Philips WACS7000 wireless music system
If your looking at wifi audio systems for your home then the Philips WACS7000 wireless music system could be the solution for you.
With a 80GB hard disk inside you can rip your CD collection in a variety of MP3 bit rates. You can also make use of your PC if you have a large collection of music on it, either by copying the files directly on to the system’s internal disk or by hooking it up to your home network (wired or wireless). Philips provides a really simple and foolproof application to set your computer up as a media server.
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World’s smallest x86-based Internet tablet?
Chipmaker Via & its sponsor have created the 3.3-inch square “MTube” the “world’s smallest x86 PC,” and the first “IMP” (Internet Media Player) with TV recording capabilities. The 5.3-ounce MTube measures 3.3 x 3.3 x 0.8 inches (8.3 x 8.3 x 2cm), and sports a 2.8-inch VGA (640 x 480) touch panel display. There’s built-in WiFi and WiMax wireless communications, with CDMA cellular networking optional.
The MTube was shown decoding a simulated digital TV (DVB-T) broadcast. It was also shown streaming video to a wirelessly connected digital photo frame. Advanced digital TV features reportedly include time-shifted TV viewing, via 8GB of built-in flash, and picture-in-picture viewing. There’s also a full browser (mostlikely Firefox) supporting “Web 2.0″ content. Via’s demo of the device featured YouTube video content and Google Maps.
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Linksys Wireless-G Internet Camera
With its own built in web server this camera is perfect for up loading images and streaming video direct to the web over Wireless-G (802.11g) networking, or 10/100 Ethernet cable and supports MPEG4 & Motion JPEG video encoding upto 640 x 480 pixels.
You can also turn on the built in Security Mode, which tells the camera to send a message with a short video attached to up to three email addresses whenever it detects motion in its field of view. You can then log onto the live video stream if the situation warrants. The included Viewer & Recorder utility lets you record the audio/video stream to your local hard drive, “live” or on a predetermined schedule.
Available for $120 about £65 this is an affordable security option
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OpenFrame – a new generation Internet home phone
This stylish home phone can sync with your exisiting contact lists and calendars. You can also watch streaming video, send IM or SMS, check weather reports and play music. It also has a built in alarm clock and snooze button.
The OpenFrame is designed to be used with services like Verizon’s FiOS and are based on Freescale MX31 processors While the device’s custom OS is based on a hacked Linux kernel, all of the software above the kernel is closed and proprietary. OpenPeak will offer a full API for developing third-party applications, but only to carriers, not to consumers.
The OpenFrame will hopefully be available in approx 5 months and is expected to be sold by phone carriers to promote their landline Internet services, rather than from store shelves.
Via Pcmag
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BBC Online goes free on WiFi
The BBC’s online services will be made available free of charge at thousands of wi-fi hotspots around the UK.
The BBC has agreed a deal with wi-fi firm The Cloud (who will also be providing free WiFi to iPhone customers in the UK, which operates 7,500 hotspots around the country.
The news website, programme sites and downloads of TV shows via the iPlayer can be accessed freely.
The BBC has also confirmed that users of Apple Mac and Linux machines will be able to use its TV catch-up service from the end of the year.
The broadcaster has signed a deal with Adobe to provide Flash video for the whole of the BBC’s video services, including a streaming version of its iPlayer.
Currently only Windows XP users can use iPlayer, downloading programmes on to their PC and keeping them for up to 30 days.
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Concept -Yoga Mat - Plays MP3’s And Video
Check out Concept MP3/DAP/ Yoga mat from designer Hui-Zong Chen
Imagine a yoga mat you unfurl from a metal tube that’s actually a stereo. It can take in memory cards or play content off an MP3 player. The real tech candy here is the mat which is made of an electronic paper screen. The idea is you can attend yoga classes from anywhere since streaming video plays right on the mat. You can even “conference” in friends so they can get in the group fun. It’s just a concept but the technologies do exist in some form now. However if this were ever to hit the market, I think some might find inappropriate uses for it other than yoga.
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Fuze Media System - The Complete Entertainment Solution
Fuze Media Systems unveiled their full home media system, which is designed to be used throughout the entire house, with multi-room streaming.
