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Network Magic 2.0 for Ultra Easy Home Networking

October 19th, 2005

Pure Networks Inc. released an updated application called Network Magic 2 that makes home networking user-friendly and easier to set up - particularly benefiting non-technical users. If you had trouble or found it difficult to create a home …..


Peerflix Promotes Media Swap

October 19th, 2005

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It’s a little bit of eBay without the yard sale schtick. This online service will take care of all of your impulse DVD buys — no questions asked!
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From Tech Living Blog


Is Your Digital Home Safe?

October 19th, 2005


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Home Technology Magazine Writes: Whilst the world’s media focuses on the vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, scant attention is being paid to the growing range of consumer devices in the home which connect to the Internet. These include games consoles, set top boxes for receiving digital TV, PVR (personal video recorders) and other entertainment devices which [...]


Talking VoIP

October 19th, 2005


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Jason Writes: Have you noticed that, no matter what Web sites you visit, it seems that every other site has an ad for VoIP provider Vonage? Well, I noticed too, and when it came time to set up a phone line after my recent move, it seemed like the perfect time for me to check [...]


Media Center Edition (MCE) Update Available Today - Fixes Bugs, Supports DVD Changers

October 19th, 2005


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Julie Writes: Slowly, but surely, Microsoft is making Media Center Edition more palatable for the CE pro channel.
Today (I think), the company makes available “Update Rollup 2″, formerly known as Emerald. (Don’t get me started on code names. Intel used the cool code name East Fork before naming its new digital home format Viiv.)
Probably [...]


Intel Wants To Help In Your Living Room

October 19th, 2005


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Home Technology Magazine Writes: Coming soon to a PC near you is a new platform called Intel VIIV. Building on the success of its Intel Centrino platform of bundled mobile technology, Intel is developing the new brand in hopes of bringing the PC, along with Intel’s hardware technology, into the living room. Intel VIIV-based PCs [...]