IceTV Wins Landmark Case

The High Court of Australia has released its decision on the court case between IceTV and the Nine Network. The panel of High Court judges found that IceTV is not guilty of copyright infringement if it publishes the Nine Network’s television programming guide schedule in its third-party program guide. The IceTV IceGuide is used by several manufacturers of personal video recorders (PVRs) and media centre PCs such as Claritas and Beyonwiz. This case has been running since May 2006, when the Nine... 

VIA Home Server

The VIA NSD7200 is a compact storage server for next-generation server products in home and SOHO environments. The same height and width as a regular CD case, squeezing two full sized desktop (3.5″) hard disk drives into its compact sleek chassis. Measuring just 13.5cm x 12cm x 26cm (5.3″x4.7″x10.2″), the VIA NSD7200 is powered by a 1.5GHz VIA C7-D processor and supports up to 2GB of DDR2 SO-DIMM 667/533MHz memory. Two Serial-ATA bays with integrated power ports are mounted... 

Voice Control Your Media Center

Amulet Devices has designed an innovative new voice-enabled remote control which allows easy access to all your digital media using spoken commands. The Amulet Media Center makes it easy to record and watch TV, listen to your favourite music, and view DVDs, videos and photos – all using simple voice commands. With a potential increase in the number of digital channels, finding which one to watch could become more difficult. With Amulet, you just say “Watch channel nine” and the system automatically... 

64-bit Office 2010 Confirmed

Microsoft is set to announce its next version of Office, (code-named Office 14) which will be branded as Office 2010. All related applications will carry the 2010 stamp and will be ready and shipped to manufacturers in the first half of next year. Chris Capossela, senior vice president, Microsoft Office has advised that after the productivity suite is shipped to manufacturers, it takes six weeks to four months or more to reach PC users. Of course, the availability of the Office 2010 suite will... 

iPhone 3.0 OS

Apple have previewed the new iPhone operating system upgrade designated 3.0. This upgrade will add over 100 new features together with provding significant changes to the SDK thereby allowing developers much greater flexibility in creating new rich applications. The most welcome changes to the OS will include: Copy & Paste text & photos When you double-tap over text, you will get a “cut, copy, and paste” bubble dialog. Double-tap again and a “paste” bubble will... 

PlayTV Update: SD Upscaling & More

The PlayTV add-on for PlayStation 3 has released a system update bringing some much needed new features to the table. Among the new additions, SD upscaling should bring a sharper picture to HDTVs, and a new XMB option to allow direct access to TV (no more having to go through the PlayTV menu) which should streamline things significantly. Other new functions have also been added, including new fast-forward/rewind speeds and new volume control settings.  Read More →