Archive for the ‘Digital Home’ Category
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
If reports from Engadget are correct, Apple could be soon "re-inventing" the TV too. The new Apple TV could be announced on the next Steve Jobs keynote on June 7th, together with the iPhone HD (not according to Engadget)
New Apple TV highlights, according to Engadget:
Very small device, with only power ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Finally it's here. The much rumored Apple Tablet came to life as the iPad.
The iPad is an iPhone "on steroids". Same look, same great multitouch user interface, but a bigger screen make web browsing, reading ebooks, gaming or watching video so much better.
The price, starting at $499 is a great ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
If the rumors about Apple's upcoming "iPad" are true, prepare for the next revolution after the iPhone. Jeremy Horwitz says the iPad could have a 10.7" screen with an iPhone 3G-like design, runs iPhone OS, will come in two flavors with and without 3G, 720p resolution and with all media, ...
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
I came back from Taipei, and instead of an Asus Eee Box I dreamt about, I got a much cheaper box with much better specs: the Acer Aspire Revo. For around 180 Euro this is what I got:
Intel Atom 230 1.6GHz
2GB DDR2 RAM
250 GB HDD
nVidia ION Integrated with HDMI
Wifi b/g/draft-N
6 ...
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
I will be in Taiwan in a few days, and I do not plan to leave without one of these boxes. I already posted about it. The newest Asus Eee Box is a great product. Small-form that can be (VESA) mounted on the back of the TV, quiet, low power, ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
The Silicon Alley Insider Chart of the Day (above) shows the great curve of DVR (Digital Video Recorders) adoption in US, where almost one in three households already have one. This poses a threat to the advertising model of broadcast TVs, as DVRs are commonly used to fast-forward ads.
DVRs are ...
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Boxee is getting so successful that many of its users are seriously considering to stop their Pay-TV subscriptions.
Boxee is a cool open source software for Media Centers based on Mac or Ubuntu. This software transforms a Mac Mini, Apple TV or any Linux small-form PC into a social network set-top-box. ...
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Laptops are killing the Desktop PC at home as they already did in the office.
It is more and more common that each member of a family has his/her own laptop. Specially now that netbooks become an affordable choice for the first personal laptop of a child.
Soon home NAS will become ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
It is already one year since Sony signed with the four big movie studios and knocked out Toshiba in the war for the high-definition video format. Seagate's CEO said then "Blue-ray won the battle but lost the war", referring to hard-drives as the end winners that will store HD movie ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Some facts about Online video:
Online TV is growing. The number of people watching online video will grow from 563 million in 2007 to 941 million in 2013 according to ABI research, echoed by NewTeeVee.
People watch far more hours of TV from the couch than on the PC. According to Nielsen ...
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