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HP’s MediaSmart Server is getting a software upgrade that will allow it to stream video to your iPhone or iPod touch.  The server will be able to take your DVDs and transcode them to a format that will play on portable devices like the iPhone and the PSP.  There’s one… Continue Reading »

About 12 hours before CES we’ll kick into high gear with ‘Press Day”, here are my last minute predictions for the big themes at CES: 3D HDTV with out glasses It has been a looong time in the making (yup a whole three o’s worth). 3D is the impossible tech… Continue Reading »

So you’re just itching to get this year over with.  I don’t blame you—2008 has been one for the history books.  Why not watch 2009 roll in multiple times today?  Over at Earthcam, you can watch various webcams from around the world and see places like Moscow and London ring… Continue Reading »

Sometimes it can be pretty hard to catch your favorite hockey team due to TV restrictions.  To solve this problem, many fans sign up for NHL.com’s GameCenter LIVE which is a service that streams up to 40 games a week so you can catch the game on your computer, if… Continue Reading »

Right now, the Xbox 360, the Roku Player, some TiVos, and some Blu-ray players can play HD video from Netflix’s Watch Instantly service.  But what about plain old computer users?  Steve Swasey, VP, Corporate Communications, recently told Gadgetell that Netflix has no plans to bring HD video streaming to PC… Continue Reading »

YouTube has always been the scourge of those of us who like to watch really good looking video.  Not just the quality of the content, but the actual video quality.  It first started out with high quality videos that were a pretty big step up from the normal quality.  Now,… Continue Reading »

Sit down in front of my computer and you will find upwards of five Internet windows each with at least eight tabs, all open to different sites.  Pages just don’t load fast enough for me.  The moment it takes a page to load, I feel like I need to be… Continue Reading »

Last night’s town hall debate between presidential candidates was more than just debate #2.  It was the first time Hulu streamed live.  That is right, in addition to the myriad of ways to catch the not so “straight talk,” add Hulu to the list.  Who cares right? Here is why… Continue Reading »

Buried in all the Bill Gates-Steve Ballmer coffee talk at the All Things Digital conference is a semi-interesting nugget from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, who was first to take the stage with the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg. When the discussion moved to web video, Bezos let slip that his company… Continue Reading »

The wrappings come off a couple of cool applications this week: Even though Google Sky was first to allow wannabe astronomers to surf the heavens from their computers, Microsoft Research’s Worldwide Telescope is getting some good reviews for ease-of-use and the sheer wonder of its visuals. The app, previewed at… Continue Reading »