Waterstone’s to launch e-reader

In an effort to reverse their decline in sales Waterstones are set to introduce a e-reader next year. There was a time I used to enjoy browsing books in Waterstones but times change and I do my reading on my Amazon Kindle these days as do many others. Amazon say they sell more digital books [...]

Viewsonic kills its Boxee HDTV

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Back at CES in January I saw Viewsonic’s 46” HDTV with Boxee integration, which would the the 2nd device to ship with Boxee built in (the other being the Boxee Box from D-Link). It looks like Viewsonic has scrapped plans to release the TV sighting lack of consumer interest in Smart TVs. “Smart TV’ has [...]

Virgin Media reveals TiVo iPad app

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Virgin Media have revealed their TiVO iPad app which enables Virgin Media Tivo users to be able to browse the EPG, set up recordings and watch recorded shows on the iPad. The app requires an update on the Tivo box which Virgin Media say will be rolling out soon. No other details at the moment, [...]

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Waterstone’s to launch e-reader

In an effort to reverse their decline in sales Waterstones are set to introduce a e-reader next year. There was a time I used to enjoy browsing books in Waterstones but times change and I do my reading on my Amazon Kindle these days as do many others. Amazon say they sell more digital books [...]

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Viewsonic kills its Boxee HDTV

IMG_3713.JPG

Back at CES in January I saw Viewsonic’s 46” HDTV with Boxee integration, which would the the 2nd device to ship with Boxee built in (the other being the Boxee Box from D-Link). It looks like Viewsonic has scrapped plans to release the TV sighting lack of consumer interest in Smart TVs. “Smart TV’ has [...]

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Virgin Media reveals TiVo iPad app

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Virgin Media have revealed their TiVO iPad app which enables Virgin Media Tivo users to be able to browse the EPG, set up recordings and watch recorded shows on the iPad. The app requires an update on the Tivo box which Virgin Media say will be rolling out soon. No other details at the moment, [...]

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The Digital Lifestyle Show #319 – Windows Media Center is in Windows 8, hooray

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Welcome to show 319, we have a packed show for you this week. We have a great voicemail from Rich McAdams asking for help with audio problems, we talk about Windows Media Center being confirmed in Windows 8, Mediaroom 2.0, Freeview HD IPTV, Apple to launch a TV? Amazon tablet, Media Center addins, PowerDVD updates, Tranquil [...]

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Relaunch tool enables program launching from Windows Media Center

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Windows Media Center is one of the best ways (if not the best) of enjoying PC on the TV and it’s native apps look great on the big screen but there are some programs and webapps that you want to run which are not native addins but you still want to be able to launch [...]

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Recipes Library app for Windows Media Center

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  Windows Media Center works really well in a kitchen especially with touch screen devices so a recipe addin would be a great addtition to Media Center. Developer Andrew Jones has released his first addin for Windows Media Center and its going to be ideal for the kitchen. His new Recipes app for Windows Media Center has [...]

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HP launches new TouchSmart and consumer PCs

Despite HP thinking about spinning of the PC division they are still making PCs and they have released new TouchSmart and consumer PCs. The all-in-one HP TouchSmart 520 (£599)  is added to the TouchSmart range and the HP Pavilion HPE Phoenix (£949) is HP’s most powerful consume PC . The TouchSmart machines make nice all [...]

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Remote Potato addin enables Windows Media Center EPG Sharing

A Windows Media Center addon for Remote Potato has been released that enables a remote PCs EPG in Windows Media Center. So you could have one central machine recording TV and be able to browse and schedule recordings from other PCs around your home.  The addin builds on the great Remote Potato system (which you [...]

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aTV Flash (black) Beta7 now available

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Firecore have released Beta7 of aTV Flash for the Apple TV (2nd gen). The new version adds a new music playback options, cloud backups and new metadata views. Current users can get the update through the Maintenance –> Manage Extras menu. New users can pre-order aTV Flash (black) here. Music Playback A new music player has been built [...]

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Mediaroom 2.0 Clients Confirmed

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We haven’t heard much from the Mediaroom team for a while but on the Mediaroom blog at MSDN William Zhang breaks the silence and talk about the clients that make up Mediaroom 2.0. As well as the set top boxes there are: Taos: PC browser client; Monaco: Windows Media Center client; Rome: Windows Mobile client [...]

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