Lifehacker documents their top five BitTorrent software packages: uTorrent (Windows) Deluge (All Platforms) Transmission (Mac OS X/*nix) rTorrent (*nix) Vuze (All Platforms) As someone who steers (mostly) clear of P2P file sharing networks, when dabbling on the dark side I use (and recommend) the simple BitTorrent client built into the cross-platform Opera web browser download … Read more
The open source XBMC project has released their ‘Atlantis” media center beta. The biggest news is cross-platform support: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and of course the original Xbox – which started it all. A few of the new features included in this beta release: Cross platform support for Linux, Mac OS X (Leopard & … Read more
This post’s author, The Media Patriot, is a fellow consumer who enjoys music and television but condemns DRM. His pseudonym pays homage to the original participants of the Boston Tea Party. Remember back in the Autumn of 2006 when the hotly anticipated “Venice Project” promised all that it’d do for television, what ebay and Skype … Read more
TWICE reports that Digeo will be releasing a HD CableCARD set-top box to MSOs beginning later this month and offering a retail DVR direct to consumers in January. Though I have to say the author was quite kind in his coverage. No mention that this cable box (or a precursor) was expected in 2007 or … Read more
The beta update to D-Link’s DivX Connected media extender now supports streaming Flash-based video sites (Hulu, YouTube, etc) from the Internet and through the PC to your TV.
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: U-verse Launches Whole-Home DVR: Connected Home 2 Go Yahoo and Intel Preview the Widget Channel: Connected Home 2 Go Movies on SageTV: Brent Evans Geek Tonic The Making of a Demo Room: Connected Home 2 Go
Comcast introduces Internet video downloads – rental & purchase. Powered by Amazon? Count against broadband cap?
There’s been a distinct trend lately toward multi-screen views for online video applications. The Olympics Silverlight player included four screens for watching multiple events simultaneously. Verizon and the NFL are once again offering multiple camera angles for football games to online subscribers. And now Ars Technica reports on the latest from CoolIris and its browser … Read more