The XBMC team has never been known for its timely release schedule. In an effort to improve their release output and streamline their development process, the team recently moved to a monthly update schedule. At the beginning of each month, new features ready for testing are merged and then bugfixes are integrated over the course of the month. The May […]
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The idea that a game console manufacturer would present a keynote at E3 that is almost entirely devoted to video games should not surprise anyone, and that is exactly what Sony did this year. Sure, there was some weird ebook/augmented reality app/PlayStation Move thingy that some Harry Potter fan somewhere will enjoy, but otherwise the keynote was pretty much all games. Sony did briefly […]
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Of the three major console manufacturers, Microsoft is the Johnny-come-lately, but somehow the company has managed to stake out the first slot on the first day of E3 for their keynote over the last few years. For this year’s keynote, all ears were perked lest Microsoft let a detail slip about the Xbox 360’s successor. In the end, no details […]
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Mini-ITX always seems to be right on the cusp of bursting into the mainstream. Low-power and cool running processors abound and many of the major manufacturers are offering compelling mini-ITX motherboards, but for those of us that like to roll our own systems, the biggest challenge in selecting components for a mini-ITX build is often in selecting the right case. […]
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I’m sure by now that many of our regular visitors have already downloaded and installed the Windows 8 Release Preview that Microsoft dropped late last week, but if you haven’t been drawn in by the sweet siren song of pre-release software, then you might be surprised to discover that Windows Media Center is nowhere to be found in this final […]
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The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, is underway in Los Angeles, and despite the convention’s video gaming focus, there is more home theater and media news to be found there each year. This year is going to be no different, and Nintendo was the first to let slip an interesting tidbit. Nintendo isn’t scheduled to take the stage at the […]
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Cox Communications was a little slower bringing live TV streaming to the iPad than some of the other cable TV providers in the US, and the initial release of the app took a somewhat unusual approach to presenting TV listings that made it difficult to judge the relative start and stop times of programming on different channels. It would appear […]
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Sony has backed out of yet another joint manufacturing venture as part of the ongoing restructuring of the company’s unprofitable TV unit. This time Sony has parted ways with Sharp. The two companies hooked up in 2009 with plans to jointly operate factories building large LCD panels for HDTVs, with Sony taking about a 7% interest in Sharp Display Products […]
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Every so often, a case manufacturer decides to try to break the mold and release something new and different. Such efforts tend to result in, at best, niche products, but occasionally the result is so eye-catching, that I can’t help but root for it. SilverStone’s FT03 was one such case. The first time I saw a picture of the FT03 in all […]
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At this point, it seems like Internet radio has been around almost as long as the Internet itself, and yet Internet radio has never been more important as the number of streaming music services has exploded over the last few years and more of those services have worked to provide a new take on the Internet radio paradigm. The service […]
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