USB Connecting Displays

Samsung has unleashed its $379 19-inch USB connected 940UX. Now we can connect multiple screens via USB and no need for a graphics card or any special video hardware.
There is an onboard video card and embedded driver software in each display and you can connect up to six screens to one PC.
The new LCD [...]

Mio’s DigiWalkers

Mio’s DigiWalker line of GPS units has two newcomers: the C523 and C525 models, which will release in Japan later this month. Both have Windows CE.NET 5.0, a 4.3-inch 480 x 272 display, 2GB of internal memory, an SD card slot for expansion, handle MP4, QuickTime, AVI, 3GP, ASF and WMV. Ditto for the [...]

Extenders for Windows Media Center

Microsoft has resurrected the Center Extender with Extenders for Windows Media Center. (Did you really expect a catchy name?) This will run in Vista with live HDTV streaming, supports 802.11n, and XviD and DivX.
Niveus, Linksys, and D-Link have come out with new devices based on this software platform and rumor has it that [...]

Internet TV via Windows Media Center

Windows Media Center will include Internet TV on or around September 27th, which will enable Media Center users to watch a variety of on-demand, ad-supported content free of charge. Reportredly, content will include Sports, Entertainment, News, Top Picks, Music, and Movies.

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HP iPAQs

HP bevy of new iPAQ handhelds, comprised of the 100 Series "Classic" and 200 Series "Enterprise" edition (pictured) are based around Windows Mobile 6 Classic, and sport 64MB of RAM, 256MB of ROM, a Marvell PXA310 624MHz CPU, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, and color touchscreens.
The 100 has a 3.5-inch, 240 x 320, RGB screen, Mini-USB, [...]

Vista SP1

The first service pack for Windows Vista was reviewed by APCMag and it contains the usual bug fixes and performance tweaks. What’s new is the ability to create a recovery disk, plus a whole bunch of new install packages for Vista’s components. And that’s The Word.

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Windows iPhoneBrowser

This is a Windows version of the iPhoneBrowser, and it is the latest file browser software for iPhone. Features:
* GUI based, Drag and Drop support for multiple file upload (no folder drops or new folder creation yet) * Right-Click Save as for any file * Automatic preview of text files, png (non-Apple) and [...]

Windows “Vienna” Due LQ 2009

Rumors have spread early about Windows’ new successor to Vista, "Vienna."
Ben Fathi, the executive in charge of the OS’s core components, spoke of the tentative release date, but not much else, except that full virtualization and a radical new user interface might be coming.

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