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AverMedia's AVerTV HD DVR Offers Real-Time H.264 Recording

To appease those interested in immortalizing their virtual accomplishments, whether in the area of gaming, video or audio, AVerMedia has been releasing various devices meant to increase entertainment possibilities. Now, with the AverTV High-Definition Digital Video Recorder, buyers can record HD video content from a...

11 November 2009
07:50 GMT

PS3 Media Server 1.10.5 Review

PS3 Media Server is, as its name suggests, a multimedia server that is designed to interface with the PlayStation 3 gaming console. You install it on a computer that is on the same network with the PS3 and, thanks to the Digital Living Network Alliance-compliant Universal Plug and Play support in both the console and...

30 October 2009
11:05 GMT

Fujitsu Rolls Out the AMILO Pi 3560 and 3660 Multimedia Notebooks

Fujitsu has just announced the expansion of its laptop portfolio with the introduction of two AMILO Pi notebooks, which have been designed to provide users with a choice for a 15.6-inch, 16-inch or 18.4-inch system. The two machines, dubbed AMILO Pi 3560 and AMILO Pi 3660, have been featured with Intel’s Core 2...

9 October 2009
01:40 GMT

Texas Instruments Reveals 720MHz Processor for Multimedia Devices

The market for portable media applications is getting increasingly interesting, especially since NVIDIA's low-power Tegra chip can be used to power both smartphones and new portable multimedia devices. On that note, Texas Instruments has just announced the introduction of a fresh, high-performance single-chip so...

29 September 2009
11:07 GMT

Guide to Enabling MMS on iPhone 3.0 Without 3.1 Update

It appears there is a way to enable iPhone MMS without upgrading your firmware to version 3.1, according to a report by OS X Daily. You must simply download the carrier file that enables the functionality. AT&T’s update apparently doesn’t require the iPhone OS 3.1 IPSW (update/restore) file from Apple in ...

29 September 2009
03:49 GMT

Enabling MMS for iPhone

iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS users have finally received the new carrier settings from AT&T enabling the devices to send and receive multimedia messages shortly referred to as MMS. The basics to setting up MMS on your supported iPhone are outlined below. First off, readers should know that MMS (Multimedia Messaging Serv...

26 September 2009
03:36 GMT

AT&T Mass SMS Mentions iPhone MMS

AT&T has started issuing mass SMS messages to iPhone owners anxiously waiting for the MMS to kick in. Although previously confirmed in a written report and then via a YouTube video, MMS appears to be on track for the September 25 launch, according to AT&T. "AT&T Free Msg: Picture & video messaging (MMS) will be avai...

23 September 2009
05:18 GMT

WinFF 1.1.1 Review

Handheld devices like mobile phones, PDAs and ultra-mobile PCs are getting more and more ubiquitous, as almost everyone has in their pocket a device that can do multimedia playback at various levels of quality. The problem that most owners face is getting the audio or video content that they want to enjoy into the pr...

22 September 2009
08:51 GMT

VIA Rolls Out HD-Capable EPIA-P720 Pico-ITX Motherboard

Taiwan-based VIA Technologies, a vendor of x86 processor platforms, announced today the launch of its new EPIA-P720 Pico-ITX motherboard, specifically designed to take advantage of the VIA VX855 media system processor, which can support smooth playback of the latest HD video formats for the next-generation digital in...

15 September 2009
10:48 GMT

DFI Rolls Out 785G-Based mATX Blood Iron Motherboard

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has recently launched a new chipset, designed to provide mainstream users with support for the latest AM3 processors and DDR3 memory. The chipset has been quickly adopted by motherboard makers, which they have included in some of their latest designs. On that note, D...

15 September 2009
06:14 GMT

iPhone MMS Already Available

PCWorld is informing that reports about MMS activation on the iPhone are beginning to surface, the earliest of which comes from Mediaite blogger Ash Kalb, who reported on Saturday that select U.S. iPhone customers now had MMS support. The blogger reported that MMS suddenly appeared on his phone soon after he had per...

14 September 2009
10:10 GMT

IBM to Test Search Engine Market with Bold New Project

Teaming up with different partners from Europe, IBM has launched for the public a new search engine that uses brand new image and video searching techniques. The algorithm scans every image uploaded on the web for color schemes, color structure, color layout, shape edges, patterns and texture, besides the classic tag...

