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Macworld Rumor Roundup
Just a few minutes to go before the "Steve-note" begins, and just in case you've been under a rock for the last couple months here are a couple of the stronger possibilities: More »
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FrankenRumor: Apple Keynote Macworld '07
With the Macworld keynote less than a week away, the rumor mill is running more rampant than ever. And we are here to report it at a safe, not-quite-endorsed-nor-denied distance. More »
2:30 PM on Wed Jan 3 2007
By Mark Wilson
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home entertainment
Apple's iTV Not Ready for Prime Time
The folks at AppleInsider are reporting that Apple's iTV (the set top box that promised to stream media to your living room) won't be ready for Macworld SF. Apple's supposedly blaming the delay on issues they're having with the device's OS. To Apple's defense, Jobs never said iTV would be ready for Macworld (he gave a Q1 07 ballpark timeframe), but why would a massive company like Apple take so long to kick out a media streamer that other companies have had no problem getting out on the market? This better be one flawless box. More »
home entertainment
Xbox 360 HD Movie/TV Downloads Doing Well, More on the Way
The ability to download HD movies on the Xbox 360 was deemed by industry insiders to be the most successful story in digital downloads of 2006. Movie downloads for sale or rent from the Xbox Live Internet service are doing surprisingly well, and Microsoft is in talks to procure more content from all the major studios, well, except Sony, which competes against the Xbox 360 with its PlayStation 3. More »
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Rumor: Apple iTV Remote is One Ugly Son-of-a-Gun
According to an "industry source" speaking to FierceIPTV.com, this is what the Apple iTV remote will look like. The iTV is Apple's latest attempt at a media center with this miniature Mac Mini-looking box that can wirelessly stream content from the computer to an entertainment center. More »
home entertainment
iTiVo Rumor: Apple and TiVo Hooking Up, Making a Love Child?
PVRblog is reporting what it calls a "wild rumor" that landed in its inbox alleging that Apple will license TiVo software for its upcoming iTV box, which will reportedly be called the Mac Media Capsule. More »
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Apple Gaming Rumor #174
MacWorld's still a month away, and we've already got rumors of of 100GB iPods, Ultra Thin MacBooks, and of course, the iPhone. But what of the old rumor that Apple's eyeing the video game market? Yep, we've got that too. More »
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DVD Jon Offering Apple's Fairplay DRM For a Price
DVD Jon, the man-child who's famed for cracking DVDs for Linux boxes—among other things—has cracked Apple's Fairplay license that they use on iTunes purchases and is offering it up for companies to purchase. Wha? Purchase? More »
home entertainment
Netgear Announces EVA700 Digital Entertainer, Beats Apple's iTV to Market
Netgear's Digital Entertainer EVA700 streams all sorts of digital media from PCs, NAS devices, USB devices, and Netgear's Storage Central SC101 to your TV or stereo. Better yet, this EVA700 is Intel Viiv verified, which doesn't really mean a whole lot to anybody, really. More »
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1-Minute Update: Apple iTV to have Hard Drive?
According to MacRumors, Disney CEO Bob Iger reveals that Apple's from-the-future livingroom media streamer, iTV, will have a hard drive. That seems like a good idea, if they're going to try to stream video over WiFi. But I'm not sure Bobby knows what he's talkin bout. If he's right, great, but for $299 iTV better bring me beer. More »
peripherals
Evergreen Mini-Shaped Enclosure for SATA or IDE
Evergreen, makers of the nine-dollar MP3 player, anticipates the Mac mini/iTV-inspired home theater revolution with the Evergreen NAS Mini, a Mac mini-sized network-attached storage enclosure. You can get it with or without LAN connections in the back, and it supports IDE or SATA 3.5" hard disks. More »
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Valleywag Gadget Curmudgeon Bludgeon: Apple iTV vs Piece of Sh1t Cable
Valleywag's Nick Douglas has no love for stupid gadgets. Hell, he doesn't even have love for the shit that gets Giz editors woody. While we were drooling, clapping, and giving up our souls (again) to Apple on tuesday, Nicky turned his low tech eye to finding a gadget better than Apple's $300 iTV: A lowly, $15 video cable he chanced upon via Amazon. More »
portable media
Apple Coverage Roundup: Apple Introduces iPod Upgrades and iTunes 7, Announces iTV
Apple made four releases and one announcement in San Francisco today, as you probably saw if you visited Gizmodo at all in the last 12 hours. Here's a roundup of all the stuff that went down in San Francisco. More »
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Apple Showtime's After Party: Photos of the iTV Livingroom Streaming Box
The iTV set was by far the shining star of the show, hounded by fat, balding, geek paparazzi. The little set top box iTV looks like a half height Mac Mini with the sole purpose of streaming media to a livingroom TV. This is what is known to PC-doods as a Media Center Extender. More »
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