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The folks behind Boxee, the well known media center software available for Linux and Mac with a Widows version for a few invitees, is holding a contest.  The latest edition of the Boxee software has an app store called “App Box.”  To make sure that the App Box doesn’t end up empty, Boxee is holding a Dev Challenge.

All you’ve got to do is write an application for Boxee.  If the app is a People’s Choice winner, then you get a Drobo.  If it wins the Judge’s Choice award, have yourself a Sony Bravia XBR 46-inch television.  Those are some nice prizes.

Maybe you’re a developer and don’t have ideas.  I use Boxee, so let me suggest a couple of things.  How about a DVR plugin to make Boxee a more complete media center solution?  Perhaps an app that interfaces with your TiVo so you can watch recorded television over your network (Plex has a plugin like this already)?

Maybe an RSS ticker app that allows you to run your own customized RSS ticker on the bottom of any video you may be watching?  Perhaps you want to build an app that seeks out all media over your network and organizes it in one place and could play anything.

The deadline for submitting apps is 11:59PM PT, June 14, 2009.  Good luck everyone. 

Read: [Boxee Blog]