Rumored for months, and speculated on for years, Hulu announced today the debut of its premium subscription service, Hulu Plus. It will cost $9.99 a month, and will offer full seasons of current shows and back-catalog series. Equally as important, Hulu Plus will be available on the iPhone, iPad, and HDTV sets supporting Samsung apps. … Read more
Paul Thurrott has a short “preview” of sorts for the next version of Windows – Windows 8. It seems like Windows 7 has barely been around long enough to get acquainted, but there’s no question Microsoft already has it’s teams working on the next version of their flagship OS. One thing that might surprise or … Read more
Flickr / Dundas Football Club At the GeekTonic house we watched the US versus England match during Saturday’s World Cup broadcast and enjoyed everything about it except for the annoying Vuvuzela buzz that seems to permeate all of South Africa right now. So lets say you also want to get rid of that the buzzing, … Read more
When it was revealed that the new TiVo Premiere can be controlled via USB keyboard, wireless or otherwise, I began my hunt for a compact and inexpensive accessory… as TiVo doesn’t provide a mechanism for transferring Season Passes between units and their own upcoming Bluetooth QWERTY remote has been met with mixed reviews and an unknown … Read more
A few weeks back, my uncle’s somewhat ancient tower PC gave up the ghost… and it fell on me to find a replacement. (I’m sure most ZNF readers know how that works.) His computing needs are extremely minimal — we’re talking AOL email and web browsing (via broadband, at least). So I figured he’d be … Read more
Since January from CES, we knew a new SageTV version was coming which would include a new UI. I’ve had the opportunity to preview this significant update and will run through the new features, changes and improvements – which are now available in beta form. Probably on the most-requested list for SageTV developers is a re-write … Read more
The Mac OS X port (er, fork?) of the XBMC project continues to push forward. Like a Boxee, Plex turns our Macs into media centers — designed to be controlled via a 10′ interface. However, as the team’s sneak peek of recent alpha builds (video above) indicates, there are times when it’s more practical to manage … Read more
Have a Hauppauge TV tuner in your computer? Then odds are you can stream live TV over the internet to your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad over WiFi using the company’s new WinTV v7.2 software. Hauppauge is charging $9.95 for the upgrade, which also lets you watch and record live television on a computer. It’s not … Read more