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As soon as the Windows 7 RC 1 was made available just about a week ago, many people took this opportunity to jump on it and see how it compared to Microsoft’s last OS, Vista.  If you have been following tech in recent months, then you probably have noticed Microsoft… Continue Reading »

If you’re like me, you probably have an old PC (or two) laying around.  It’s a box you think you’ll do something with.  Maybe you’ll take the plunge and put that PC in a new case like a toaster or something.  Perhaps you are unsatisfied by using that large tower… Continue Reading »

Hulu announced today that its content providers have requested Hulu’s content to be removed from Boxee.  If you haven’t heard of it, Boxee is a free media center and is an offshoot of the XBox Media Center that currently supports Mac and Linux (Windows support is coming). In the blog… Continue Reading »

Over 1 billion digital tracks were served up to downloaders in America in 2008, setting a new record.  While the US purchased more music than ever before, the industry is not gloating, in fact they are worried about ever decreasing album sales which declined for the fourth straight year.  Album… Continue Reading »

Sometimes connecting Macs and PCs on the same media network can be a pain.  There are plenty of media servers that work well with one but not the other, or require third-party software to work well with one (usually on the Mac side).  HP is making connecting the two platforms… Continue Reading »

If you have read any of my previous posts, it should come as little surprise that I am a big fan of netbooks, however given our sister site Appletell does such a great job with the Mac coverage, I do not often get to cover another favorite of mine—OS X. … Continue Reading »

This is where we call out the tech moves that seem odd, out of touch or just plain straight up smokin’ crack.  This week sees posturing, positioning and flat out insanity.  Here’s what I am calling out this week as whack: AT&T wants Symbian on every phone? Sprint points out… Continue Reading »

According to a source, you can opt into the new Netflix Watch Instantly movie player.  The source is The Official Netflix Blog, so it’s probably accurate.  This brings Netflix’s movie player to OS X for the first time (without running Windows) by using Microsoft’s Silverlight. If you’re a slider and… Continue Reading »

Whoa, Netflix!  First came the Watch Instantly on the PC, then dedicated boxes, then Mac, then yesterday’s announcement of Xbox and now this one: TiVo will stream Netflix content on series 3, HD and HD XL receivers and up (sorry DirecTV users, no soup for you).  Hot dang, what is… Continue Reading »

By now most of us are probably aware of the Intel Atom processor, the little chip inside nearly all of the netbooks out right now.  Intel has started shipping a desktop version of the processor with two cores.  Intel is saying that it is made specially for “nettops.”  A nettop… Continue Reading »