retail sale. Until more details are brought to [...]

We knew it was going to happen. People have started leveraging JooJoo's recent USB update to install third-party OSes of their choosing on the $499, 12-inch tablet (specs). If you're interested in following along, The JooJoo Forum has a section dedicated to Custom Operating Systems. Members have already started documenting their success installing Windows 7 Embedded, Mac [...]

Wow, the original reports were wrong (1, 2). Ubuntu has no intention of getting into the tablet biz. Ubuntu's official Community Manager, Jono Bacon, responded to a question on the topic via UStream (00:18:55) on 6/16 by saying: "Folks, we have no plans for a tablet. So we're clear... not that I'm aware of anyway. [...]