June 9, 2010
Buffalo and Western Digital get into TV
The Register
Chris Mellor writes about Buffalo and Western Digital’s latest product efforts.
“Two new products are showing how the storage world is starting to flirt with TV. Buffalo’s DriveStation AV and Western Digital’s WD TV Live Plus HD media player are respectively friendly with and completely dependent on a TV. The DriveStation AV is a single 3.5-inch SATA drive offering 1TB, 1.5TB or 2TB capacity, in a very shiny black horizontal case sporting blue and red capacity LEDs. WDs product is a box that sits between a high-definition TV (HD TV) and media-storage entities, which can be Ethernet, USB or WiFi-connected Macs, PCs, notebooks, camcorders or digital cameras, or streaming media sources on the Internet such as Flickr, Netflix, YouTube or Pandora (radio).”
Asus Eee PC 1201K netbook surfaces with AMD Geode processor
ZD Net
Rachel King shares details about Asus’ new Eee PC 1201K netbook.
“The12.1-inch Eee PC 1201K is slightly larger than usual and runs on an AMD Geode NX 1750 processor.Asus really appears to be breaking the netbook mold with this machine. Another few points of notable interest is the integration of aSiS 741GX/966L chipsetand that Windows XP Home is the only operating system option.Developers have also paid some extra attention to the LED-backlit WXGA display, which hosts a1,366 x 768 resolution and a glossy color-shine touch for easier reading.”
Protect your iDevice from theft. Sorta
CrunchGear
Dave Freeman shares a tip on how you can better protect your iPod, iPhone, or iPad device from theft.
“PadLock is the latest from software developer Kitchen Budapest, and tells you whenever your iPod, iPhone, or iPad is unplugged from your Mac. If at any time, these devices are unplugged from your computer, the PadLock software makes a loud noise, alerting you to the potential theft. How do you stop the alarm? Well, you can either plug your portable device back into your computer, or simply go into the software and disable the alarm. Luckily, this software is free, and open source.”