DirecTV PC Tuner Finally Makes an Appearance

For years, Media Center users have had to make due with sub-par solutions for integrating satellite TV into Windows MCE. First, you had to control channel changing with wonky IR blasters. Then, you had to have the satellite receiver(s) next to your MCE box so that you could run S-video or composite cables into a [...]

Media Center to Finally Add DVD Streaming to Extenders

According to Jerold Billings at The Green Button, the long awaited feature of streaming DVDs via Windows Media Center has been confirmed as "in-development" at Microsoft (via Chris Lanier). Up until this confirmation, playing back DVDs on extenders was not possible with the exception of extremely high-end installations - far out of the reach [...]

Skype for PSP is as Useful as a Wooden Frying Pan

Before I let loose on the absurdity of putting Skype on the PSP, let me start by saying that I own the PSP (two of them actually) and love it as a gaming system. I love the high-res screen, the layout and the games available on it. I am a PSP fan to the core. [...]

WiMAX Future in the US Not as Bright as Originally Thought

When it was first announced, WiMAX was quickly seen as a great equalizer in the broadband wars. People tired of being stuck with Cable and DSL offerings saw the potential of WiMAX-based broadband internet service as a competitor that could put the cable and baby bells in their place. Well, as Paul Kapustka at GigaOM [...]

Apple Buckling at the Knees to Get Movie Studios On-board with iTunes?

According to BusinessWeek, it looks like Apple is starting to buckle on its stance of consistent pricing for digital content in order to secure deals with the major film studios (via Mac Rumors). It appears likely that Apple is going to give the studios the $17 wholesale price for digital movies (comparable to the wholesale [...]

Napster Returns to DRM-Free MP3s, But Not Entirely

Before the days of LimeWire, Kazaa or BitTorrents, there was Napster. The poster-child for illegal music sharing was both the most lauded and most attacked service of its time. However, once the RIAA clued-in to what was going on and sued the bejesus out of Shawn Fanning and company, the once rebellious, anti-establishment symbol became [...]

Is the iRiver WING the Windows CE Counter to the Asus EEE PC?

According to I4U News, iRiver has shown off their WiFi enabled portable device, the WING. Details are sketchy, but the initial specifications are impressive at first glance. The WING features a full QWERTY keyboard and a 4-inch, 800x480 resolution touchscreen. It supports VOIP and features a web browser along with email and messaging support. The WING [...]

Sony-BMG Half-heartedly Offers DRM-free MP3s, but Is It Enough?

Have you ever dealt with someone that owed you an apology, but didn't realize it or even agree that they owed it? Once they dealt the apology, it probably felt cold and insincere if experience is a teacher. Well, chalk one up for Sony. According to Crave, their latest "apology" is rather cold and insincere [...]