Pulse-Eight Motorola NYXboard Hybrid Remote Review
Pulse-Eight is one of the companies tracing its roots to XBMC, and it is no wonder they have a host of interesting products in the HTPC space. We have...
23 by on 4/5/2012
Cinavia DRM: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Blu-ray’s Self-Destruction
DRM (Digital Rights Management) is intended to protect media from being played in an unauthorized manner. However, more often than not, it fails to serve the purpose. Today, we...
121 by on 3/21/2012
Supermicro Launches 100+ Server Solutions Based on the Xeon E5 Family
The Sandy Bridge based Xeon E5-2600 processors were launched by Intel yesterday, and Supermicro wasn't far behind in launching a host of solutions supporting / based on these processors...
33 by on 3/7/2012
ZyXEL Launches Cloud-Enabled HD IP Surveillance Cameras
ZyXEL announced the retail availability of the two latest members in its IP camera lineup today. With 'cloud' being all the craze it is right now, the units carry...
4 by on 3/6/2012
CyberLink PowerDVD 12: Complementing Your Mobile Lifestyle
Software Blu-ray / DVD players are bundled with almost all OEM PCs and a necessity for consumers who want to enjoy their commercial optical media in the most legal...
42 by on 1/31/2012
Pulse-Eight USB CEC Adapter Review
Pulse-Eight is one of the commercial vendors tracing their roots to XBMC. Boxee is another company with XBMC roots, but, unlike Boxee, Pulse-Eight concentrates more on the hardware aspects...
22 by on 1/24/2012
VLC 'Hack' for Encrypted Blu-ray Playback Capability
VLC is one of the most widely used media players. It was one of the first open source media players to get encrypted DVD playback capability, and now, it...
29 by on 1/23/2012
Wilocity Demonstrates 60 GHz WiGig (Draft 802.11ad) Chipset at CES
At CES, I visited Wilocity to learn more about their WiGig chipset and see how close they were to being production-ready. A number of news articles covering Wilocity at...
16 by on 1/22/2012
HD Videoconferencing Solutions at CES: Vidyo & Biscotti
At CES, we had the opportunity to see a couple of HD videoconferencing systems in action. At ShowStoppers, we saw the Vidyo teleconferencing system, and later, on the show...
7 by on 1/22/2012
Netgear at CES 2012: Consumer Networking, Storage and Media Products
It is almost a week since CES got over, but I still have a few meetings from the show that are pending coverage. There isn't much point in just...
1 by on 1/20/2012
MIPS Technologies Targets Mobile Push
There are a number of IP vendors in the SoC processor space. ARM, MIPS and PowerPC are the most popular. Each vendor holds the edge in a particular area...
8 by on 1/18/2012
AppliedMicro Demonstrates Catalina Based Platforms
The launch of the AppliedMicro's Catalina SoC for the NAS market was covered here. In a follow up to the initial coverage, we visited AMCC at CES to look...
4 by on 1/15/2012
IDT at CES : Touchscreen Controllers and Display Port Solutions
Home theater enthusiasts might identify IDT (Integrated Device Technology) with the HQV benchmark and video processor. That division of IDT was sold off to Qualcomm last September. But, that...
4 by on 1/13/2012
Dune HD Pro : A Premium Entertainment System using the Sigma Designs SMP8910
Dune HD is one of the most respected middleware developers in the media player scene. By exclusively restricting themselves to Sigma Designs, they have managed to produce an...
2 by on 1/12/2012
QNAP at CES : SMB Lineup Refresh and a 200TB+ SAS Storage Rack
QNAP is one of the more popular vendors in the SMB NAS space along with Synology. At CES, QNAP had a booth with samples of selected lineup members. The 1...
4 by on 1/12/2012
Synology's DSM 4.0 with CloudStation : A Private Dropbox Solution
The NAS market has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years, but the hard drive shortage resulted in a weak Q4 for the NAS industry as...
4 by on 1/12/2012
D-Link at CES : Cloud-Friendly Routers and IP Cameras
We took some time to swing by D-Link's press room and got a look at all the nice networking gear announced via multiple press releases yesterday. In keeping up...
6 by on 1/11/2012
AppliedMicro's Catalina: Integrated USB 3.0 and 802.11ac Support for NAS Platforms
AppliedMicro (AMCC) announced the availability of the Catalina SoC (APM86491) for low power and cost effective NAS systems today. The previous generation version (APM82181) was the heart of the...
1 by on 1/10/2012
Dropcam HD: Cloud Based Home Surveillance Goes Mainstream in 720p
Dropcam's innovative cloud based home monitoring system was reviewed by us back in August 2010 and we came away satisfied with the innovative take of a young startup on...
8 by on 1/9/2012
Western Digital My Book Live Duo: RAIDing the My Book Live
We had reviewed the Western Digital My Book Live in detail last October and came away impressed with the functionality and mobile app support in place for the cost...
1 by on 1/5/2012
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