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D-Link DIR-685 Xtreme N router gets reviewed: expensively excellent

, Jun 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

As hugely convergent devices go, D-Link's DIR-685 Xtreme N Storage Router could be best of breed.  Announced at CES in January, the DIR-685 not only offers WiFi draft-n support and four gigabit ethernet ports, but a 3.5-inch display with multimedia widgets, dual USB 2.0 ports for sharing printers and external drives, and an internal 2.5-inch HDD bay for turning it into a NAS.  Overkill or network overlord?  OhGizmo! took a look, and while the DIR-685 is expensive it's also just as capable as you'd hope. Read The Full Story

Rock Band Unplugged for PSP leaks; Could cause PSP glitches

, May 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP has leaked, three weeks ahead of the game's official release.  Already to be found on popular torrent sites, the Harmonix title has already been downloaded almost fourteen thousand time according to just one metric.  However, some users are reporting serious issues when playing the illegally-obtained game. Read The Full Story

Myka open-source media player takes on Apple TV

, May 19th 2009 Discuss [0]

Attempting to take on the Apple TV comes Myka, an open-source digital media receiver that trades movie studio approval for a standalone BitTorrent client and more A/V codec support than you could shake a metaphorical stick at.  Packing hard-drives up to 500GB in capacity, the compact box also supports remote access from any internet-enabled PC or cellphone. Video demos after the cut Read The Full Story

LaCie Big Disk Network and d2 Network with BitTorrent

, May 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

LaCie have announced two new storage servers intended for small workgroups.  The LaCie Big Disk Network and d2 Network can each support up to 50 users (15 simultaneously), with the Big Disk having dual RAID 0 drives for up to 4TBs capacity, while the d2 Network has 1.5TB of its own storage plus an eSATA port for adding external high-speed drives.   Read The Full Story

Leaked Windows 7 RC torrents infected with trojan

, Apr 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Various torrents of the Windows 7 RC have been infected with a trojan that, if allowed to run successfully, could open a security hole in a user's system.  The affected torrents have the setup.exe install file encapsulated in a self-extracting archive, along with an installer for the trojan itself; launching it triggers an install of both Windows 7 RC and the malware. Read The Full Story

Pirate Bay submits petition for a retrial

, Apr 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

Defendants from The Pirate Bay submitted a petition for a retrial today, moving forward on accusations that the trial itself was unfair and shouldn't count. The official claim is that Judge Tomas Norstrom, who presided over the trial was biased. Read The Full Story

Routon H3 Internet Home Media Player

, Apr 22nd 2009 Discuss [0]

It's not just MIDs that Routon make: the company also has an HD Internet Media Player on offer, the Routon H3.  Based on Intel's CE3100 processor, with integrated MPEG2, VC-1/WM9 and H.264 hardware decoding, the H3 can output 1080p via HDMI together with stream media via gigabit ethernet or WiFi.  There's also a Bluetooth remote control with QWERTY keyboard and trackpad. Read The Full Story

Pirate Bay Admins found guilty; get 1-year sentence

, Apr 17th 2009 Discuss [1]

The Swedish courts announced their ruling against Pirate Bay administrators Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde. The group was found guilty of contributing to copyright infringement through their site The Pirate Bay, and were sentenced to 1 year in prison, as well as $3.6 million dollars in fines to be paid to Sony BMG, Warner Bros. and other record labels. The slight bit of good news here is that the Pirate Bay won’t be going anywhere, and will remain operational, as the technology is 100% legal.

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Iomega StorCenter ix2 NAS gets torrents & remote access

, Mar 17th 2009 Discuss [1]

Iomega have announced an update for their StorCenter ix2 NAS, bringing torrent downloads, remote access with optional custom domain names, folder quotas and native support for the Apple File Protocol (AFP).  The StorCenter ix2 NAS itself is a compact storage device with gigabit ethernet, dual USB 2.0 ports and up to 2TB of capacity via a pair of SATA-II hard-drives. Read The Full Story

Popcorn Hour A-110 media streamer: great product even greater

, Aug 4th 2008 Discuss [0]

Popcorn Hour's undoubtedly brilliant "networked media tank" has been in to get re-armed, and come back as the A-110.  To the bevy of codecs supported there's now 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA HDD and USB Slave functionality, HDMI has been updated to 1.3a, and there's new support of HD Audio pass-through for DTS HD-HR, DTS HD-MA, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – April 7th through April 13th

, Apr 13th 2008 Discuss [0]

This was a long week with no major events occurring, but there were some pretty big announcements. For starters we have a new BitTorrent Set Top Box from Myka, no more will you have to waste power by leaving your entire computer running all night just to get the latest screener from FXG or aXXo, and this little set top box will do it for you and then play it right from its hard drive for added ease. Then there were rumors abound of Blockbuster potentially putting out a new Set Top Box to push their movies, TV Shows, and other content out to. Read The Full Story

Myka – the set top box for those with lower moral standards

, Apr 11th 2008 Discuss [1]

This set top box doesn’t work with your cable operator, it won’t DVR the latest episodes of House for you, and it isn’t licensed to work with NetFlix to stream movies to your TV. It will however allow you to legally, or illegally, download and play any and all video content you want. Read The Full Story
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