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Apple drops a bomb

Posted on September 12, 2006 by jetrotz

So, after suing folks who published ‘rumors’ of upcoming Mac products, his Steveness decided to do some rumor-mongering of his own today with a classic ‘one more thing’ during today’s announcement of iTunes 7 and the new feature films on … Continue reading →

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[itvt] on CNN Enhanced

Posted on May 24, 2006 by jetrotz

Since the February launch of the CNN Enhanced interactive television product, there has been very little trade coverage of what I think is one of the most interesting and widely distributed domestic ITV projects around – it reaches over 11 … Continue reading →

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Yahoo! Releases MCE Competitor

Posted on April 26, 2006 by jetrotz

Just weeks after closing their deal to buy Meedio, a software developer of a ‘roll-your-own’ digital entertinament solution akin to Microsoft’s Windows XP Media Center Edition, Yahoo! has put a branded version of the software out for free download. called … Continue reading →

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Cablecard Cometh to MCE

Posted on November 20, 2005 by jetrotz

Important news last week to position Microsoft as an ever-increasingly established competitor to the Motorola and Scientific Atlanta (nee Cisco) set-top box makers. Microsoft has struck a deal with CableLabs, the non-profit cable industry technology consortium, to allow Windows PCs … Continue reading →

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All about Viiv

Posted on August 29, 2005 by jetrotz

I’ve been meaning to catch up on this announcement from last week – Intel took the wraps off their new technology and branding effort called Viiv – rhymes with ‘five’, by the way. The announcement notes that: Working together with … Continue reading →

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Creating the Xbox 360’s Interface

Posted on August 2, 2005 by jetrotz

Design Interact has a fascinating story up that talks about the two-year process of designing the Xbox 360′s user interface. The process included Microsoft designing their own Flash-like animation tool, working with design firm AKOA and narrowing ten ideas down … Continue reading →

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Xbox 360 gonna have a qwerty controller?

Posted on August 1, 2005 by jetrotz

Update: This image came from a demo Microsoft did in Spain, showing off this detachable QWERTY keyboard for the controller, plus lots of other goodies. LINK This might make the whole Media Center Extender experience built-into the Xbox 360 a … Continue reading →

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Xcellent XPS

Posted on March 14, 2005 by jetrotz

It’s taken a bit of time to get around to blogging this, but Amy and I bought a new home PC recently. My old Dimension 8100 was showing it’s age (bought in 2000), and Dell had a great sale on … Continue reading →

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The Best Media Center That Isn’t

Posted on January 19, 2005 by jetrotz

Guest columnist Ross Rubin blogs on Engadget today that despite Apple not calling the Mac mini a media center device, it has all that in spades. DVD-player? Check. Rip, Mix, Burn? Check. Ken Burns hi-res slideshow effects? Check. Add on … Continue reading →

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Shuttle MCE

Posted on January 10, 2005 by jetrotz

Interesting bit of info from CES. Shuttle, makers of super-small form factor PCs, showed off a set-top-box form factor Windows XP Media Center Edition box. It’s super slim (like half the height of the AlienWare DHS), so I’ll reserve comment … Continue reading →

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