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Android set-top box in the works

April 14th, 2009 at 6:13 pm » Comments (0)

The Web site Android Guys reported late last week that Motorola is building a TV set top box for Japanese telephone and broadband service provider KDDI. The new device is expected to be ready in time for the Japan’s largest electronics show, CEATEC, which will be held in October.
The set top box called “au Box” [...]



Acer launches first NVIDIA Ion-based nettop: AspireRevo

April 8th, 2009 at 5:37 pm » Comments (0)

No larger than a typical hardcover book, the AspireRevo is a fully capable desktop with advanced graphics and impressive multimedia features. Equipped with NVIDIA ION graphics, the system can handle a wide variety of computing needs including high definition video, gaming, sharing digital photos, surfing the web, and other tasks consumers expect from full-size systems.The [...]



HABEY introduces second 1080p-boasting, N270 HTPC

March 21st, 2009 at 3:45 pm » Comments (0)

HABEY announced its latest high performance full HD 1080p blu-ray capable Intel N270 Atom processor based platform, Model BIS-6540HD.  It has a built-in ultra low power HD AVC/VC-1/MPEG-2 hardware decoder, capable of full HD real-time decoding of H.264, VC-1 media contents at up to 40Mbps, MPEG-2 at up to 125Mbps.  The BIS-6540HD is capable to [...]



Fanless Atom N270 system with HDMI 1.3 and 1080p HD hardware decoder

March 14th, 2009 at 1:25 pm » Comments (0)

HABEY announced its latest high performance Intel N270 Atom processor based 1080p HD platform, Model BIS-6550HD.  It has a built-in ultra low power HD AVC/VC-1/MPEG-2 hardware decoder, capable of full HD real-time decoding of H.264, VC-1 media contents at up to 40Mbps, MPEG-2 at up to 125Mbps as well as playback of Blu-ray.  Playing back [...]



Dexim previews Shu-Lip for iPod shuffle 3G

March 14th, 2009 at 12:03 pm » Comments (0)

Now you have the latest & most fashionable music player, the iPod shuffle. Surely you want your accessories to match. Want to charge and sync your shuffle anywhere without carrying a long cord in your pocket, bag, or purse?  Dexim Shu-Lip offers great connect solution for iPod shuffle! Perfect in size, and simple to use. [...]



VIA’s VX855 Media System Processor Does 1080p

March 14th, 2009 at 11:55 am » Comments (0)

Not satisfied with simply introducing a new platform that’s more diminutive than the already tiny Mini-ITX, VIA has stepped in with an all new media system processor that aims to bring power efficiency to 1080p-capable systems. The VX855 MSP offers up hardware-based H.264 video acceleration in a staggeringly small, highly integrated single chip package with [...]



Asus confirms Eee Box 206,Miniature PC with HD support and eco credentials

March 4th, 2009 at 6:30 pm » Comments (0)

Asus has officially launched the latest addition to its Eee Box desktop PC line: the 206. Although first spied online back in December, Asus has now confirmed that the 223 x 178 x 16mm machine is based on Intel’s 1.6GHz N270 Atom processor and 945GSE chipset. An AMD ATI Radeon HD 3450 GPU is also [...]



Video-on-demand system matches ads to viewers

March 4th, 2009 at 6:20 pm » Comments (0)

A new company called ZillionTV says it will soon introduce a new service that will enable cable and satellite subscribers to cut the cord and get subscription-free movies and TV shows right on their TVs from the Internet. The company, which officially launched on Wednesday, has struck deals with some major Hollywood movie studios and [...]



Amazon unveils Kindle Application for iPhone and Ipod Touch

March 4th, 2009 at 6:14 pm » Comments (0)

In a bid to increase its slice of the e-book market, the Seattle-based online retailer rolled out a free program Wednesday that brings several of the Kindle’s functions to the iPod and iPhone’s smaller screen.The program, which can be downloaded from Apple’s online application store, lets iPhone and iPod Touch users read the same electronic [...]



CableLabs(R) Forum Execs Select Verismo Networks VuNow Internet TV Platform

March 2nd, 2009 at 10:29 pm » Comments (0)

Verismo Networks recently announced that its VuNow Internet TV platform was voted “Best New Product idea” during informal polling by cable technology executives gathering at the CableLabs Technology Forum 2009 held February 8-11 at The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs.
Attendees at the CableLabs Forum included, but were not limited to, executives from Comcast Cable Communications, [...]