Category Archives: Digital Home

Linux on PS3?

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

A game console is in essence a computer with a “gaming operating system”. Sony PS3 specs outshine most of our PCs at home, and not only in Graphics power: CPU: Cell Processor PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz, 512KB L2 cache, 218 GFLOPS … Continue reading →

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Digital Home options for PC2TV

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

An effective architecture for the Digital Home requires two main elements: a centralized shared storage for media files, and a Media Player that connects to each of the displays at home: TVs, LCD, Plasma screens in different rooms. We reviewed … Continue reading →

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NAS: The new device for home

Posted on January 20, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

As we anticipated in our 2008 predictions, the demand for Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices at home is rapidly increasing. Apple announcement of Time Capsule, even if not a proper NAS, goes into that direction. There are two trends we all … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs Keynote 2008

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

2008 Apple’s keynote has introduced great products: MacBook Air, iTunes Movie Rentals, AppleTV Take 2, new applications for iPhone and iTouch, and Time Capsule. Keynote highlights in nine minutes from YouTube: If you only have 60 seconds to view the … Continue reading →

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Blue-ray or HD DVD? The Hard Drive

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Blue-ray is winning the battle for the next-gen DVD. Warner has announced that they will release high-definition movies only in Blue-ray format starting July. With Warner announcement, Sony has secured support for Blue-ray from most of the big film studios. … Continue reading →

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Telecom, Internet and Media in 2008

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Technologies that will transform our lives in 2008 Telecom Wimax. Asia will lead in 2008, where greenfield operators will deploy Wimax networks in Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Malaysia. Wimax has strong support for end-devices, with Intel and Taiwanese vendors among … Continue reading →

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Video: Linux MCE vs Microsoft MCE and other alternatives

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Two more impressive videos to enjoy with the possibilities of Linux MCE. Many people will be reluctant to move to linux because of lack of official support. Yet you can get tons of support from the many Linux Forums. On … Continue reading →

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Linux MCE Video Demo: Impressive!

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Jose Miguel Cansado

You can download this video in high-def with the text sharp and readable: http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php/Video Running on Kubuntu, Linux MCE is probably the most advance Media center in the market, and probably the best option for your digital home… if you … Continue reading →

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