12 September 2009
04:22 GMT

Hitachi Unveils New CinemaStar 1TB Hard Drives

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) has just announced the introduction of its new line of CinemaStar hard drives, designed to provide consumers with higher capacity models, delivering an increase of storage space. The new series is built on the 500GB-per-platter technology and includes the CinemaStar 7K1000.C,...

10 September 2009
08:25 GMT

ASUS Intros N61 and N71 Laptops for Multimedia Enthusiasts

Trying to update its product portfolio before the upcoming holiday shopping season, Taiwan's ASUSTeK has recently announced the introduction of the new N61 and N71 multimedia-series of laptops. Equipped with the latest hardware components on the market, the new laptops combine an exclusive ASUS SonicMaster techn...

4 September 2009
06:38 GMT

MMS, iPhone Software Update Confirmed

AT&T has finally posted a statement disclosing an official date for MMS activation for iPhones running on its network. Moreover, the carrier has indirectly confirmed the rumored iPhone OS 3.1 Software Update. The update is likely going to be announced at Apple’s annual iPod event hosted on September 9 at the Ye...

4 September 2009
05:15 GMT

Medion Touch X9613 Is All About Multimedia

With sales of desktop computer systems not likely to pick up anytime soon, PC vendors continue to update their portfolio with the introduction of new form factors, specifically tailored to meet the requirements of today's mainstream users. On that note, Medion has recently announced the introduction of a new com...

31 August 2009
05:03 GMT

iPhone AT&T Users Get MMS in September with OS 3.1

Several reports are confirming AT&T is gearing up to provide MMS support for iPhone owners in September. The much-anticipated feature was actually promised for summer 2009, but at least the carrier is delivering. Apple, for its part, introduced MMS support across its iPhone 3G and 3GS devices, but still has to wait f...

27 August 2009
05:25 GMT

Start Being a Successful Podcast Producer Right Now

Do something extraordinary! Put your imagination, your artistic eye and technical skills together and start broadcasting! You always wanted to try it, right? It's kind of cool to have total freedom to say what you have to say to a wide range of people, to teach them something or simply to entertain them, to chan...

24 August 2009
03:15 GMT

Western Digital Unveils the New and Improved WD TV Mini Media Player

Western Digital, one of the world's leading vendors of storage solutions, has recently announced the introduction of the new version of its popular WD TV media player, a product specifically designed for multimedia enthusiasts. According to the company, the new version can now provide users with support for play...

18 August 2009
11:06 GMT

MSI EX628 Mixes ATI Mobility GPU with Intel C2D CPUs

Taiwanese hardware and computer system maker MSI has just announced the expansion of its line of portable computer systems with the introduction of the new 16-inch Bravo EX628 notebook PC. Designed to provide users with a choice for an entertainment notebook, the new portable system has been equipped with some of the...

18 August 2009
04:33 GMT

Logitech Harmony 900 Wants to Take Control of Your Home-Entertainment Devices

Continuing to update its product portfolio with the introduction of its latest solutions, Logitech, one of the world's leading vendors of computer peripherals, gaming accessories and multimedia devices, has recently announced the launch of the new Harmony 900 universal remote control. Designed to deliver the per...

12 August 2009
06:37 GMT

Component Suppliers for Apple's Tablet Unveiled

Rumors around the possible Apple tablet have started to surface more often than before, with an increasing number of details being unveiled each day. This time around, it seems that the list of component suppliers for the machine has surfaced, although the news remains on the rumor side, with no official word release...

28 July 2009
08:01 GMT

Apple's Tablet Before Christmas, Comes with Project “Cocktail”

The highly rumored Apple tablet seems to be one step closer to becoming a reality. According to the latest news on the web, it might not be until next year that the tablet will arrive, as previously reported, but the holiday season this year is the lucky time frame. This time around, the news about Apple's 10-in...

27 July 2009
10:38 GMT

Olive Opus No. 4 Brings Home 2TB of Storage, Multimedia Fun

Home entertainment has become an important segment for the IT industry, with an increasing number of home users taking interest in new ways to enjoy their favorite music, movies or other multimedia content. On that note, Olive, a company that focuses on providing consumers with a choice for a high-quality digital mus...

