Monday, September 16, 2002

Via "Taiwanese company Well Communication has a new Linux-based box that combines a DVD player with a 20GB hard drive digital video recorder and has an Ethernet port for surfing the Web." WEB-5300 iPVR / Set-Top Box, Linux based OS, x86 architecture CPU, CD / DVD, MP3 player, VOD media stream, PIP seperate display, OS upgradable, remote control or keyboard(optional), SmartCARD support, IDE Hardrive. Read 8:30:51 PM  comment []     Via [Jeremy Allaire's Radio: [CNET News.com] -> Broadband and Paid Content "Other ISPs such as EarthLink, Road Runner and Speakeasy are signing up companies such as Listen.com and Full Audio to provide music programming and are looking for other partners for video on demand and games. BellSouth has offered its subscribers discounts on RealNetworks' RealOne programming service. " 7:46:00 PM  comment []      [CNET News.com] New Microsoft tools aim for mobile boost. "The software titan is set to announce new tools for building software for cell phones and personal digital assistants." 4:43:13 PM  comment []     [CNET News.com] Making connections for a digital home. "Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Oak Technology demonstrated at the Intel Developer Forum last week a prototype that uses a recently approved communications specification to transform a commercially available DVD player into a connected part of a home network. The setup lets the DVD player access digital media files, such as digital video, images and audio, that are stored on a PC." 7:37:03 AM  comment []

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