There are a bunch of accessories for the system including media extenders with HDMI out, DVD/CD drives, a touchscreen control panel and even a normal remote.
Media can be sent around the house either via Ethernet and the extender boxes, and audio can also be sent to powered amp’d wall switches, complete with track controls using CAT-5 cable.
No pricing or availability details are available yet.
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iRiver NV - Goes On Sale
The stunning iRiver NV DMB-Navi Combo has gone on sale in Korea.
This funky DMB player can play music and video files as well as double as a GPS navigation device, and it can also receive DMB digital television signals as well.
It also features a 1.3 Mega-pixel cameras and an FM transmitter for streaming audio direct to your in car stereo and an 8000 x 480 resolution, with an LED back-light display.
The iRiver NV is available online from the iRiver Store for about $535 (about £270), no release details are available for the US or Europe yet.
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BBC iPlayer - New On Demand TV Service - Watch The Video
The BBC have today announced the launch their new On Demand TV service, the service will begin on 27th July.UK users will be able to download popular show onto their PC, up to seven days after they have been broadcast.Later in the , the service will also be available via links from YouTube and could also appear on other websites such as MSN, Bebo, and Facebook.
At launch the application will only work on Windows PCs but a version for the Mac could be available by autumn.
The BBC intend to develop the iPlayer further, to include live streaming of programmes ,the BBC Radio Player and “series stacking”, which will allow users to download episodes from series retrospectively.
Director General Mark Thompson said: “Forty years ago, in July 1967, BBC Television launched colour TV.
“This July we are going to launch the iPlayer and in our view, the iPlayer is at least as big a redefinition of what TV can be, what radio can be, what broadcasting can be, as what colour television was 40 years ago.”
The iPlayer has been in development since 2003 and received final approval from the corporation’s governing body, the BBC Trust, in April 2007.
In that time it has been through numerous revisions, many demanded by the Trust and the broadcast and telecoms regulator Ofcom, whilst other broadcasters, such as ITV and Channel 4, have launched their own on-demand services.
“The market badly wanted to make the BBC go through a proper due process,” said Ashley Highfield, director of Future Media and technology at the BBC.
The lifetime of downloads is controlled by a digital rights managements system (DRM) supplied by Microsoft.
Some critics of the iPlayer, notably advocacy group the Open Source Consortium (OSC), has said that programmes should be made available without these digital locks.
The OSC has also criticised the BBC for initially releasing the iPlayer as a Windows-only system and have threatened to make a complaint to the European Commission.
The OSC argues that the system should work on all computer operating systems.
“I am fundamentally committed to universality, to getting the BBC iPlayer to everyone in the UK who pays their licence fee,” said Mr Highfield.
“This is the approach we have always taken but we have always started with the platform that reaches the most number of people and then rolled it out from there.”
Mr Highfield said that a version for Apple Macs could be available in autumn, with versions for Window’s Vista and mobile devices to follow.
Versions for Freeview and cable viewers are also planned with Virgin Media expected to roll out the service later this year.
Deals with other distributors such as MSN, AOL, telegraph.co.uk, Tiscali, Yahoo, MySpace, Blinkx and Bebo were also in the pipeline, whilst a commercial iPlayer for global audiences could launch in 2008 he said.
“Wherever you are on the internet you will come across BBC programmes,” said Mr Highfield.
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iRiver NV - DMB-Navi Combo
The iRiver NV is a sleek looking DMB-Navi Combo with an innovative design.
This lovely new player can play music and video files as well as double as a GPS navigation device, and it can also receive DMB digital television signals as well.
Plus it features a 1.3 Mega-pixel cameras and an FM transmitter for streaming audio direct to your in car stereo.
It features an 800 x 480 resolution, with an LED back-light display.
The iRiver NV will be available in Korea later on in the year, no details are available for other countries as yet.
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Sony’s DAV-IS10 Micro Home Theatre System
Sony has announced its new DAV-IS10 home theatre system, with five tiny satellite speakers that fit in the palm of your hand; it also includes a CD/DVD player/receiver and a sub-woofer.
The DAV-IS10 is powered from a digital amplifier in the sub-woofer. It has a HDMI output, and the DVD player is capable of upscaling standard definition DVD’s to either 720p or 1080i.
The unit also has Sony’s
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