23 July 2009
05:09 GMT

New Phone from Spice Mobiles, Spice C-5300

Indian mobile phone maker Spice Mobiles announced today the release of Spice C-5300, a new CDMA device. The handset is reportedly coming to the market with enhanced usability and with a wide range of entertainment features, and is able to prove itself as one of the best options on the open market CDMA segment. The de...

13 July 2009
10:03 GMT

LaCie Announces New HD Rugged Multimedia Player

LaCie, one of the world's leading vendors of storage devices, has just announced the introduction of its new high-definition LaCinema Rugged multimedia hard drive, the LaCinema Rugged HD. According to the company, its new product is the first multimedia player in its class that allows users to store and play hig...

9 July 2009
05:43 GMT

Motorola Shows Details on Its Strategy for Android

Motorola is one of the numerous mobile phone makers that announced plans to turn to Google's Android platform in the shortest period of time possible. Although no specific details on a possible device have been officially announced until now, it seems that the company is working hard with the OS, while also tryi...

7 July 2009
03:55 GMT

Download Microsoft MyMedia Multimedia Recommender System

MyMedia, a system built through an EU-funded collaborative research project, with the European Microsoft Innovation Centre (EMIC) at the helm, is now available for download. June 30 marks the public availability of what the Redmond company referred to as an example of recommender system software for multimedia conten...

30 June 2009
10:45 GMT

MMS System Requirements for iPhone 3G / iPhone 3G S

Earlier this year, Apple revealed that iPhone OS 3.0 supported MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). With the release of the new OS version, all iPhone 3G users should finally be able to employ the service. However, in some areas, and for some iPhone models, MMS is not / not yet available. Thus, the company has posted ...

19 June 2009
06:36 GMT

Visual Travel Tours Launches Multimedia Travel Guides

Visual Travel Tours (VTT) announced on Tuesday the launch of its website, the first portal in the world where people can find professional multimedia tours. According to the company, these tours have been created specifically to be viewed on smartphones, cell phones or PDAs, but they can also be accessed through mobi...

17 June 2009
08:20 GMT

No MMS for iPhone 2G with OS 3.0

Although numerous members of the Apple community are aware of this fact, it may be worth noting that first-generation iPhones, also referred to as iPhone 2G (in contrast with the 3G nature of the second-gen iPhone), will lack support for multimedia messaging – MMS. Earlier this year, Apple introduced what was ...

16 June 2009
04:28 GMT

Boxee - Your Own Stylish Social Media Center

If you are a fan of Front Row, you will definitely love “to be entertained” by Boxee, the first “Social Media Center.” Considering that the Internet is continuously expanding, providing new ways to access and share pictures, movies, audio files or metadata that goes with them, a media center t...

13 June 2009
03:01 GMT

LaCie Adds LaCinema Classic Bridge with No Built-In Storage

Early last week, LaCie announced its new line of LaCinema media storage solutions, offering users a choice for a home entertainment device that can store their media libraries, while also providing a number of features to support a true multimedia experience. Coming to expand its LaCinema family, LaCie also announced...

9 June 2009
05:33 GMT

Sony Ericsson Unveils the Aino Multimedia Phone

Sony Ericsson announced quite a while ago that it planned to make a new announcement regarding its Entertainment Unlimited project on May 28, and the company hasn't let us down, as indeed it announced new mobile phones on that day. One of them, already rumored and expected to be officially introduced, was the Id...

1 June 2009
08:08 GMT

ArtistX 0.7 Includes Over 2500 Multimedia Applications

Marco Ghirlanda, ArtistX developer, announced on May 21st the immediate availability of version 0.7, now created using the popular Remastersys Live CD creation program. Being powered by the Linux kernel 2.6.27, ArtistX 0.7 is still based on the Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) operating system and features the GNOME 2.24 ...

22 May 2009
06:28 GMT

ASUS Also Intros the K-Series Laptops

After having updated its P-series business-class line of portable computer systems, Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS has announced today the introduction of yet another series of laptops, simply dubbed ASUS K Series Domino Collection. According to the company, the new K-series models have been designed for multimedia enth...

22 April 2009
05:35 GMT

iPhone OS 3.0 Does Video MMS

Apple is set to unlock video MMS capabilities with the release of iPhone OS 3.0 this summer, according to the findings of a few tech-savvy folks over at The Boy Genius Report. Tests run on iPhone OS 3.0 beta and a 3G handset have shown that “you can receive and play videos over MMS just fine.”Upon launchi...

