There are a lot of rumors this week about Microsoft?s anticipated iPod Killer. This is a product built by Microsoft that utilizes WiFi as the syncing link and is tied to a new iTunes-like service that could be easily accessed anyplace the iPod Killer could connect to a WiFi hot spot. This would allow the device to store music and video?much like the iPod does?and to stream it, which is something the iPod can?t do. It would also allow you to actually buy music right from the device?much like you can with the cell phone ?and not require a PC as part of the process.
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Blueado Goes Mini With New Media Center PC
Blueado, a developer of Media Center PCs designed for the living room, earlier this week announced a new model which is just over four inches tall and under eight inches wide. The Blueado Mini starts pricing at $1,499.99 and should be available now.
The Blueado Mini, the company said, runs off of Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition and features an online configuration tool which helps users to setup their TV signal, speaker configuration and more. Other features of the Blueado Mini include integrated 802.11g wireless networking, a Microsoft Media Center keyboard, a 200GB hard drive, two front USB ports, a HDTV Component interface, a DVD burner and a FireWire port.
S3 Announces High-Def Multimedia Car
From S3’s press release:
S3 Graphics Co., Ltd, today announced the OmniChrome Hi-Def multimedia AGP card platform for the PC add-in board market. Offering end users a new hardware choice for video and entertainment centric applications, OmniChrome is based on the new state-of-the-art APG8X GPU, the DirectX 9.0 DeltaChromeS4 Nitro from S3 Graphics.
The OmniChrome brings HDTV component Video In and Video Out (VIVO) to the all-in-one multifunctional multimedia add-in board market, restating S3 Graphics’ continued support of the Microsoft Media Center Edition Initiative.
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