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Velocity Micro CineMagix FuzeBox Home Media Server

Chris Davies, Oct 8th 2008 Discuss [0]

Velocity Micro have announced their latest home media device, the CineMagix FuzeBox Home Media Server, intended as a closed-box solution for all a user's management, storage and distribution needs. Capable of backing up and distributing DVD and Blu-ray discs, together with receiving and recording Digital CableCard broadcasts, the CineMagix FuzeBox is intended for both professional and consumer installs. Read The Full Story

Chumby to get new music features

Brenda Stokes, Oct 7th 2008 Discuss [2]

Current owners of the cute-looking Chumby device will be glad to hear new features are on the way. In fact, the multimedia device will soon be equipped with additional music-listening features. This clock radio that can connect to the Internet and is wrapped in leather will let you connect to radio stations you create by using the Pandora service. Plus, you can stream music videos by means of the Avot Media's tool. Additional features include music news from the likes of UsMagazine.com and RollingStone.com. Read The Full Story

Samsung MediaLive coming October 15th

Chris Davies, Sep 23rd 2008 Discuss [0]

Samsung's MediaLive HDTV Media Center Extender has finally got a shipping date: October 15th. The compact box is intended to bridge the divide between your Vista Media Center and your Samsung HDTV; it basically straps to the back of the set and brings the Vista interface into your living room, streaming content either via WiFi draft-n or cabled ethernet. Read The Full Story

Motorola MCU3E wireless set-top box transcoder prototype

Chris Davies, Sep 16th 2008 Discuss [1]

Motorola has unveiled its latest media concept device, the MCU3E (or MCUBE) USB transcoder. A USB device that plugs into your set-top box, the MCU3E can transcode HD or SD video and beam it wirelessly via Bluetooth or WiFi to be stored a nearby mobile device. Read The Full Story

PNY Flash Drive comes with Ghostbusters included

Brenda Stokes, Sep 4th 2008 Discuss [2]

This has to be one of the most random things I've ever seen. But if you think about it, it's really not all that bad of an idea. If you need a flash drive, why not opt for this 2GB one from PNY that comes with Ghostbusters pre-loaded on the device? I am not kidding. Read The Full Story

OpenPeak’s OpenFrame is phone, home information center

Brenda Stokes, Aug 21st 2008 Discuss [0]

OpenFrame is a home phone and information center developed by OpenPeak that's meant to make the experience of talking on your house phone a much more twenty-first century experience. And if there's one area that's been left behind, it's the home phone! Read The Full Story

TouchKit DIY multitouch display kit on sale: video demo

Chris Davies, Aug 18th 2008 Discuss [2]

NORTD have announced the latest version of their TouchKit DIY multitouch system, together with pricing. The system uses a plastic screen with embedded IR LEDs and a modified camera capable of recognising reflected IR light. Put together, with the included software, and you can create your own fledgling version of Microsoft's Surface multitouch table. Check out the video demo of TouchKit v.2 after the cut Read The Full Story

Popcorn Hour A-110: changes well worth extra $35

Chris Davies, Aug 13th 2008 Discuss [0]

After Popcorn Hour announced an updated version of their media streamer, the A-110, we've been waiting to see if the changes really could make the great device any greater. According to Crave UK, they have: for an extra $35 the biggest improvements are HMDI 1.3a, DTS downmixing and USB Target functionality. In fact they describe the changes as "seriously worthwhile". Read The Full Story

Obscura Digital VisionAire 3D multitouch hologram

Chris Davies, Aug 5th 2008 Discuss [0]

Obscura Digital, who specialise in interactive media, have released a video demonstrating their new VisionAire "multitouch" projection system. The company themselves admit that it's not exactly true multitouch, since there's actually no contact involved; in fact, you gesture around in mid-air to control different windows and other objects. Multiple people can use the system at the same time. Check out the video demo of VisionAire after the cut Read The Full Story

Freecom MediaPlayer XS: direct TV playback from USB drive

Chris Davies, Jul 29th 2008 Discuss [1]

External hard-drives with connections to hook up direct to your TV aren't anything new, but what if you've only got a standard USB drive? Freecom's MediaPlayer XS is a potential solution; a compact box with a USB 2.0 host port on one side and standard AV cables on the other, it allows for direct playback of MP3, WMA and WAV audio together with MPEG-1, 2 or 4 video files, including DivX, Xvid and more. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Centrino 2 notebooks launch, including Cell-equipped G55

Chris Davies, Jul 15th 2008 Discuss [0]

Fresh on the Centrino 2 bandwagon, Toshiba have launched their latest media-happy Qosmio entertainment notebooks, including the world's first laptop with Cell Processor technology. The three new models, which were first announced last month, comprise the G55, the F55 and the gaming X305, and all use Intel's latest mobile platform. Read The Full Story

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SlashGear hands-on at Microsoft Surface Blogger Day 1: Video demo

Chris Davies, Jun 18th 2008 Discuss [0]

Microsoft Surface virtual dial Vincent has been hanging out with Microsoft at their latest Surface Blogger Event, getting hands-on with the company’s MultiTouch table. All of the user experiences we’ve heard about over the past few months were out on show, including the Rio iBar gaming, entertainment browser and virtual mini-bar, and AT&T’s in-store use of Surface as a phone information and accessory tool. They also demonstrated some of the table’s other talents, including its ability to photograph and display, in real-time, anything placed onto it – whether that be money, a drink or even a blogger’s face!