6 April 2009
08:19 GMT

New Entry-Level LG GM200 Surfaces

Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has recently unveiled yet another new handset from its GM series, the LG GM200. The new device is the third to be included in the lineup lately, following the LG GM730, which came featuring Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, and the GM310, which brought a slidin...

27 March 2009
09:50 GMT

Samsung Releases S3500 on the Russian Market

The Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has officially announced that the new S3500 slider is already available on the Russian market. The mobile phone seems a rather good-looking device for an entry-level. The new Samsung S3500 comes with a quad-band GSM/EDGE (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) connectivity, while sportin...

28 February 2009
04:31 GMT

doubleTwist Puts All Your Stuff on All Your Devices – Free

doubleTwist has launched the public beta of its new universal media application for the Mac today, bearing the same name as the company. The product, as the maker describes it, is "a single, streamlined interface that connects to any device, media source or network." doubleTwist borrows a lot from Apple's own so...

25 February 2009
10:27 GMT

ArcSoft Unveils PowerMobia for Android

ArcSoft, Inc., a worldwide leading provider of innovative mobile multimedia technologies and applications, announced today the launch of its ArcSoft PowerMobia for Android, a software-based multimedia solution that has been designed for Google's operating system for mobile phones. ArcSoft's PowerMobia for A...

17 February 2009
06:35 GMT

CES 2009: Iriver Unveils WAVE-HOME Multimedia Communication Device

iriver, a worldwide leading provider of innovative digital devices, announced the game-changing WAVE-HOME, a product meant to bring the company's award-winning ingenuity to the networking space. The iriver WAVE-HOME combines advanced multimedia, web, and phone capabilities in an all-in-one solution. This compreh...

8 January 2009
13:10 GMT

Benchmark Proves PS3 Is the Best Blu-ray Player

The fact that the PS3 is the main force driving the adoption rate of the Blu-ray discs is pretty much common knowledge nowadays. However, one question that has really given a few nights of restless sleep to quite a lot of people faced with the decision of purchasing their first Blu-ray player was whether Sony's ...

5 December 2008
06:14 GMT

Sony BRAVIA Internet Video Link Service Gets Slacker Radio Support

Although Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link service has gone pretty much under the radar, probably in order not to pose too much of a threat to Sony's Blu-ray format, it seems that the Japanese company is seriously considering pushing the field of Internet downloads as well. And the latest move from Sony pro...

20 November 2008
08:01 GMT

Neuros LINK Brings ALL Internet Video to Your HDTV

Internet set-top boxes capable of streaming video and audio clips straight from the web onto one's HDTV are getting more and more popular, thus paving the way for the global advent of digital downloads as the most important content delivery system. So, it's no wonder that quite a few such products are hitti...

20 November 2008
04:17 GMT

SanDisk Bumps Sansa Clip Memory up to 8GB

The Sansa Clip has been around for quite a long time now, but, despite its success, it somehow lacked the capacity to fight against some of the other ultra-portable players around, the main reason being the relatively limited amount of available memory. However, it seems that SanDisk has decided to take care of this ...

12 November 2008
07:51 GMT

2Wire MediaPoint Delivers Internet Content to TVs via Broadband

Broadband Internet has already become the content delivery solution of choice for numerous firms, and this trend will most likely become even more popular in the future. For this reason, the 2Wire company has launched the MediaPoint, a three-component system that allows users to browse, download and view DVD-quality ...

11 November 2008
04:12 GMT

Over 2 Million Subscribers for Mediaroom-Powered Services

Microsoft is applauding a consistent growth in the adoption rate of its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia software platform. According to the Redmond company, Mediaroom-powered services worldwide have passed the 2 million subscribers milestone, a mark interpreted as the increasing consumer transition...

11 November 2008
04:07 GMT

Silicon Mountain Allio – a 42-inch HDTV, PC and Blu-ray Player

All-in-one computing systems have been around for quite some time (just think of all the iMacs out there), and more and more manufacturers are getting involved in this particular market segment. However, it would seem that a company called Silicon Mountain has taken this concept to a whole new level with its All...

10 November 2008
02:58 GMT


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